#Mitch McConnell says COVID-19 relief deal is ‘very close’

#Mitch McConnell says COVID-19 relief deal is ‘very close’

“#Mitch McConnell says COVID-19 relief deal is ‘very close’” WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that another wave of urgently needed coronavirus aid was “very close” — and vowed that lawmakers wouldn’t leave Washington until they had inked a deal. “Our bipartisan discussions are continuing to make significant headway toward another relief…

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#Not-so-looney look at 2020 election results: Devine

#Not-so-looney look at 2020 election results: Devine

“#Not-so-looney look at 2020 election results: Devine” The Electoral College formally affirmed Joe Biden’s victory Monday, but President Trump fights on, much like the Black Knight in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” who won’t give up, even when his arms and legs have been chopped off. “ ’Tis but a scratch,” he says after King…

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#Trump’s peace deals mean anti-Israel boycott movement is dead

#Trump’s peace deals mean anti-Israel boycott movement is dead

“#Trump’s peace deals mean anti-Israel boycott movement is dead” Last week, Morocco became the fourth Arab state — after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan — to strike a peace deal with Israel. The US-brokered Abraham Accords will almost certainly be remembered as Team Trump’s greatest foreign achievement. Among the as-yet-unappreciated benefits: The accords…

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#Russian hackers hit DHS, DoD, NIH, State Department

#Russian hackers hit DHS, DoD, NIH, State Department

“#Russian hackers hit DHS, DoD, NIH, State Department” LONDON/WASHINGTON — The US Department of Homeland Security and thousands of businesses scrambled Monday to investigate and respond to a sweeping hacking campaign that officials suspect was directed by the Russian government. Emails sent by officials at DHS, which oversees border security and defense against hacking, were monitored by…

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#As vaccines roll out, doubters rush to take credit

#As vaccines roll out, doubters rush to take credit

“#As vaccines roll out, doubters rush to take credit” “We’re looking to get it by the end of the year if we can, maybe before,” President Trump said at a May 15 Rose Garden event. He added on Twitter: “Vaccine work is looking VERY promising, before end of year.” CNN analyst Jessica Huseman retweeted his…

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