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Former Georgia senator and Vietnam veteran Max Cleland has died at 79

5:12pm November 09, 2021

by Molly Samuel

Former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia has died. He was 79 years old. He lost three limbs in Vietnam, but that didn't stop him from seeking higher office, where he advocated for veterans and the disabled.

Protesters gather in Grand Park at a "March for Freedom" rally demonstrating against the L.A. City Council's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city employees and contractors on Monday in Los Angeles. A new study from Pew Research Center breaks down ideology wi

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Feel like you don't fit in either political party? Here's why

2:08pm November 09, 2021

by Domenico Montanaro

The division is far more complicated than a split between Republicans and Democrats, according to the Pew Research Center. Here are the differences in ideology on race, economics and government.

'Justice on the Brink' author considers the impact of Trump's 3 Supreme Court picks

2:03pm November 09, 2021

by Dave Davies

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse says the new Court has given conservatives less than they'd hoped for, though critical cases on abortion and other issues are still pending.

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Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., is being criticized for tweeting an edited anime video depicting violence against Democrats including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Biden.

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Rep. Paul Gosar shared an anime video of himself killing AOC. This was her response

1:20pm November 09, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The video shows Gosar's character killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword and brandishing weapons at President Biden. Twitter says it violates its hateful conduct rules but has left it up.

First lady Jill Biden stops by historic Virginia school's vaccine clinic

7:15am November 09, 2021

by Tamara Keith

The first school to administer the polio vaccine in 1954 in McLean, Va., was also the scene for the kickoff of a White House drive to get kids vaccinated for COVID-19.

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News brief: Jan. 6 subpoenas, Supreme Court preview, India's climate challenge

6:44am November 09, 2021

The Jan. 6 House panel issues more subpoenas for ex-Trump officials. A look at two cases before the Supreme Court Tuesday. And, India's rapid development has left it with many environmental issues.

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Russian Yevgeniy Polyanin is one of two men indicted by the U.S. in connection with ransomware attacks last summer.

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U.S. indicts 2 men behind major ransomware attacks

5:08am November 09, 2021

by Brian Naylor

The attacks shut down a meat processing plant and an internet software provider earlier this year.

President Biden welcomed the Milwaukee Bucks to the White House, the first NBA champions to visit there in five years.

The Milwaukee Bucks are the first NBA champions to visit the White House since 2016

7:35pm November 08, 2021

by James Doubek

Members of the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors, who won recent championships, had declined to visit President Donald Trump, while the Lakers' visit was canceled because of COVID protocols.

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn speaks during a protest of the outcome of the 2020 presidential election outside the Supreme Court in December 2020. Flynn has been subpoenaed by a select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. C

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Jan. 6 panel issues new wave of subpoenas for ex-Trump officials

7:09pm November 08, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

Six Trump allies, including Michael Flynn and John Eastman, were issued subpoenas tied to their efforts "to overturn the results of the 2020 election," the panel said.

Dr. Richard Mulvaney of Mclean, Va., injects the new polio vaccine into the arm of 6-year-old Randall Kerr, the first of some 100 children to be inoculated on April 26, 1954.

Virginia school revisits its history as a polio vaccine trailblazer with COVID clinic

5:01pm November 08, 2021

by Alana Wise

Franklin Sherman Elementary was the first school to administer the polio vaccine to kids in 1954. Now it's once again at the forefront, hosting a COVID-19 vaccine event with first lady Jill Biden.