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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice holds up his dog Babydog's rear end as a message to people who've doubted the state as he comes to the end of his State of the State speech in the House chambers

The ultimate rebuttal: West Virginia governor hoists dog’s derrière in cheeky response to critics

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice had some back talk for his state’s critics when he hoisted the posterior of his bulldog, Babydog, during his State of the State address and told them to “kiss her hiney.” “Absolutely people doubted us. They never believed in West Virginia,” Justice, a Republican, said Thursday,

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The latest round of talks aimed at salvaging the Iran nuclear deal adjourned on January 28

Iran nuclear deal talks adjourn as US continues to warn window for return is closing

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN The latest round of talks aimed at salvaging the Iran nuclear deal adjourned on Friday, with parties involved in those discussions declaring they have reached the point where “political decisions” must be made. According to officials involved in the discussions in Vienna, negotiators were returning to

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Republican lawmakers in Arizona are pushing a raft of major changes to the state's voting laws

An Arizona bill would empower state legislators to reject election results

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Republican lawmakers in Arizona are pushing a raft of major changes to the state’s voting laws, including a controversial bill that would empower legislators to reject election results. The proposal, sponsored by more than a dozen Republican lawmakers, also seeks to overhaul several established election procedures in the battleground state. It

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President Joe Biden will proceed with his planned trip to Pittsburgh to talk about strengthening the nation's infrastructure hours after a bridge collapsed not far from where he is scheduled to deliver remarks

Collapsed bridge — and US’ crumbling infrastructure — becomes a central focus of Biden’s Pittsburgh trip

By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted his administration’s efforts to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure in Pittsburgh on Friday, hours after a bridge in the city collapsed. Hours before the President was set to travel to to Steel City, a snow-covered bridge collapsed and left several people injured. No

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Deficiencies at the US Department of Health and Human Services put the department at "high risk" of failing to respond to future public health threats as the department's response to the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted longstanding concerns

HHS is at ‘high-risk’ of failing to respond to future public health threats, government watchdog says

By Jen Christensen, CNN Deficiencies at the US Department of Health and Human Services put the department at “high risk” of failing to respond to future public health threats as the department’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted longstanding concerns, the US Government Accountability Office, the government watchdog agency, said Thursday. The GAO placed the

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