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Fact check: Social media users spread fake Betty White quote about getting a Covid-19 booster shortly before she died

By Daniel Dale and Tara Subramaniam, CNN As Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations surge on account of the Omicron variant, false claims related to the pandemic continue to spread widely on social media — and they are sometimes being shared by people with substantial online followings. Here is a fact check of four of the many

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Biden condemns Trump as a threat to democracy in speech marking one year since January 6 attack

By Maegan Vazquez, Clare Foran and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection by forcefully calling out former President Donald Trump for attempting to undo American democracy, saying such an insurrection must never happen again. Biden vowed to defend the nation’s founding ideals from the

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Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Thomas Galvin

‘We’re done. This is the end of the 2020 election’: Maricopa County officials rebut error-plagued review

By Eric Bradner, CNN Maricopa County officials on Wednesday undercut nearly every claim that cast doubt on the validity of ballots in an error-plagued report that Arizona Senate Republicans had commissioned of the 2020 election. The officials issued a 93-page rebuttal to the claims made by Cyber Ninjas, the company that state Senate Republicans had

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Former president Jimmy Carter prior to the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 30

Carter warns America ‘teeters on the brink of a widening abyss’ in stark op-ed ahead of January 6

By Shawna Mizelle and Colin McCullough, CNN Former President Jimmy Carter warned Wednesday that democracy is being threatened throughout the country, cautioning that “our great nation now teeters on the brink of a widening abyss.” Carter, writing in a New York Times op-ed published on the eve of the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection,

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Chairman Bennie Thompson

On the eve of the Capitol riot anniversary, January 6 investigation faces a pivotal year ahead

By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Whitney Wild, CNN As the first anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol approaches, the House committee investigating January 6 faces its biggest challenge yet: proving allegations that there was a coordinated effort behind the insurrection and convincing the American people that former President Donald Trump was complicit.

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Nicholas Perretta (L) and Mitchell Vukich in the US Capitol on January 6

‘This wasn’t Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’: Judge sentences pair of Capitol rioters to 30 days behind bars

By Holmes Lybrand Two friends who entered the US Capitol together on January 6, one of whom boasted about breaking in and smoking a joint, were sentenced to 30 days in jail each for unlawfully parading in the building. “This wasn’t Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said before handing down the sentence

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‘This wasn’t Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’: Judge sentences pair of Capitol rioters to 30 days behind bars

By Holmes Lybrand Two friends who entered the US Capitol together on January 6, one of whom boasted about breaking in and smoking a joint, were sentenced to 30 days in jail each for unlawfully parading in the building. “This wasn’t Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said before handing down the sentence

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