Kristen Holmes
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@CNN Senior White House Correspondent, currently on maternity leave. Former elementary school teacher, Oklahoma native, ranch dressing enthusiast.
Joined February 2009
Confirming Washington Post: . President Trump called GA Governor Kemp asking him to convince state legislators to overturn Biden’s win in GA. Trump requested Kemp call a special session & urge state legislators to select their own electors that would support Trump, source says.
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Massive crowds packed onto Pennsylvania Avenue for #marchforourlives. A lot of young people, a lot of energy and a lot of passion. This certainly is a movement.
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My mom has created something she calls “Wolf-tails,” where she has cocktails and watches @wolfblitzer @CNNSitRoom . She apparently has done this every night of the pandemic and I AM JUST NOW LEARNING ABOUT. ❤️❤️🍷🍷.
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Former President Donald Trump is expected to visit a McDonald’s Sunday in Pennsylvania and “work the fry cooker”, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. This comes up as Trump has repeatedly claimed Vice President Kamala Harris never actually worked at McDonald’s.
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Oklahoma GOP Sen. James Lankford says he’ll intervene if Trump administration has not allowed President-elect Joe Biden access to presidential daily intelligence briefings by the end of the week: “There is no loss from him getting the briefings and to be able to do that”.
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28 states plus DC are now allowing teachers to receive Covid-19 vaccines.States where all or some teachers are eligible:.AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, DE, HI, ID, IL, IA, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, NE, NV, NY, ND, OH, OR, PA, TN, UT, VA, WV, WY & DC.
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A number of cadets from US Military Academy class of 2020 who were brought back for graduation where Pres Trump is giving address now tested positive for coronavirus. Army spox: “about 1.5 percent” of Class of 2020 who were brought back have tested positive per @barbarastarrcnn.
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Confirming Washington Post reporting-- WH openly discrediting Fauci, a top health official/member of the coronavirus task force. Statement from a White House official: "Several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things.".
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Some Health and Human Services staffers instructed today that if anyone from President-elect Joe Biden's team contacts them, they are not to communicate with them and are to alert Deputy Surgeon General Rear Admiral Erica Schwartz of the communication per administration official.
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While Trump did not have his mug shot taken, CNN has learned his co-defendant, Walt Nauta, did as part of his booking process. Just one example of how different this process could play out for each of them moving forward.
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Elderly CA couple tells police 60 lbs of marijuana in car were Christmas presents. York County Sheriff says 83-y/o man & 80 y/o woman were pulled over in York, NE for traffic violation. Deputies found weed estimated at a street value of over $300,000 inside truck topper.
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🚨 Voter registration hits a record 97% in Travis County, TX (Austin and surrounding area). Some 852,224 voters, which is 97 percent of eligible voters in the county, are registered, according to the Travis County Tax office.
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CDC confirms 57 cases of novel coronavirus in the US—new confirmed cases are all among passengers of Diamond Princess cruise ship.
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Dem Reps @tedlieu of CA & @RubenGallego of AZ sent letter to WH Comms Agency, Secret Service, inquiring about steps WH is taking to make sure POTUS personal comms are protected after reports he has ramped up the use of his personal cell phone.
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NEW: Today CDC will announce that it is low risk to travel if you are vaccinated, according to a source familiar. CDC will also say that there is no need to quarantine after international travel if you are vaccinated, the source says.
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Two students shot inside a classroom at Sal Castro Middle School in Los Angeles. Female suspect is student at school & was taken into custody. Conditions of the two victims is unknown: “The situation is under control,” LAUSD Police Sergeant tells KTLA.
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Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung clarifies to CNN that former President Donald Trump did NOT purchase a firearm at the armory in Summerville, South Carolina, on Monday.
It would be a crime for him to actually buy this gun because he's under felony indictment. Did he actually go through with this purchase?.
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GSA responds to Dems on briefing- Dep. Administrator will brief 4 requesting House Chairs & their Ranking Members, Monday 11/30, GSA spox tells CNN. GSA will also do in-person-only briefing for Senate Appropriations, Homeland Sec. & Gov Affairs Committees.
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Trump adviser Will Russell is expected to appear before a grand jury in Washington, DC, on Thursday in the special counsel’s investigation into Trump, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. He has already appeared at least 2 times.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to formally certify that the state’s 16 electoral votes will go to President-elect Joe Biden at his 5 PM press conference, source tells CNN.
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CDC now confirms 59 cases of novel coronavirus in the United States—an increase from the 57 reported yesterday. The newly confirmed cases are all among passengers of the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
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RNC news: Amber Rose, a reality tv personality and model who shocked fans by endorsing Donald Trump for president earlier this year, is expected to speak at the Republican National Convention next week, a source familiar tells CNN.
