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News brief: U.S.-Russia meeting, Roe v. Wade, Joe Rogan podcast criticized

6:24am January 21, 2022

Secretary of State Blinken meets with his Russian counterpart. March for Life organizers hope this year Roe v. Wade is overturned. Spotify asked to crack down on COVID falsehoods in popular podcast.

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Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan thinks it's time for Democrats to reset their agenda

5:29am January 21, 2022

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio about the issues facing the Democrats' agenda, and why President Biden can't seem to get a win on Capitol Hill.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., walks to her office in the basement of the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday. Her positions on the filibuster and other issues have drawn threats of a primary challenge in Arizona.

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Sinema's filibuster stance only adds to the frustrations of Arizona progressives

5:00am January 21, 2022

by Ben Giles

Many Arizona Democrats were already talking about primary challenges to Kyrsten Sinema, even before she reiterated her opposition to changing Senate rules, helping to doom voting rights legislation.

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is facing more and more pushback

10:04pm January 20, 2022

by Ben Giles

Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been facing pushback at home. It all escalated with national groups threatening not to support her over her voting rights and filibuster stances.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference Tuesday on Capitol Hill following a Senate Democratic Caucus meeting on voting rights and the filibuster.

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Schumer insists failed votes on voting rights and filibuster were right thing to do

9:13pm January 20, 2022

by Kelsey Snell

The Senate majority leader downplayed the risks of holding such a public demonstration of the rift within his caucus ahead of the midterm elections.

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In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is weighing whether Donald Trump and others committed crimes by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's presidential election victory.

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District attorney in Georgia asks for a special grand jury for Trump election probe

8:57pm January 20, 2022

by Sam Gringlas

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is weighing whether Donald Trump and others committed crimes by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's election win.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters she doesn't think new laws governing lawmakers' investments are needed, but if members want one she would go along with it.

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Pelosi opens the door to stock trading ban for members of Congress

7:11pm January 20, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said a law prohibiting members of Congress from picking individual stocks isn't needed, but added if it has the backing of her caucus she is OK with it.

President Biden planned to talk about infrastructure on the anniversary of his inauguration. But first, he had to clean up some comments he had made about Russia and Ukraine.

How Biden is trying to clean up his comments about Russia and Ukraine

6:48pm January 20, 2022

by Asma Khalid

President Biden said there was uncertainty among allies about how they would respond to a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine. That led to alarm overseas — and a clean-up at home.

What Russian diplomats are saying about the situation with Ukraine

6:07pm January 20, 2022

by Charles Maynes

While the U.S. sounds the alarm about the threat to Ukraine posed by tens of thousands of Russian troops on the border, Russia says it is NATO's military build-up that's stoking tensions.

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Biden's limits on ICE offered hope. But immigrant advocates say he's broken promises

6:07pm January 20, 2022

by Joel Rose

The Biden administration promised big changes on immigration enforcement, including limits on whom ICE should arrest and deport. But advocates say the reality is falling short of that lofty rhetoric.

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