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Over half of long COVID patients suffer persistent cognitive slowing, new study reveals

US government failure to protect frontline workers from COVID led to thousands of deaths, scientists say

Politics:

Grassley Opposes Tax Bill that Makes Biden ‘Look Good’

John Podesta to succeed John Kerry as top U.S. climate diplomat

FBI Director Chris Wray warns Congress that Chinese hackers targeting U.S. infrastructure as U.S. disrupts foreign botnet “Volt Typhoon”

U.S. Military Personnel in Iraq Put on Standby to Support Ground Involvement in Israel’s War on Gaza

Despite Biden’s promises of no boots on the ground, documents obtained by The Intercept suggest the military has prepared for the possibility.

Another impeachment witness tells the GOP what it doesn’t want to hear

Eric Schwerin, a former business associate of the president’s son, Hunter Biden, appeared Tuesday on Capitol Hill for sworn, closed-door testimony before congressional investigators. The appearance triggered the usual response from right-wing media — new evidence emerges of Biden’s culpability!! — but the more important story is a quieter one.
Once again, an associate of Hunter Biden’s asserted explicitly and under penalty of perjury that the president was not involved in his son’s business.

GOP Lawmaker Says Congress Doesn’t Need to Fix Border

School voucher supporter gave Gov. Greg Abbott $6 million in December

Activist who led ouster of Harvard president linked to ‘scientific racism’ journal

’White Lives Matter’ member gets 18 years for firebombing church that planned drag events

Trump Risks Losing More Than Half of Swing-State Voters If Found Guilty

Donald Trump’s High Court claim over Steele dossier alleging ‘sexual perversions’ dismissed by judge

Israel eyes longshot plan of exile for some Hamas leaders

The Israeli government had discussed internally a plan to allow some of Hamas’ senior military leaders to take refuge in a third Middle East country as a step to accelerate an end to the war in the Gaza Strip and forge a new political leadership in the Palestinian territories.
The initiative could include exiling top Hamas officials believed to have masterminded and executed the October 7th terrorist attack. The exile plan could form part of a package of steps to end the Gaza war that includes Hamas releasing all of its remaining hostages, the laying down of arms by its lower-rank fighters and commanders, and the establishment of a post-war Gaza leadership free of Hamas.

In other words, they no longer see a path to the complete destruction of Hamas.

Max Boot: If Trump wins, he will destroy the American-led world order

Every president but one since Franklin D. Roosevelt has believed that the United States should exercise preeminent international influence for its own good and that of the world. Trump is the lone exception. He is committed to an “America First” agenda — the same label embraced by the Nazi sympathizers and isolationists of the pre-Pearl Harbor period. He has nothing but scorn for the twin pillars of postwar U.S. foreign policy: free-trade pacts and security alliances.

Oregon leaders declare 90-day state of emergency in downtown Portland to address fentanyl crisis

Nearly 6 million U.S. women became pregnant due to sexual violence

Gaetz Measure Says Trump Did Not Engage in Insurrection

Although it’s not immediately clear what the legal implications of Gaetz’s measure would be, the 14th Amendment also says any disqualification from running for office could be removed by a two-thirds vote of Congress — a threshold the measure is very unlikely to meet.

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