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Jon Stewart receives a standing ovation from 9/11 first responders after slamming lawmakers for failing to fund programs providing healthcare to the first responders
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ONE LESS: Scott Pappalardo owned his AR-15 rifle for more than 30 years. He even has a Second Amendment tattoo on his arm. This weekend, he destroyed his gun “to make sure this weapon will be ever be able to take a life.”
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Father of Parkland victim slams NRA videos:
"If this was put out by a terrorist organization, we would be raising the terror threat level in this country. Why are we letting this lobby have anything to do with DC? I don't understand it!"
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NEW: White House says “global K-pop phenomenon and Grammy-nominated musical group” BTS will join Pres. Biden at the White House next week to discuss anti-Asian hate crimes and celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month.
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Former Pres. Barack Obama at Elijah Cummings' funeral: "I tell my daughters...being a strong man includes being kind. That there's nothing weak about kindness and compassion. There's nothing weak about looking out for others."
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Sen. Chris Murphy delivers remarks on Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting: “What are we doing? What are we doing?…This only happens in this country and nowhere else. Nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking that they might be shot that day."
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Global K-pop sensation BTS visits the White House press briefing room.
“While many of you may know BTS as Grammy-nominated international icons, they also play an important role as youth ambassadors,” press sec. Karine Jean-Pierre says.
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"We’re BTS and it is a great honor to be invited to the White House tonight to discuss the important issues of anti-Asian hate crimes, Asian inclusion and diversity.”
Members of the global K-pop group deliver remarks before meeting with Pres. Biden.
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BREAKING: Joseph R. Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America.
#InaugurationDay
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BREAKING: Raphael Warnock is projected to win one of two Georgia Senate runoffs,
@ABC
News projects, a Democratic flip.
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President Trump criticizes Steve Kerr and Gregg Popovich — both vocal critics of Trump — when asked about China putting pressure on the NBA: "They talk badly about the United States, but when it talks about China, they don't want to say anything bad"
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “We cannot have the president, every time he has an objection, to say I’ll shut down the government until you come to my way of thinking…If we hold the employees hostage now, they’re hostage forever.”
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BREAKING: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office has released the results of a full hand-count audit of the roughly 5 million votes cast in the presidential contest there, showing Joe Biden has maintained his lead over Donald Trump.
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley: "I learned a long time ago that when change happens it's either because people see the light or they feel the fire.
"We're lifting up these stories in the hopes that you will see the light. And if you don't, we will bring the fire."
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@RepCohen
: "We believe that President Trump has violated the Constitution, and we've introduced five articles of impeachment."
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BREAKING: Pres. Trump: "Last night the United States brought the world's
#1
terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead."
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FLOTUS appears emotional in concluding remarks as First Lady, saying the role has been "the honor of my life"
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President-elect Joe Biden: "To all those of you who volunteered and worked the polls in the middle of this pandemic, local elected officials—you deserve a special thanks from the entire nation."
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“I get to go home and tell my kids that BTS opened for me,” White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese jokes after award-winning K-pop group visits briefing room.
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Boston PD Commissioner William Evans: We had 40,000 people "standing tall against bigotry and hatred in our city, and that's a good feeling"
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Sen. Menendez attacks Sec. Pompeo as hearing wraps: "If Pres. Obama did what Pres. Trump did in Helsinki, I'd be peeling you off the Capitol ceiling."
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Rep. Liz Cheney: "We had people that are at the highest levels of our law enforcement ... saying that they were going to stop a duly elected president of the United States."
"That sounds an awful lot like a coup and it could well be treason," she adds
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NEW: White House press sec. Jen Psaki says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “unnecessary and redundant” inspections of trucks at border are “causing significant disruptions” to supply chains.
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Extraordinary photo shows Harris County Sheriff's deputy rescuing two children from high floodwaters in Cypress, TX
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JUST IN: Alleged SC church shooter will face the death penalty
http://t.co/A2UHtRH901
http://t.co/GUoxCD6NNQ
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“Our country is paralyzed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that have shown no willingness to act in any way that might help prevent these tragedies," former Pres. Obama says after elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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Rep.
@tedlieu
says career prosecutors and FBI agents would continue any investigation even if Pres. Trump fired "some of the Republicans at the top."
"This train has left the station. There's nothing this president can do to stop it."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backs impeachment, telling
@GStephanopoulos
“every minute" that Trump is "in office represents a clear and present danger.”
“We’re also talking about complete barring of (Donald Trump) from running for office ever again.”
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NEW: Six families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, as well as FBI agent who responded to the scene, file defamation lawsuit against radio personality Alex Jones.
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"Refugees Welcome" banner unfurled on pedestal of Statue of Liberty; United States Park Police working to identify suspects.
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BREAKING: Joe Biden will win the state of Georgia, Edison projects.
