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Scalise: Biden Messed up Testing Because He ‘Only Wanted to Talk about Vaccines’

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) stated that the Biden administration failed to properly handle coronavirus testing “Because they only wanted to talk about vaccines.” Scalise said President Biden uses “science Read More in Breitbart News

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Churchgoers ‘Hog-Tied’ Gunman Who Opened Fire On Flock, Killing 1 And Wounding 5

‘Glad This Ain’t Me’: Johnny Depp/Amber Heard Trial Gets The ‘SNL’ Treatment

‘Glad This Ain’t Me’: Johnny Depp/Amber Heard Trial Gets The ‘SNL’ Treatment

Patron Saint Of Journalists? Pope Francis Canonizes Priest Who Opposed Nazis And Was Martyred At Dachau, 9 Others

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Winter Olympics: China admits Beijing 2022 could bring Covid-19 cases

The best books of 2021, according to global tastemakers

Afghan sportswomen ‘in hiding and changing their locations and addresses every two or three weeks’

This Chinese city found a Covid cluster. All 13 million residents are now under lockdown

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Scalise: Biden Messed up Testing Because He ‘Only Wanted to Talk about Vaccines’

Dem Chicago Alderman: ‘We Still Talk More about COVID’ than Gun Violence, Even Though More Kids Die from Guns in Chicago Than COVID

Florida Republican Under Fire from HOA for ‘Lets’ Go Brandon’ Christmas Lights

New Jersey’s Redistricting Commission Bolsters Democrat Strength

Nassau County Declines to Charge Andrew Cuomo over Sexual Misconduct Allegations

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For Queen Elizabeth II, 2021 brought sorrow and scandal to the royal family

Omicron in S. Africa appears relatively mild. That might not be the case everywhere, continental CDC says.

More Australians are paying tribute to Indigenous people. Some worry it’s just lip service.

Ferry fire kills at least 37 in southern Bangladesh

Myanmar army airstrikes send hundreds fleeing into Thailand

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More Than 1,900 Christmas Eve Flights Are Canceled Globally Amid Omicron

Why We Feast During the Holidays

Japan Approves Major Hike in Military Spending, With Taiwan in Mind

Officers Fire at Suspect in Store and a Bullet Kills a Girl in a Dressing Room

‘Koala Massacre’: Australia Files Hundreds of Animal Cruelty Charges

Two More Broadway Shows Close as Omicron Takes a Toll on Theater

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U.S., Russia Move Closer to Talks Over Ukraine as Moscow Amasses Troops

Russian Guns-for-Hire Fill Void in Africa and Elsewhere as Western Militaries Pull Back

Saudis Begin Making Ballistic Missiles With Chinese Help

U.K. Study Reinforces Conclusion That Omicron Causes Less Severe Disease

U.N. Plans $8 Billion Fund to Restart Afghanistan’s Economy

Omicron Drives Surge in U.S. as World Awaits Fresh Evidence on Severity

Intel Apologizes After Asking Suppliers to Avoid China’s Xinjiang Region

Two Years Into Covid-19, Elderly Italians Again Face Christmas Alone