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Trump spent Wednesday playing golf at his Bedminster club, sources told CNN. Wednesday's the only weekday court isn't in for his NY criminal trial. Trump has lamented that trial has kept him off campaign trail: “Im not in GA or FL or NC campaigning like I should be" he said Mon.
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NEWS: Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump's envoy for special missions, is expected to meet with Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro in the country on Friday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
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Republican Sen. John Kennedy tells @mkraju his advice for Rachel Mitchell, who is questioning Christine Blasey Ford tomorrow: “I’m not interested in seeing Ms. Mitchell go cat woman on anybody.”.
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Nikki Haley says on her SiriusXM show she made clear she had no interest in joining Trump’s cabinet. “His best friend, Steve Witkoff, came to our house in SC…He was like, ‘What do you want? Tell me what you want. Is there anything you want?’ I said, ‘There's nothing I want.’”.
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Lots of "Women for Trump" signs here at rally in Lakeland, FL.
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The Pentagon has authorized up to 15k National Guard troops for the Inauguration per the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, General Daniel Hokanson.
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Trump's deputy White House counsel Patrick Philbin has been subpoenaed in the federal criminal probe of the Jan 6, 2021, attack, sources familiar w/ matter tell @kpolantz @PamelaBrownCNN .Philbin worked under Pat Cipollone, who was also subpoenaed for docs & testimony per sources.
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Department of Defense announces 111 members of the military have tested positive for COVID-19. Breakdown overall: . Military: 111.Civilian employees: 32.Dependent: 37.Contractor: 31.
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NEWS: 2 resolutions now circulating within RNC that could slow Trump's takeover if passed.1 would ensure RNC remain neutral/not take on staff from a campaign until candidate is nominee.2 bar the RNC from paying candidate legal bills unrelated to this election w/ @DanielStrauss4.
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Former President Trump’s videographer traveled with him to New York to document the behind the scenes of Trump's surrender, according to two sources close to Trump-- a further indication of how they plan to use this event to their political advantage.
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Carson is requesting order for $31,000 dining set be cancelled, per statement provided to CNN by longtime advisor Armstrong Williams. Carson says he “was as surprised as anyone to find out that a $31,000 dining set had been ordered.”.
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Trump now under arrest, booked by deputy US marshals. The booking process for both Donald Trump and co-defendant Walt Nauta has been completed, CNN reports from inside the courthouse.
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A day after the first public hearing of impeachment inquiry, thousands line up to hear from President Trump at a campaign rally in Shreveport, Louisiana. (And yes, that is Free Bird playing)
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President Biden plans to announce new actions to protect student loan borrowers when he speaks later today, a source familiar with the White House plans tell @ArletteSaenz @Kevinliptakcnn @AlliemalCNN.
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New Jersey Governor issues statewide curfew--. NJ residents are no longer allowed to travel from 8pm to 5am with the exception of essential travel, Governor Phil Murphy announced Monday. This remains in effect for the foreseeable future.
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Neither FL Gov. Ron DeSantis nor fmr SC Gov. Nikki Haley will have speaking role at Republican National Convention. When Trump accepted nom in 2016, the Republicans who received the 2nd & 3rd most delegates, Sens. Ted Cruz & Marco Rubio, both addressed convention - w/ @scontorno.
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NEW: Former FL Congressman Matt Gaetz is expected to join One America News Network as an anchor, a source familiar tells CNN. Last month, Gaetz withdrew his name to serve as AG after Trump told him he didn’t have the votes in the senate.
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Staff for the House Appropriations and Oversight Committees are invited to attend this in-person briefing as well.
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In his first interview since withdrawing his name as AG, Matt Gaetz tells Charlie Kirk he will not be rejoining Congress .“I'm still going to be in the fight, but it's going to be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th Congress.".
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Trump spends 22 seconds animatedly talking about Bloomberg trying to get a box to stand on during the debate because he’s short. After the clip aired, the whole Fox team, including Sean Hannity, seem confused as to what the President is talking about.
The first clip from Sean Hannity's big interview with the president features POTUS talking about Michael Bloomberg's height.
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Trump transition co-chair Linda McMahon is expected to be named as Education Secretary, four sources familiar with the matter tell me and @kaitlancollins - decision was formed after her co-chair Howard Lutnick was given Commerce, a role McMahon wanted.
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Kevin McCarthy says he thinks Trump could win the GOP nomination, but doesnt know if Trump is “strongest” candidate for his party. “Can he win that election? Yeah he can…the question is, is he the strongest to win the election, I don’t know that answer,” McCarthy says on CNBC.
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🧵I converted to Judaism 4 years ago. My husband is Jewish, but it wasn’t a deal breaker for him. I chose to convert & it was a no brainer. I’d always had an admiration for the religion but also the Jewish culture. I loved the idea of Shabbat dinner, I loved the candle lighting,.