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James Comey after a second interview on Capitol Hill: "So another day of Hillary Clinton's emails and the Steele dossier. This while the President of the United States is ... attacking the rule of law in this country. How does that make any sense at all?"
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Constituent at town hall for Rep. Tom Reed: "I'm a veteran. Everyone here deserves single-payer health care, now."
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@ananavarro
on Trump's CNN tweet: "It is an incitement to violence. He is going to get someone killed in the media."
#ThisWeek
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BREAKING: Pres. Biden awards the Medal of Honor to Paris Davis, a Black Army Special Forces hero from the Vietnam War who has waited close to 60 years to receive the nation's top award for valor after the Army said it lost his paperwork — twice.
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Jon Stewart did not hold back, ripping Congress for failing to fully fund a program to support sick and dying 9/11 first responders and choking back tears:
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NEW: White House Office of Management and Budget releases a statement in support of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify same-sex marriage into federal law.
“No person should face discrimination because of who they are or whom they love.”
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NEW: Donald Trump specifically has been invoked in connection with violent acts, threats of violence or assault allegations in at least 36 criminal cases nationwide, per
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News review. No such cases found in the names of Barack Obama or George W. Bush.
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WATCH: POTUS: "We know it is black history month when we hear someone say 'heeey, Michelle! Girl. You Look so good!"
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Signs go up naming section of Los Angeles-area freeway as the President Barack H. Obama Highway.
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JUST IN: Nearly 2000 Justice Dept. officials have signed onto a letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign over what they describe as his improper intervention in the criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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Former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka: "The left has no idea how much more damage we can do to them as private citizens."
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National security adviser Jake Sullivan tells
@GStephanopoulos
that the U.S. has “communicated directly, privately to the Russians at very high levels that there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia if they use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.”
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Pres. Trump nominates first African-American woman to serve as brigadier general.
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JUST IN: 55% of Americans approve of Pres. Trump's management of the coronavirus crisis, compared to 43% who disapprove, according to new
@ABC
News/Ipsos poll.
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Pres. Trump becomes the first world leader to meet the new emperor of Japan as the president and first lady Melania Trump are greeted by Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.
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Crowd chants "Shame!" at Greensboro, GA town hall after Sens. Perdue, Isakson and Rep. Hice reportedly declined to answer questions.
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BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that the Justice Department has charged four current and former Louisville Metro Police Department officers with federal crimes related to death of Breonna Taylor.
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Chris Christie on Michael Cohen testimony: "There hasn't been one Republican yet who's tried to defend the president on the substance. I think that's something that should be concerning to the White House."
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Religious leaders interrupt Attorney General Jeff Sessions' speech: "Brother Jeff, as a fellow United Methodist I call upon you to repent, to care for those in need."
Sessions: "Well, thank you for those remarks and attack but I would just tell you we do our best everyday"
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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says Jussie Smollett "took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career."
"I'm left hanging my head and asking why?"
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@MeghanMcCain
responds to President Trump criticizing her late father Sen. John McCain: “If I had told my dad ... he would think it was so hilarious that our president was so jealous of him that he was dominating the news cycle in death”
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Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson responds to criticism from Pres. Trump: "Today, the same police officers the president criticized for their inability to protect this city spent all day protecting him."
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JUST IN: Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, invites House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to sit for an interview with investigators.
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Jon Stewart: "What an incredible metaphor this room is for the entire process that getting healthcare and benefits for 9/11 first responders has come to ... a filled room of 9/11 first responders and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress"
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer displays post of Marjorie Taylor Greene post holding a gun next to image of Democratic lawmakers.
"This is an AR-15 in the hands of Ms. Greene...Look at that image and tell me what message you think it sends."
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@BernieSanders
on Trump's unsubstantiated voter fraud claims: "He is sending a message" to GOP "to go forward with voter suppression."
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NEW: House Democrats write Pres. Trump urging immediate removal of Steve Bannon from permanent position on the NSC
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JUST IN: Disapproval of Pres. Trump is at a new high, support for the Mueller probe is broad, and half of Americans favor Congress initiating impeachment proceedings against the president, new
@ABC
News/WaPo poll finds.
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Sen. Chris Murphy addresses Florida school shooting on Senate floor: "Let me just note once again for my colleagues...We are responsible for a level of mass atrocity that happens in this country with zero parallel anywhere else."
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"Is that a no?" In tense exchange,
@KamalaHarris
presses Dep. AG Rosenstein to give assurance special counsel has "full" independence.
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Life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen to the lowest levels seen in 26 years, new federal data shows.
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JUST IN: Statement from Andrew McCabe: "I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey.”
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Delaney Tarr at
#MarchForOurLives
rally: "We are here to call out every single politician...they know that if there is no assault weapons ban passed then we will vote them out."
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Santa Fe student Megan McGuire to lawmakers: "My thought is that if you do not do something, you do not have a prayer of being elected."
"My generation will see to that."
