Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday clashed with Republican senators over the Justice Department's efforts to crack down on violent threats against school boards, with one GOP member telling the former judge, "Thank God you're not on the Supreme Court."



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The Texas senator made the comments while questioning Attorney General Merrick Garland at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

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Treating high-risk Covid-19 patients with the antidepressant fluvoxamine may reduce the risk of prolonged hospitalisation by up to a third, a large-scale study showed Thursday.



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Democrats are dropping family and medical paid leave from President Joe Biden's Build Back Better spending package, three Democratic sources familiar with the talks said, as the party feverishly works to narrow down the bill and secure an agreement.

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Score one for the billionaires—maybe. The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), reportedly declared that a proposed wealth tax on the richest Americans has been scrapped from negotiations in the ongoing spending bill debate.

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Facebook sent an email to its employees on Tuesday night directing them to preserve records and documents dating back to 2016, noting that multiple governments were launching inquiries into the social media giant. 



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The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved Cook County property tax incentives that will enable the redevelopment of four industrial and commercial properties for business uses, which the mayor’s office estimates could create up to 1,000 jobs.
Those properties include a Class L property tax incentive for the former Morton Salt Co. warehouse at 1357 N. Elston Ave.

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U.S. immigration authorities will be restricted from carrying out arrests and other enforcement actions at hospitals, schools and a range of other “protected” areas under a new policy issued Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security. 



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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Tuesday that he gets asked about switching parties "every day" and joked that he isn't sure where he belongs politically.

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Meghan McCain also called out the media, saying Graham shouldn't be treated like an expert on her family

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