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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Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday defended a Justice Department memo asking the FBI to watch out for threats of violence against school boards and education officials as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin invoked the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol while discussing those threats.

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building was evacuated Wednesday morning after a bomb threat.

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Hitherto-revered US leftist Noam Chomsky’s call for the unvaccinated to be ‘isolated’ from the rest of society, and his cold dismissal of concerns over how they would even get food, is deeply shocking. How the mighty have fallen.

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The world champion boxer from Grand Rapids posted a short video to social media this week supporting the Brooklyn Nets star, who has been away from the team as he continues to resist getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

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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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Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said in a CNN interview broadcast Wednesday that she had faith the United States would defend the island in the event China launched a military strike.
"I do have faith" that U.S. forces would help defend Taiwan, Tsai told the network, adding that Washington's commitment includes sending Americans to train Taiwan's military, a program confirmed to AFP by a Pentagon official earlier this month.

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Felony charges have been dropped against a homeless man who shortchanged a convenience store 43 cents for a bottle of Mountain Dew. 

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A suspicious substance included in a package with a threatening note reported by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wasn't found to be hazardous, U.S. Capitol Police said Tuesday."Today our office receiv...

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