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Covid-19 is spreading less quickly in the US communities that were hit first with the Omicron variant.

Fact check: Vaccine-related misinformation about Trudeau, tennis players and microchips swirls on social media

By Tara Subramaniam and Clara Grudberg, CNN Covid-19 is spreading less quickly in the US communities that were hit first with the Omicron variant. But misinformation about coronavirus vaccines continues to spread widely on social media. Here are the facts around a few of the many false claims that were circulating in January. A fake

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First Lady Jill Biden delivers remarks at Des Moines Area Community College

Jill Biden: ‘I was disappointed’ free community college cut from Build Back Better bill

By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden said Monday that she was “disappointed” one of her key causes, free community college, was cut from President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. “Joe has also had to make compromises,” Biden said of her husband’s $2.2 trillion spending plan during remarks at the Community College National Legislative

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Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) nominee and presidential science adviser designate Eric Lander speaks during an announcement January 16

White House science adviser resigns and acknowledges ‘disrespectful and demeaning’ behavior after investigation

By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN Eric Lander, a top science adviser to President Joe Biden, resigned Monday after a White House investigation that found he had violated workplace policies became public. “We have assembled the most amazing set of people at OSTP, and we have together set out the most ambitious goals that

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T-72B3 tanks of the tank force of the Russian Western Military District conduct field firing at Kadamovsky Range.

US intel indicates Russian officers have had doubts about full scale Ukraine invasion

By Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Intercepted communications obtained by the US have revealed that some Russian officials have worried that a large-scale invasion of Ukraine would be costlier and more difficult than Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin leaders realize, according to four people familiar with the intelligence. Three

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Stacey Abrams comes under fire for not wearing a mask in now-deleted photos with masked schoolchildren

By Sarah Fortinsky, CNN A since-deleted tweet featuring photos of a mask-less Stacey Abrams posing among masked schoolchildren has prompted swift backlash from political opponents who chastised the Georgia Democrat for what they describe as hypocritical behavior after she championed more stringent masking policies in schools. The photos were originally tweeted Friday by the school’s

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Deleted Abrams tweet shows her maskless at Glennwood Elementary School on Friday Feb 4.

Stacey Abrams comes under fire for not wearing a mask in now-deleted photos with masked schoolchildren

By Sarah Fortinsky, CNN A since-deleted tweet featuring photos of a mask-less Stacey Abrams posing among masked schoolchildren has prompted swift backlash from political opponents who chastised the Georgia Democrat for what they describe as hypocritical behavior after she championed more stringent masking policies in schools. The photos were originally tweeted Friday by the school’s

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The nation’s top health official has been a background player for much of his tenure. He says that’s about to change.

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Stung by accusations that he’s been absent during a once-in-a-century public health crisis, Xavier Becerra — the country’s top health official — tells CNN he’s looking to step into a bigger public role as part of a reset a year into dealing with the dominant issue in his portfolio. President Joe

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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks during a World AIDS Day commemoration in the East Room of the White House in Washington on December 1

The nation’s top health official has been a background player for much of his tenure. He says that’s about to change.

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Stung by accusations that he’s been absent during a once-in-a-century public health crisis, Xavier Becerra — the country’s top health official — tells CNN he’s looking to step into a bigger public role as part of a reset a year into dealing with the dominant issue in his portfolio. President Joe

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