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Biden leaving shortly for CNN Town Hall amid economic, Covid crises; Trump team: Giuliani is no longer representing Trump; 5M+ without power, most in Texas where temps are below freezing; Lawmaker sues Trump for conspiracy to incite Capitol riot; U.S. has given 55M+ vaccine doses, averaging 1.7M per day; Murder, vandalism, assaults on the rise against Asian-Americans; Feb 16, 2021

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Bipartisan group of govs asks Biden to improve vaccine rollout; WH weekly vaccine supply increasing to 13.5 million doses; Fauci: It will take until end of summer or early fall to vaccinate vast majority of Americans; CDC says schools should reopen, but new guidance advises most schools to stay closed right now; GOP Sen Johnson downplays Capitol attack: “This didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me”; Toomey could face censure for voting to convict Trump; New Covid-19 cases sink to lowest level since October; Fauci: Don’t get complacent as new Covid cases decrease; White House: Biden would support 9/11- style commission to investigate Capitol riot; CDC: Overdose deaths hit 12-month record during pandemic; Dem Rep. Dean and son write book about his struggles with drug abuse and recovery; Nasty winter weather snarls Covid vaccinations nationwide; Several cold temps, snow forced Ford to close F-150 plant, slow FedEx deliveries nationwide; Calls for carbon monoxide poisoning across Texas, more than 90 incidents in Houston alone; Houston Police: Woman and child died of carbon monoxide poisoning after car left running in garage to create heat; Public schools in Dallas and Houston cancel classes, officials warn of “dire” conditions without power; Anti-Asian hate crime reports surge across U.S. during pandemic; San Francisco Police: Suspect arrested after elderly Asian man assaulted “due to perceived race”;

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New cases, hospitalizations declining sharply in the U.S.; Pelosi announces 9/11-type investigation into deadly riot; Trump faces mounting legal trouble dispute impeachment acquittal; Cuomo denies he covered up COVID deaths in nursing homes; Feb 15, 2021

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CDC says schools should reopen, but new guidance advises most schools to stay closed right now; CNN: 89% of U.S. kids live in “red zones” where CDC advises in-person classrooms can stay closed; CDC director: guidance for school reopening developed from the science and conversations with teachers; CDC director: not all schools can take the recommended steps to reopen right now; Researchers identify seven new virus strains in the U.S.;

Newly released videos show extreme levels of coordination by groups who invaded U.S. capitol; CNN examines more than 800 pieces of evidence used by house managers to build case against Trump; DOJ has charged 215+ people in connection with deadly riot; Sen. Burr faces censure for voting to convict Trump; Cassidy already censured by Louisiana GOP for vote; Cassidy defends vote to convict trump: GOP is “more than just one person”; GOP grapples with Trump’s role after second impeachment trial;

Trump faces mounting legal trouble dispute impeachment acquittal; Second trump acquittal sparks new constitutional questions; Role of impeachment under scrutiny after Trump avoids conviction;

With impeachment over, Biden puts focus on passing COVID relief package; Dems seek to raise min wage to $15, expand child tax credit, send $1,400 dollar checks for COVID relief;

Calls for impeachment, prosecution & stripping power from NY Gov. after cover-up allegations over nursing home deaths; Top Cuomo aide admitted delaying sharing data on nursing home deaths in New York State;

Nearly 170M Americans under winter weather advisories; Kentucky Gov. warns winter storms will causer vaccine delays; Arctic blast plunges parts of U.S. to record low temperatures;

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House impeachment managers present case to convict Trump Feb 11, 2021

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Impeachment managers finish presenting case, Trump lawyers next; Impeachment managers wrap case after citing Trump’s words, tweets, lack of remorse, danger he still presents

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House impeachment managers present case to convict Trump Feb 10, 2021

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House impeachment managers present case to convict Trump

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Senate leaders lay out rules of Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial; CDC director: cases going down, but “keep your guard up”; WH: Biden will not spend much time, if any, watching trial; Biden promised his family would not have any conflict of interest with his presidency; Feb 08, 2021

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Schumer, McConnell reach deal on Trump impeachment trail rules; Schumer: each side will get 16 hours over two days to present their arguments in Trump’s trial; Schumer: house managers requested senate hold votes on witnesses if needed; Trump legal team argues trial is unconstitutional, accuses democrats of pursuing “political theater”; Schumer: GOP searching for way to “oppose the conviction of Donald Trump without passing judgement on his conduct”;

