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Trump’s Attacks on Mail Voting Bolstered ‘Big Lie,’ Jan. 6 Panel Says

As the Jan. 6 committee held its second public hearing Monday, it focused much of its presentation not on the deadly Capitol attack or former President Donald Trump’s statements that allegedly stirred his supporters into violence, but on a more

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Pixar’s Lightyear Offers an Overcomplicated Meta-Backstory for the Manliest Man in the Toybox

There are a million origin stories in the naked city, and in the toybox too. Now, whether we care or not, we get the backstory of Buzz Lightyear, the disarmingly full of himself he-man space explorer of Pixar’s Toy Story

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Fears of Renewed Russian Strikes Hang Over Return to Kharkiv

As residents who fled the bombardment of the northern Ukrainian city look to return following Russia’s withdrawal, the threat of attack still looms.

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Scotland’s leader starts a campaign for a new independence vote

Britain’s departure from the European Union has changed the political realities for Scots since the 2014 referendum that rejected independence. (Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

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Donald Trump’s Statement Criticizing January 6 Hearings in Full – Newsweek

Donald Trump’s Statement Criticizing January 6 Hearings in Full  Newsweek

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China’s Clean Air Campaign Is Bringing Down Global Pollution

China has reduced air pollution nearly as much in seven years as the US did in three decades, helping to bring down average global smog levels in the process. The amount of harmful particulates in the air in China fell

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Cambodian court convicts a U.S. lawyer and dozens of others of treason

Cambodian American rights activist Theary Seng and most of the other defendants had been charged over a failed attempt by the leader of an opposition party to return from exile in 2019. (Image credit: Heng Sinith/AP)

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Parts of Beijing in lockdown as city struggles to contain Omicron outbreak

Beijing has locked down parts of the city as it once again struggles to contain the Omicron COVID variant, with 74 new cases registered in the last 24-hour period.

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No way out for Ukrainians in embattled city as Russian forces destroy last bridge – Reuters.com

No way out for Ukrainians in embattled city as Russian forces destroy last bridge  Reuters.com Russia-Ukraine live news: Kyiv says ‘dealing with absolute evil’  Al Jazeera English Russia Destroys Last Bridge Out of Heavily Occupied Severodonetsk: Governor  Newsweek Russia-Ukraine war: what we know

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Jimmy Kimmel Goes to Town on ‘Inebriated’ Rudy Giuliani’s Election-Night Scheme – The Daily Beast

Jimmy Kimmel Goes to Town on ‘Inebriated’ Rudy Giuliani’s Election-Night Scheme  The Daily Beast 7 takeaways from Monday’s January 6 hearing  CNN ‘Intoxicated’ Rudy Giuliani wanted Trump to declare victory on election night, campaign staff says  Yahoo News Trump Knew Exactly What He

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