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@BarackObama
announces he and Michelle Obama will donate $2 million to summer jobs program in Chicago
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New York Attorney General's office seeks to compel testimony from Eric Trump's as part of an investigation into whether the Trump Organization improperly inflated certain assets to obtain tax benefits it otherwise would not have been entitled to receive.
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“I look forward to a serious debate on the serious issues facing this country,” Bernie Sanders says of Joe Biden.
“I do not want this campaign to degenerate into a Trump-type effort where we’re attacking each other, where it’s personal attacks,” he adds.
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BREAKING: Joe Biden leads Pres. Trump 54-45% among likely voters in Pennsylvania, new
@ABC
News/WaPo poll finds, thanks in large part to a 2-1 lead in the Philadelphia suburbs.
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Rep. Maxine Waters says if you "want to talk about civility," you should start with Pres. Trump.
"I think every reasonable person has concluded that the President of the United States of America has advocated violence," she says and reads Trump quotes
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NEW: "I'm so proud of the work of Chairman Adam Schiff," Speaker Pelosi says after GOP members of House Intel Committee call for his resignation.
"I think they're just scaredy-cats. They just don't know what to do."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses his supporters during
#DemConvention
speech: “Together, we have moved this country in a bold new direction … but let us be clear, if Donald Trump is reelected, all of the progress we have made will be in jeopardy.”
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NEW: Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls on President Trump to “abandon his lawsuit seeking to strike down the Affordable Care Act.”
“Instead the president should urge the 14 states who have refused to expand Medicaid, to do so.”
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@BernieSanders
tells Class of 2017 grads: "You just cannot look away. You have got to be involved."
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An overwhelming 71% of Americans say they don't trust Sen. Ted Cruz to defend democracy, according to new
@ABC
News/Ipsos poll, including 47% who don't trust him at all.
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JUST IN: Pres. Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive in the U.K. for three-day state visit.
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Pres. Biden: "If some governors aren't willing to do the right thing to beat this pandemic, then they should allow businesses and universities who want to do the right thing to be able to do it."
"If you aren't going to help, at least get out of the way."
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NEW: Top General Services Administration official who's blocking Pres.-elect Joe Biden's transition team from accessing government resources appears to be looking for a new job, according to a message obtained by
@ABC
News.
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NEW: AMA declares opposition to Senate GOP health care bill, saying it violates "first, do no harm" principle "on many levels.”
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Pres. Trump's approval rating is 38% in the new
@ABC
News/WaPo poll.
Among Republicans, he's at a career low of 74%—down steeply from a career-high 87% in July.
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Khizr Khan: "Thankfully, Mr. Trump, this isn't your America"
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The biggest Facebook post about last night's
#GOPDebate
came from
@BernieSanders
:
http://t.co/5DU8A4cbup
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President-elect Joe Biden reacts as the number "46" lights up the sky in Wilmington, Delaware.
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“Our country is paralyzed, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that have shown no willingness to act in any way that might help prevent these tragedies," former Pres. Obama says after elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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Meghan McCain slams the "cowardice" of the GOP for not speaking out against Trump's tweets on the Democratic congresswomen, including Sen. Lindsey Graham's defense of Trump: "Whatever is happening to Lindsey, this is not the person I used to know"
@TheView
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More than 1,000 CA high school students walk out of classes to protest the election of Donald Trump
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“I stand before you before you tonight as the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate...I stand before you tonight believing in the promise of America,” Val Demings speaks to supporters after she is projected to win Florida’s Democratic primary for Senate.
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JUST IN: Joe Biden on Pres. Trump's reference to George Floyd today: "George Floyd's last words, 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe,' have echoed all across this nation...For the president to try to put any other words in the mouth of George Floyd I frankly think is despicable."
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“We always hear that line about this being the most important election of our lifetimes, but this year it really is,” Eva Longoria says in
#DemConvention
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Houston SWAT officer carries mother and her 13-month-old son to safety amid rising floodwaters from
#Harvey
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JUST IN: 39% approve of Pres. Trump, lowest rating for any president at eight months in office dating back 71 years
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Dayton mayor Nan Whaley says she plans to tell President Trump "how unhelpful he's been" in addressing gun violence when he visits the area.
"Yesterday, his comments weren't very helpful to the issue around guns."
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"No one has been tougher on Wells Fargo than myself," Treasury official Joseph Otting says during testimony.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "You mean at the OCC? That's a low bar"
Otting: "I would disagree with that. I find that insulting"
Warren: "Good!"
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First lady Melania Trump and Japanese first lady Akie Abe enjoy a nature-oriented cultural experience during the Trumps' four-day visit to Japan.
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Jon Stewart calls for reauthorization of 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Act: "The Trump Justice Dept. is doing an excellent job administrating this program ... the program works exactly like it's supposed to, so now it's Congress' job to fund it properly"
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WATCH: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez breaks down how people can begin the process of receiving federal financial assistance for COVID-19 related funeral costs.
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