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• The Senate tabled an effort by Sen. Rand Paul to force a vote on the constitutionality of Trump's impeachment trial, but the vote offered clues to ahead of the trial

  26-01-2021 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul plans to force a test vote on Tuesday that will show how many Republicans support holding an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump and how many believe a trial should not take place.
  
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• Most Republicans get in line behind Trump

  26-01-2021 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  • Sen. Leahy home from brief hospitalization after presiding over opening of Trump's impeachment trial
  • Democrats weigh whether they need witnesses to make a visceral case against Trump
  
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• Forced vote on constitutionality of impeachment fails to advance but offers clues ahead of trial

  26-01-2021 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul plans to force a test vote on Tuesday that will show how many Republicans support holding an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump and how many believe a trial should not take place.
  
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• Biden directive combats racism against Asian Americans amid COVID-19 pandemic

  26-01-2021 22:51 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President Joe Biden directed federal agencies to combat racism against the Asian American Pacific Islander community as it faces a rise in hate crimes amid the pandemic.
  
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• Kremlin tries to blame US for massive Russian protests

  26-01-2021 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  Across Russia, protesters turned out in the tens of thousands in scenes not seen in years. They were spurred in part by the arrest of newly returned opposition leader Alexey Navalny, while the Kremlin has tried to deflect blame to the US.
  
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• Low on virus cases, deaths, Taiwan quarantines 5,000 after COVID-19 hospital cluster

  26-01-2021 22:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Health authorities in Taiwan are quarantining 5,000 people while looking for the source of two new coronavirus cases linked to a hospital.
  
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• CNN breaks down Mitch McConnell's telling vote on impeachment trial

  26-01-2021 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted for a motion saying former President Trump's impeachment trial is unconstitutional because he is no longer in office. CNN's Ryan Nobles reports.
  
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• CNN breaks down McConnell's telling vote on impeachment trial

  26-01-2021 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted for a motion saying former President Trump's impeachment trial was unconstitutional because he is no longer in office. CNN's Ryan Nobles reports.
  
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• WATCH: Snow and icicles create wintry landscape in China

  26-01-2021 22:00 via abcnews.go.com
  Mountains in China's Shanxi Province were covered with snow and icicles after recent storms.
  
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• Elliot Page and Emma Portner say they are divorcing

  26-01-2021 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  Elliot Page and Emma Portner are getting divorced.
  
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• Russia, US exchange documents to extend nuclear pact

  26-01-2021 21:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Kremlin says Russia and the United States have exchanged documents to extend their last remaining nuclear arms control pact days before it is set to expire
  
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• EU urges US to draft joint rule book to rein in tech giants

  26-01-2021 21:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The European Union is urging U.S. President Joe Biden to help draw up a common rule book to rein in the power of big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter and combat the spread of fake news
  
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• A vote forced by Sen. Rand Paul on whether Trump's impeachment is constitutional fails to advance but offers clues ahead of the trial

  26-01-2021 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul plans to force a test vote on Tuesday that will show how many Republicans support holding an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump and how many believe a trial should not take place.
  
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• White people are getting vaccinated at higher rates

  26-01-2021 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  Black and Latino Americans are receiving the Covid-19 vaccine at significantly lower rates than White people -- a disparity that health advocates blame on the federal government and hospitals not prioritizing equitable access.
  
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• Analysis: Biden sets course to tackle America's oldest fault line

  26-01-2021 20:55 via cnn.com
  
  • Senate confirms Biden's secretary of state
  • LIVE UPDATES What we know about Trump's Senate impeachment trial
  
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• Global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases surpasses 100 million

  26-01-2021 20:52 via cnn.com
  
  The world has now surpassed 100 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It's a figure that seemed almost unimaginable 12 months ago, when the first case had only just been confirmed on US soil.
  
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• Biden confronts Putin over several issues in first call, White House says

  26-01-2021 20:49 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden held his first call Tuesday with his Russian counterpart, according to the White House, confronting President Vladimir Putin over a range of issues from a recent massive cyberattack to the suspected poisoning of the country's leading opposition figure.
  
