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(Headline USA) When Dr. Alexa Mieses Malchuk talks to patients about the COVID-19 vaccine, she tries to feel out where they get their information from. “Sometimes I feel like the education I have to provide depends on what news channel that they watch,” the doctor in Durham, North Carolina, said. The...

(Headline USA) Texas Democrats who fled their public obligations to avoid a difficult vote on election integrity were derailed by a charter plane ride---paid for by Beto O'Rourke and Willie Nelson---in which they opted to violate health and aviation mandates for masking. But the super-spreading scofflaws vowed to press on...

(Headline USA) Senate Democrats were beginning to apply pressure to move a massive pair of big-spending 'infrastructure' bills out off committee and onto the floor. Republicans countered, however, that the way to pay for the bills---and their final price tag---was nowhere near settled, and that forcing a vote now could...

(Headline USA) The Biden administration has reached a preliminary agreement with Germany over a controversial Russia-to-Europe gas pipeline that is vehemently opposed by Ukraine and Poland, as well as both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Congressional aides briefed on the outlines of the deal said it would allow the completion...

(Headline USA) Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft. But the accomplishment was overshadowed by mockery and memes on social media, due to the resemblance of the Amazon...

(Associated Press) Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder has filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by California election officials to block him from running in the state's Sept. 14 recall election, saying he's the target of political “shenanigans” by Sacramento Democrats. The Republican Elder said in a statement issued late Monday...

(Headline USA) Caitlyn Jenner's earnings have fallen precipitously in the last several years from a high of $2.5 million in 2016 when he had his own reality TV show to $550,000, tax filings show. Jenner is among those running in California’s upcoming recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom. All candidates were...

(Headline USA) House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has picked five Republicans to sit on the new select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol, signaling that Republicans will participate in the investigation that they have staunchly opposed. McCarthy said Monday that he has selected Indiana Rep. Jim Banks,...

(Headline USA) An FBI agent who testified about an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing an assault charge, according to court records. Richard Trask appeared in a Kalamazoo court Monday and was released. Online records show the alleged offense occurred Sunday. The court file doesn't list a defense attorney...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden tempered his assessment that social media giants are “killing people” by hosting alleged misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines on their platforms, saying Monday that he hoped they would not take it “personally” and instead would act to save lives. While companies like Facebook defend their practices...

(Headline USA) Two people died and multiple people were injured, some critically, in four different early morning shootings Saturday in Portland, Oregon, a city that has seen gun violence and associated homicide rates soar in the past six months. Mayor Ted Wheeler called the rash of shootings a “pandemic” and said...

(Headline USA) Ben & Jerry’s said Monday it was going to stop selling its ice cream in Israel's territory of the "West Bank" of the Jordan River and east Jerusalem, saying the sales in the territories sought by the Palestinians are “inconsistent with our values.” The announcement was one of the...