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ND Gov. Doug Burgum tells @kaitlancollins Trump addressed him as “Mr. Secretary” in a call after Burgum learned he wouldn’t be Vice President.
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Norwegian Air demands Boeing compensate it for grounded 737 Max planes. Per CEO in message to customers: "We will not take the cost related to the new aircraft that we have to park temporarily. We will send this bill to those who produce this aircraft.".
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Trump talks about Biden call on X spaces:.“He was very nice today, he called up to make sure I was okay…do I have any suggestions. we do need more people on my detail bc we have 50, 60,000 people showing up to events. other people dont have that, but he couldn't have been nicer”.
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NOAA now forecasts a rare and “extremely active” hurricane season. The agency predicts 19-25 named storms (winds of 39 mph +), 7-11 of those will be hurricanes (winds of 74 mph +) and 3 -6 of those are forecast to be major hurricanes (winds of 111 mph +).
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Top economic adviser Larry Kudlow tells @jaketapper attendees at President Trump’s rally next week “probably” should wear masks. Also stressed importance of following social distancing guidelines.
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It’s been disappointing to have been proven so wrong. Antisemitism is most certainly a thing— a disgusting, hateful part of society. I’m proud to be Jewish. I remain excited to be part of the community. I have loved raising my son Jewish. For his sake, I hope we can do better.
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NRA leadership directly appealed to POTUS to not raise age limit for buying certain firearms during lunch Sunday, Sr Admin official tells @ElizLanders. Adds NRA prefers WH pursue school safety programs.
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President-elect Donald Trump announces former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to lend expertise to cyber security efforts.
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Just heard my husband on the phone say “I gotta go deal with this raccoon,” as he ran out of the house. WHAT RACCOON?! 😭😱.
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POTUS: Iran policy based on an assessment of Iran’s “sponsorship of terrorism & cont. aggression in Middle East and all around the world.”.
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In Mississippi over 90% of the Covid cases and related deaths over the past month are in unvaccinated people, the state's health director says. Just 31% of the state's total population has been vaccinated w/ 34% of the population receiving at least one dose.
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Sandra Bland’s family reached settlement in wrongful death suit says atty. includes $1.9M & changes to Waller County TX jail procedures #CNN.
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The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial on Friday denied a motion to keep his daughter Ivanka Trump from testifying.
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Dr. Robert Redfield, former Trump CDC head, to serve as a strategic health and safety advisor to Big Ass Fans, the manufacturing company says. Redfield will provide solutions for poor indoor air quality and airborne pathogen transmission per company.
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Trump campaign says it raised $111.8 million in June and $331 million in Q2. The campaign’s cash on hand at the end of June is $284.9 M, per news release. This AM the Biden campaign said it raised $127 M in June and $ 264 M in Q2. Biden team reporting $240 M cash on hand.
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NEWS: Congressman George Santos is now in federal custody according to a spokesperson for the Eastern District of New York.
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Trump: we can make new friends, rebuild old alliances, and bring new allies into the fold.
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72 TOTAL U.S. Confirmed Coronavirus cases .25 cases detected and tested in the US.o 11 - California.o 1 - Massachusetts.o 6 - Washington state .o 1 - Arizona.o 3 - Illinois.o 1 - Wisconsin.o 1 – Oregon.o 1- Rhode Island.
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The Telsa Cybertruck explosion and fire at the entrance of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday morning is being investigated as a possible terrorist act, a law enforcement official who has been briefed tells @brynnCNN.
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Vatican tells CNN there is NO official comment on lengthy report that included documents from six Catholic dioceses showing that more than 300 priests have been credibly accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 child victims.
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A source familiar w Pres Trump’s thinking tells @PamelaBrownCNN he watched Raj Shah’s debut at podium & wasn’t happy Shah admitted WH could’ve done better handling Porter situation—even though POTUS was upset abt negative press coverage & thought it should’ve been handled better.
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Speaker Pelosi calls for House to return this week to “vote on Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Maloney’s ‘Delivering for America Act,’ which prohibits the Postal Service from implementing any changes to operations or level of service it had in place on January 1, 2020.”.
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Former First Lady Melania Trump is taking the stage at Madison Square Garden. She was not on the schedule and has been barely visible this campaign cycle.
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"If you flash back 36 years ago, and by that I mean Tuesday. Tuesday night." @Phil_Mattingly speaking all of our truths at 3:30 this AM on @CNN.
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FedEx and UPS tell CNN they completed all first-day coronavirus vaccine deliveries as scheduled. FedEx said the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was delivered to 70-80 sites. UPS spokesman told CNN that it “delivered 100 percent of its Covid vaccines on-time today.”.
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Trump makes a stop at Zesto in Columbia, SC and orders a chocolate dipped cone after his speech—engaging in some of the traditional retail politics he usually swaps for large scale rallies.
