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Pentagon close to reaching agreement to provide around 450,000 Covid-19 vaccinations a day if they’re available

The Pentagon and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are negotiating the final terms of an agreement that could see the military provide around 450,000 Covid-19 vaccinations a day. The figure is included in a draft agreement between the two agencies viewed by CNN that also calls for the deployment of 10,000 troops at 100 vaccination

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‘Blame Trump’ defense from alleged Capitol rioters dovetails with Democrats’ impeachment case

The “Trump defense” is taking shape among some alleged Capitol rioters. One by one, die-hard supporters of former President Donald Trump are now blaming him for their actions that day, after being charged by federal prosecutors and facing possible jail time. A lawyer for one rioter who allegedly attacked police officers with a baseball bat

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Biden taps Iran envoy to face challenges of confronting both Tehran and polarized views at home

The Biden administration has tapped Robert Malley, a progressive foreign policy expert who served on the Obama administration’s negotiating team for the Iran nuclear deal, as its new top envoy for Iran. In a harbinger of the fight the administration is likely to face over Iran, Malley’s appointment was preceded by attacks from conservative lawmakers

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Judge likely to extend hold on Biden’s deportation pause until late February

A federal judge in Texas said Friday that he’ll likely extend his hold on the Biden administration’s deportation moratorium until February 23. Earlier this week, Judge Drew Tipton of the Southern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, blocked the administration’s 100-day pause on deportations, delivering a blow to one of President Joe Biden’s first immigration

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FBI lawyer from Russia investigation sentenced to probation for Carter Page FISA warrant false statement

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith will not serve jail time for changing a document that backed a surveillance warrant of former Trump associate Carter Page during the early Russia investigation, a federal judge ruled on Friday. He is the only defendant charged in the Durham investigation, which has looked closely at the FBI’s work on

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White House says it’s their policy not to let businesses tout Biden’s endorsement but they are mum on brother’s law firm ad

The White House said Thursday it is their policy to not let businesses imply they have President Joe Biden’s support or endorsement, but declined to comment on the record about an advertisement in which Frank Biden touted his relationship to his brother. The ad for a Boca Raton law firm, for which Frank Biden is

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State Republican lawmakers eye mail-in voting restrictions in Georgia and other key states

Republican state lawmakers in battleground states Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania have moved to impose new restrictions on mail-in voting for future elections. All three states were fiercely contested in the 2020 election and saw record numbers of early and mail-in voters, many of them Democrats, after rules were relaxed due to the pandemic — triggering

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