#RFK Jr.’s sister condemns ‘deplorable and untruthful’ remarks about COVID, ethnic targeting

#RFK Jr.’s sister condemns ‘deplorable and untruthful’ remarks about COVID, ethnic targeting

Kerry Kennedy, the sister of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has publicly condemned her brother’s recent remarks on COVID-19 and ethnic targeting. “I strongly condemn my brother’s deplorable and untruthful remarks last week about Covid being engineered for ethnic targeting,” Kennedy said in a statement Monday through her family’s nonprofit organization, Robert F….

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#White House says Republicans have turned defense bill into ‘rightwing wishlist’

#White House says Republicans have turned defense bill into ‘rightwing wishlist’

The White House on Friday slammed congressional Republicans for “hijacking” the annual defense policy bill and loading it up with conservative amendments related to abortion, transgender rights and other issues, arguing it will undermine national security. “Holding America’s military readiness – as well as service members and their families – hostage to an extreme, divisive…

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#How McCarthy powered through a chaotic conference — again 

#How McCarthy powered through a chaotic conference — again 

Nearly every week features a familiar plotline for the House Republican conference: Right-flank pressure spurs last-minute scrambles that appear to put Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) and GOP leaders in peril – before they squeak out a compromise or victory. In the latest episode, the House Freedom Caucus’s push to add culture war amendments to the…

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#Iowa 6-week abortion ban signed into law

#Iowa 6-week abortion ban signed into law

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) on Friday signed Iowa’s new abortion ban into law, effectively outlawing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The ban will take effect immediately, further eroding abortion access across the Midwest, where it is already extremely limited. “I have never been prouder to sign a bill into law,” Reynolds…

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#Tucker Carlson aggressively questions Pence over Jan. 6, 2021

#Tucker Carlson aggressively questions Pence over Jan. 6, 2021

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson aggressively pressed former Vice President Mike Pence Friday about how he’d characterize the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob invaded the Capitol, forced the evacuation of lawmakers and interrupted the counting of electoral votes in the 2020 election. The questioning by Carlson, who described the events…

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