Tucker Carlson blames the FBI for the Jan 6th insurrection.

Anthony Fauci on Friday night brushed off what he called “inappropriate” and “distorted” attacks against him. When asked if he was worried about the recent flood of criticism over the nation's Covid-19 response and investigation into the pandemic's origins, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser said he’s more concerned about the attack on science.

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The closed-door meeting, which began at about 7:45 a.m. ET, lasted 3 hours, 21 minutes, shorter than the White House had projected.

They held separate news conferences with Putin going first.

Putin described the meeting as "constructive."

Biden said he did what he came to do.

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The Trump White House began to privately pressure then-Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen to look at allegations of voter fraud just before he was about to step in as acting head of the Justice Department in December.  The emails also provide fresh insight into how the former president tried to use the Justice Department to overturn the result of the election, and how the agency's leadership, unconvinced about the merits of voter fraud allegations, resisted the White House's efforts.

The Vatican has warned conservative American bishops to hit the brakes on their push to deny communion to politicians supportive of abortion rights — including President Biden, a faithful churchgoer and the first Roman Catholic to occupy the Oval Office in 60 years. But despite the remarkably public stop sign from Rome, the American bishops are pressing ahead anyway and are expected to force a debate on the communion issue at a remote meeting that starts on Wednesday.

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The House passed legislation on Tuesday to award Congressional Gold Medals — one of the highest civilian honors — to police officers who defended the Capitol during the violent Jan. 6 insurrection.

Lawmakers handily passed the legislation. Both parties supported it, 406-21, with all of the votes in opposition coming from conservative Republicans.

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Droughts are now a part of our lives in California, or have they always been?

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California has one of the lowest daily coronavirus case rates in America. The average number of daily coronavirus cases over a seven-day period are down 98% from their peak, and COVID-19 hospitalizations and average daily deaths are down 96%. Daily cases, deaths and hospitalizations are the lowest they’ve been since the first few weeks of the pandemic more than 14 months ago.

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Shooting in Texas capital leaves 14 wounded; one suspect still at large.

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