More transmissible U.K. variant spreading rapidly through U.S.; Fauci: U.K. variant should be most dominant strain in U.S. by end of March; South Africa pauses AstraZeneca vaccine rollout after study shows it gives less protection against variant; WH urges vigilance as COVID deaths increase 2.4%, and new infections & hospitalizations drop; CDC to release guidance on reopening schools this week; Schools plan reopenings as districts await CDC guidance; CDC: 2,000+ children have contracted rare condition linked to COVID;

WH: Biden focused on passing COVID relief “as quickly as possible”; Stimulus negotiations reveal sharp divide in democratic party; Sanders fights to keep $15 minimum wage in COVID relief deal as Biden casts doubt it will survive; Dems to unveil $3,000 child tax credit as part of relief bill; WH: intel professionals will decide if Trump can have briefings; Democratic divide threatens to derail COVID deal while GOP debates path forward after impeachment; Dems try to balance impeachment trial with stimulus talks; Cheney: “we should not be embracing the former president”;

Hunter Biden promotes upcoming book release within weeks of his father’s inauguration; 29-yuear-old aerospace engineer among U.S. COVID victims;

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Vaccine doses given outnumbered new cases 10-to-1 this week in the U.S.; Biden: I don’t “have the conscience” to agree to smaller bill; GOP plots a path forward after votes expose fractures in party; Feb 05, 2021

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Johnson & Johnson asks FDA for emergency use authorization of CVOVID-19 vaccine; CDC to give guidance on schools in coming week; CDC director says schools should re-open, WH says those remarks made in “personal capacity”; New study: convalescent plasma treatment, touted by Trump admin, may have fueled COVID mutation; Biden administration considering sending masks to all Americans;

Biden: “can can’t do too much… but we can do too little”; WH “not going to sit here and wait” for GOP on COVID bill; Top Obama economist warns Biden COVID relief plan is to big; U.S. economy adds only 49K jobs in January, amid sluggish recovery;

Republicans forced to define party post-Trump; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green on Trump: “the party is his”; 11 house republicans vote to punish Greene for pushing conspiracy theories; 61 voted to rebuke Cheney over impeachment; GOP Sen. Sasse faces censure in Nebraska for opposing Trump; Sen. Sasse: “politics isn’t about the weird worship of one dude”; GOP factions battle for the future of the party;

Biden’s national security council meets in situation room; Top members of Biden’s national security council meet about Iran after regime’s recent uptick in nuclear activity;

Fight over killer methane gas hearts up between Biden & TX gov.; TX governor threatens flood of lawsuits over Biden admin’s plan to change energy laws; TX governor vows to protect state’s oil & gas industry from “hostile attack” from, Biden admin;

Beloved NC high school employee dies from COVID;

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Dems ask Trump to testify under oath at impeachment trial; Soon: House vote over Rep. Greene’s committee assignments;Awaiting house vote over Rep Greene’s committee assignments; Rep. Greene on conspiracy comments: These were in the past, do not represent me; Rep. Greene attempts to rewrite history, doesn’t apologize for spreading conspiracy theories about 9/11, school shootings; Kevin Mccarthy pretends not to know what Qanon is despite denouncing conspiracy theory in August; Fmr Trump Adviser: Trump will not testify in Impeachment trial; House impeachment managers request Trump testify under oath about his conduct on January 6;Tension between school districts and teachers grows over kids returning to in-person learning ;CDC: Increasing data suggests UK variant may be deadlier ;450,000+ Americans have died from covid-19 ;Pace of vaccinations slowly increasing, now at 1.3M shots per day ;Atlanta public schools mulling possible mandatory summer school for covid-19 “Learning Loss” ;Chicago Teachers’ Union & schools reach agreement on testing, but no deal to open; President Biden delivers first foreign policy address ;Biden Admin announces major foreign policy moves including freezing troop withdrawals from Germany ;Biden reverses multiple Trump foreign policy moves; Biden: “Ending all support” for Saudi-Led campaign in Yemen; Voting Tech Company files 2.7B lawsuit against Fox, Trump Allies ;Analysis: More than 100 Bills aim to restrict voting in 28 states ;GA Dem Lawmaker: New voting bills are “knee-jerk reaction” to GOP losing races ;Georgia GOP tries to limit mail-in-voting with bills that could require two copies of photo ID, Ban on Ballot Boxes ;Georgia Republican: Voters should “put forth a little bit of effort” to cast ballot ;Arizona GOP pushes bill that would allow legislature to override election results