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• Rafael Nadal comments on the Australian Open

  26-01-2021 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  Rafael Nadal says he feels "privileged" to be playing in this year's Australian Open as he called on his fellow starts to have a "wider perspective" on the mandatory quarantine period ahead of the tournament.
  
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• Senators sworn in for Trump impeachment trial

  26-01-2021 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  Senators were sworn in for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amid an immediate challenge to the constitutionality of the trial from a Republican ally of the former President.
  
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• Casino CEO and wife pose as motel workers, travel to remote Canadian territory for COVID-19 vaccine

  26-01-2021 20:35 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A 55-year-old Canadian casino CEO resigned after he and his 32-year-old wife were nabbed for misleading authorities by traveling to a remote territory in Canada and posing as motel workers in order to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Reporter reveals list of Republicans Trump wants to 'punish'

  26-01-2021 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  President Trump is looking to retaliate against several Republicans including Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.
  
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• Haberman reveals list of Republicans Trump wants to 'punish'

  26-01-2021 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  President Trump is looking to retaliate against several Republicans including Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.
  
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• Puerto Rico declares state of emergency over violence against women: 'An evil that has caused too much damage'

  26-01-2021 20:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency this week over violence against women -- a move activists are hoping will help stem the tide of gender-based killings on the island, which average to at least one a week, reports say. 
  
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• Grindr faces $11.7 million fine from Norway regulators for alleged data sharing

  26-01-2021 19:45 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Norwegian regulators announced intentions to hit the popular LGBTQ dating app Grindr with a fine of nearly $12 million over data sharing practices.
  
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• Mexico horror: Many of 19 bodies found shot, burned may have been Guatemalan migrants, relatives say

  26-01-2021 19:32 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Most of the 19 bodies found shot and burned in a northern Mexico border state may have been Guatemalan migrants from a small group that began heading toward the U.S. earlier this month, relatives said.
  
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• Rand Paul to force test vote to gauge Republican support for impeachment trial

  26-01-2021 19:31 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul plans to force a test vote on Tuesday that will show how many Republicans support holding an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump and how many believe a trial should not take place.
  
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• Rand Paul to force test vote to gauge GOP support for Trump trial

  26-01-2021 19:31 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul plans to force a test vote on Tuesday that will show how many Republicans support holding an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump and how many believe a trial should not take place.
  
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• Antony Blinken confirmed as Biden's secretary of state

  26-01-2021 19:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Senate has confirmed Antony Blinken as President Joe Biden's secretary of state.
  
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• Analysis: What Marco Rubio gets wrong about impeachment

  26-01-2021 19:16 via cnn.com
  
  Marco Rubio isn't a big fan of the House's decision to impeach former President Donald Trump over the incitement of rioters who overran the US Capitol on January 6.
  
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• US airport screeners confiscated guns at record rate in 2020

  26-01-2021 18:51 via cnn.com
  
  Airport security screeners are finding guns at US checkpoints at about twice the rate they did in 2019, according to new Transportation Security Administration data.
  
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• Gunmen abduct 8 children from orphanage

  26-01-2021 18:33 via cnn.com
  
  Gunmen abducted eight children and two adults from an orphanage in Nigeria's federal capital, Abuja, a spokesman for the orphanage told CNN.
  
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• UK's 'tsunami' of grief as coronavirus deaths pass 100,000

  26-01-2021 18:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The U.K. has become the first country in Europe to pass 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths
  
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• Judge OKs Weinstein bankruptcy plan with $17M for victims

  26-01-2021 18:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Delaware judge has approved a revised Weinstein Co. bankruptcy plan that provides about $35 million for creditors, with roughly half that amount going to women who've accused disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct
  
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• US Capitol officers debating no-confidence vote for leaders in charge during riots

  26-01-2021 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  US Capitol Police officers are in preliminary discussions over holding a no-confidence vote targeting department leaders who were working on the day when Donald Trump supporters led an insurrection into the building, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
  
