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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection
The results bode well for vaccines, which provoke the immune system to make antibodies – substances that attach to a virus and help it be eliminated.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, Kushner’s father
The actions bring to nearly 50 the number of people to whom the president has granted clemency in the last two days.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
‘Trickle-down’ tax cuts make the rich richer but are of no value to overall economy, study finds
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act didn’t pay for itself, failed to stimulate long-term growth and didn’t lead to sustained business investments, an extensive study concludes.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
Trump vetoes defense bill that has BIW benefits, setting up possible override vote
The president has called for the bill to include limits on social media companies he claims are biased against him – and to strip out language that allows for the renaming of military bases that honor Confederate leaders.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
With a video filmed in secret, Trump keeps sowing chaos
The president spoke into the camera not to deliver warm Christmas wishes, but to threaten to detonate Congress’ $900 billion COVID-19 relief and year-end package.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2020
‘Mom’s worth it’: U.S. holiday travel surges despite outbreak
Many people at airports this week thought long and hard about whether to go somewhere and found a way to rationalize it.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2020
FBI links Iran to online hit list targeting top officials who refuted Trump’s election fraud claims
Iran was active in seeking to interfere in the U.S. election, in October targeting Democratic voters with faked but menacing emails that purported to be from a far-right group threatening the recipients to vote for Trump ‘or we will come after you.’
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PublishedDecember 22, 2020
Perhaps the most significant climate change laws in a decade are tucked into COVID-19 relief bill
The sprawling legislation also extends tax credits for solar and wind power that are a key part of President-elect Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to generate 100 percent ‘clean electricity’ by 2035.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2020
Too big to read: Giant stimulus bill a leap of faith for Congress
It includes extended tax breaks for the alcohol industry and motor speedways, comprehensive energy legislation, revised copyright rules, approval of two new Smithsonian museums and lessened penalties for the transportation of water hyacinths. There’s also an entire section on Tibet.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2020
Man sentenced in Maine for scheme to defraud New England banks
The Boston man was part of a conspiracy to obtain the personal information of people with good credit scores so he and others could apply for unsecured loans in the names of their victims, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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