Voting Rights Group: Laws to restrict ballot access mostly target minority voters

Any Moment: House vote on removing GOP Rep from committees

Beloved school worker in New York among Covid-19 victims

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Now: House GOP meeting, may decide fate of Reps. Cheney & Greene; 100,000+ Americans have already died from Covid-19 in 2021; TSA: 493k passengers passed through U.S. airports Tuesday, near six-month low; Biden tells House Dems to “stick together” in Covid relief push Feb 03, 2021

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Study: younger adults are the biggest Covid spreaders in the U.S.; CDC director: teachers don’t need to be vaccinated to safely reopen schools; Study shows Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine might help stop virus transmission, rather than just preventing illness; CNN analysis: pilots blame being “rusty” in at least 26 incidents since start of pandemic; In first interview, Biden vows family won’t have role in admin, after brother touts relationship in firm AD; Biden: “I think we’ll get some Republicans” to support Dem plan; Biden tells House Dems to “stick together” in Covid relief push; McCarthy condemns Rep. Greene’s statements but blames Dems for raising the temperature; Once popular GOP Rep. Newhouse at risk of losing reelection in 2022 after voting to impeach Trump; Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick laid to rest at Arlington cemetery;

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First look at arguments from Trump lawyers, Democrats; GOP faces internal battles over political fates of Cheney, Greene; Dem Impeachment Managers: “Trump’s responsibility for the events of January 6 is unmistakable; Biden Admin announces direct vaccine shipments to pharmacies; WH: Risk for Covid relief bill is going too small, not too big; Why many black Americans are hesitant to get Covid vaccine; Police in Moscow detain 750+ protesters outside Navalny hearing; Feb 02, 2021

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New arguments submitted ahead of trial start next week; Trump team argues he was exercising his first amendment right in questioning election results; Dr. Fauci warns of reinfection risk if new variants become dominant; States, Biden admin racing to expand vaccine access; Study: Single shot may be enough to produce Covid-19 protection for people who already had virus; Growing number of GOP Senators criticize Rep. Greene, call her views “very disappointing,” “not good for the party”; McConnell, Graham defend Cheney from attacks by Trump allies; McConnell slams Greene’s “Loony lies and conspiracy theories”; McConnell finally rebukes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Her views “are cancer for the Republican party and our country”; Greene responds to McConnell: Real cancer for GOP is “weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully”; Dems moving ahead with COVID relief plan without GOP support; WH trying to “repair the damage & horrific actions” of Trump Admin with immigration executive orders; Senate confirms Mayorkas as Homeland Security Secy, Buttigieg as Transportation Secy; Alex Navalny in court: Putin is “little thieving man” & “Putin is the poisoner”; Hundreds of protesters detained in Russia after Navalny hearing; Remembering 9-year-old J.J. Boatman; died suddenly of Covid;

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Soon: Biden, Harris to meet with 10 GOP senators on stimulus; Fauci: Biden admin will keep following two-dose vaccine plan; Trump legal team gets overhaul on cusp of senate trial; White House: Biden hopes to sign new exec. actions on immigration tomorrow; Feb 01, 2021

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Moderate Sen. Manchin on Harris pushing relief bill with local WV media: “that’s not a way of working together”; WH says they are in touch with Sen. Manchin after he slams VP Harris for doing interviews with WV media; Funding for state & local govts a sticking point in stimulus talks; GOP Sen. Ernst: Trump holds “some responsibility” for Capitol attack, but concerns over trying ex-president;

WH: ramping up production of first fully at-home COVID test; NYT: 9 top health officials quit over tensions with Gov. Cuomo, NY health commissioner pushes back; New cases, hospitalizations dropping after deadliest month; Vaccine experts suggest delaying second vaccine doses to give as many first doses as possible to those 65+;

CNN: Trump lawyers left him over disagreement on legal strategy; Reality at border as Biden promises changes on immigration; Citizenship for dreamers, reunite separated kids, end wall construction among Biden’s proposals; Biden expected to propose task force to reunite 600+ migrant children with families; Judge temporarily blocks Biden’s attempt to pause deportations; Texas rancher: border wall was “hostile takeover of my property,” Trump admin was “fine and dandy” with it;

Aung San Suu Kyi detained in Myanmar coup, now under house arrest as Biden considers sanctions; Three brothers served in Afghanistan; Only one survived; Ret. marine Beau Wise shares story on bravery & sacrifice; Wise has two brothers in military who died in Afghanistan; Remembering 57-year-old television writer Marc Wilmore;

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