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• US Capitol officers debating no-confidence vote for leaders in charge during Capitol riots

  26-01-2021 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  US Capitol Police officers are in preliminary discussions over holding a no-confidence vote targeting department leaders who were working on the day when Donald Trump supporters led an insurrection into the building, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
  
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• Covid has killed 100,000 people in the UK. Experts say government is getting it wrong

  26-01-2021 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  • Scramble for vaccines gets ugly
  
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• UK police officers facing fines after having haircuts at police station

  26-01-2021 18:10 via cnn.com
  
  Some 31 London Metropolitan Police officers each face a £200 fine (about $275) after having their hair cut at a police station in east London -- breaching Covid-19 regulations -- while on duty.
  
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• Analysis: How Oregon just proved Trump isn't going anywhere

  26-01-2021 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  On Monday night, the Oregon Republican Party issued a formal condemnation of the 10 House Republicans who voted in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6.
  
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• Europe threatens to restrict vaccine exports

  26-01-2021 18:06 via cnn.com
  
  The European Union is calling out vaccine makers AstraZeneca and Pfizer over delivery delays that could slow its recovery from the pandemic. Officials are even threatening to restrict exports and take legal action as anger mounts.
  
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• WATCH: Adorable kangaroo joey takes its first hop

  26-01-2021 18:00 via abcnews.go.com
  
  It was captured hopping from its mother’s pouch for the first time.
  
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• UK Covid deaths: Why the 100,000 toll is so bad

  26-01-2021 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the number of people who died reaches six figures, the factors that led to this terrible total.
  
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• Rate of guns seized at airport checkpoints jumped in 2020

  26-01-2021 17:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  There were fewer air travelers in the United States last year, but a higher percentage of them were carrying guns
  
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• The Republican Party is at war with itself

  26-01-2021 17:22 via cnn.com
  
  • McConnell lets Democrats take control of Senate after filibuster dispute
  
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• The GOP is beginning to navigate how former President Trump and his legacy fit into the the party's future

  26-01-2021 17:22 via cnn.com
  
  • McConnell lets Democrats take control of Senate after filibuster dispute
  
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• US-China tech rivalry likely to continue under Biden

  26-01-2021 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  In the Trump era, we witnessed rounds of intensive clashes between US and China in the field of technology. The Biden administration may take a more nuanced approach than Trump to diplomacy, but the tech rivalry will likely continue. CNN's Selina Wang reports.
  
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• Chinese citizen journalists helped reveal epidemic. Now, Beijing is cracking down

  26-01-2021 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  A year after the first coronavirus lockdown enveloped Wuhan, China, Chinese officials have been cracking down on citizen journalists who risked their freedoms to reveal and preserve the truth about the initial outbreak. CNN's David Culver speaks with Chen Kun, who fled the country after his younger brother was arrested for preserving an important internet database of news archives.
  
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• Beijing cracks down on citizen journalists who blew whistle on Covid-19

  26-01-2021 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  A year after the first coronavirus lockdown enveloped Wuhan, China, Chinese officials have been cracking down on citizen journalists who risked their freedoms to reveal and preserve the truth about the initial outbreak. CNN's David Culver speaks with Chen Kun, who fled the country after his younger brother was arrested for preserving an important internet database of news archives.
  
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• The stock market is at peak dumb: Etsy soars because Elon Musk tweets about it

  26-01-2021 16:52 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the richest person on the planet, but he's apparently still happy to shop on handmade craft site Etsy. And in a sign of just how much influence Musk has on social media, shares of Etsy soared nearly 10% in premarket trading Tuesday just because he said he's a fan.
  
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• Coconut milk brand accused of using monkey labor

  26-01-2021 16:51 via cnn.com
  
  Target is the latest major retailer to stop selling Chaokoh coconut milk following accusations that its manufacturer uses monkey labor.
  
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• Two of TikTok's competitors are merging

  26-01-2021 16:42 via cnn.com
  
  Two of TikTok's rivals in the United States are joining forces at a time when TikTok itself now appears to be here to stay.
  
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