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Trump tells reporters on tarmac in Atlanta he would NOT sign a federal abortion ban if reelected in Nov. “Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?” .“No,” Trump said, shaking his head.“You wouldn’t sign it?”.“No,” Trump said again.
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Trump: Clinton calls ppl don't support her deplorable. I call ppl who aren't supporting me American citizens entitled same respect as anyone.
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Trump team began reach out to Hill allies this week ahead of poss. indictment, per source. Encouraged them to flood airwaves in Trump's defense & circulated talking points hitting Smith. Expectation is staunch allies like Stefanik &Jordan will play major role in public defense.
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8 Secret Service agents assigned to Pence's detail tested positive for coronavirus ahead of his Arizona trip:
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Georgia GOP senate candidate Herschel Walker on October debate:. “I'm not that smart. (Warnock) is smart & wears these nice suits. So, he is going to show up & embarrass me at the debate Oct. 14th, & I'm just waiting to show up & I will do my best.”.
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Queen Elizabeth II declares her consent to the marriage of her grandson Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Everything's happening!!!.
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Mooney is going off on Manchin now. Says Manchin must see him as a threat after cutting an ad for McKinley. Brings up Manchin’s votes to impeach Trump and implies he would run against Manchin for Senate. #WV02.
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Trump Tower Fire: FDNY source familiar w ongoing investigation tells @brynnCNN there was no working smoke alarm in apt where fire took place. FDNY is investigating reason smoke alarm wasn't functioning. FDNY was originally notified of fire by building wide alarm system in TT.
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NEWS: Former President Trump has replaced his top GA lawyer ahead of his surrender, sources tell me. Drew Findling, the lawyer who has led Trump’s defense in Georgia, is being replaced by Steven Sadow, an Atlanta based criminal defense attorney.
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These numbers are incredibly disturbing.
US coronavirus cases/day via @CNN:. Right now: 61,306 cases/day.5 days ago: 43,746 cases/day.10 days ago: 31,447 cases/day.15 days ago: 23,346 cases/day.20 days ago: 15,068 cases/day.25 days ago: 13,562 cases/day.30 days ago: 11,871 cases/day.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence just suspended his campaign for president here on stage at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.
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Confederate flag goes up at Trump rally in Lakeland, FL as crowd chants "CNN sucks" at the media pen.
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UPDATE: There are now 159 unaccounted for in Surfside collapse, Mayor of Miami-Dade says. “I want to be very clear about the numbers. They are very fluid,” Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a press conference.
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CNN projecting Democrat Raphael Warnock will win the special Senate runoff in Georgia.
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Pres. of @UF: We've invested over $600,000. We're going to have more police on this campus today. than anytime in history of our university
White Supremacist Richard Spencer to speak at University of Florida in Gainesville this afternoon :
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The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has obtained former President Donald Trump’s tax returns and related records, sources familiar with the matter tell @KaraScannell & @ShimonPro . Records were obtained Monday, just hours after SCOTUS denied Trump’s last ditch effort.
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HHS holds key transition meeting: . “Given GSA’s ascertainment last night, HHS Chief of Staff Brian Harrison met this morning with HHS’s career transition lead, Deputy Surgeon General RADM Erica Schwartz, to receive an update and ensure smooth transition planning.”. -HHS spox.
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@wewitty3 @barbarastarrcnn not sure what facts youre taking about. The Army confirmed this in a statement. They brought cadets back early for graduation that is in June. They have been screening them and several tested positive.
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Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman tells @jaketapper Olympics coach may've known abt Nassar abuse: "1 of my teammates described in graphic detail what Nassar had done to her the night before. John Geddert was in the car with us& he just didn't say anything"
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The biggest county in Iowa, which includes Des Moines, finished counting all absentee ballots received thru Monday per Polk County Auditor. Results from those ballots will be posted shortly after polls close at 10 pmET/9 CT. Polk County went for Clinton by 11 pts in 2016.
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Sources briefed on the matter tell @mkraju an emotional & upset Sen Franken apologized to staff today after revelations he groped a woman in 2006. Hasn't spoken to most of his colleagues, skipping all Senate vote & Dem lunch.
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Crowd gives standing ovation in OKC when Trump says he will protect the 2nd Amendment-- "Boy you people, you do really like your guns.".
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My report on the tension between the White House and Fauci.
The White House is taking aim at Dr. Anthony Fauci as he disagrees with President Trump on the coronavirus
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Exclusive via @PamelaBrownCNN : WH press secretary Sarah Sanders interviewed by special counsel's office .
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Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) has announced that he will not run for re-election. When asked by Fox News if he needed/wanted to pursue a third term in office, Rooney said, “I don’t really think I do and I don’t really think I want one.”.
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One more video of Trump supporters shouting angrily before a Trump campaign aide and USSS intervened. #GeneralElection #florida
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Trump says he was honored 10 years ago in Michigan--as "man of the year".
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