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• US Passes 25 Million Cases Year Into Covid Fight
  
  The U.S. passed another milestone in the year-long struggle against Covid-19, as total infections exceeded 25 million, or about 8% of the population, according to data reported Sunday by Johns Hopkins University.
• Western, Midwest Cities Hope 'Amtrak Joe' Will Rebuild US Rail Lines
  
  Cities from Chicago to Billings, Montana are hoping "Amtrak Joe" will help fund a new rail service to replace the passenger train service that was scrapped decades ago, the New York Times reported....
• Las Vegas Pushes to Reopen Schools Amid Spate of Suicides
  
  The nation's fifth largest school district - Las Vegas' Clark County, Nevada - continues to suffer from high COVID-19 infection rates, but it is the pace of student suicides that is leading it to push for returning kids to school....
• Rioting Amid Biden's Call for Unity Leaves Even Left Divided
  
  As President Joe Biden preached unity as the nation's healer, rioters in Portland and Seattle apparently failed to read the memo, making it tough to unite a divided country when even the left is split, The Washington Post reported....
• State Republicans Pick Up Push for Elections Reform
  
  President Donald Trump's challenges to the Electoral College have a silver lining as they might ultimately spur reforms and strengthen U.S. elections.Republican state legislators are pushing for reforms, Politico reported, including in Georgia, after Trump's loss led to...
• WH Chief Of Staff Say Trump Admin Had No Vaccine Distribution Plan
  
  The Trump administration had no plan in place for the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine, President Joe Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain, said Sunday.
• Sen. Rounds: COVID Relief Package Consensus 'Not That Far Off'
  
  South Dakota's GOP Sen. Mike Rounds on Sunday said consensus and passage of a COVID-19 relief package in the Senate is "not that far off" despite insistence by Democrats that a minimum wage component be included in the bill....
• States Eye Allowing Concealed Carry of Guns Without a Permit
  
  Republican lawmakers in several more states want to loosen gun restrictions by allowing people to carry concealed firearms without having to get a permit, continuing a trend that gun control advocates call dangerous.Fifteen states already allow concealed carry without a...
• GOP Builds on Trump's Latino Gains in South Texas
  
  President Donald Trump's losses were not without victories, including narrow losses in three deep blue Texas Rio Grande Valley districts, giving the GOP a roadmap to overcoming the slight Democrat House majority in 2022.Democrats sought to wrest control of Texas from...
• Church Known for Its Conservative Views Bombed in California
  
  The FBI and local police are investigating an explosion early Saturday at a Los Angeles-area church that had been the target of protests for its anti-LGTBQ message.Officers responding around 4:30 a.m. initially thought a vandal had broken the windows of First Works Baptist...
• Why Conservatives Liked Larry King
  
  The passing of talk show legend Larry King, 87, has left politics and the media waxing nostalgic, when conservatives and liberals alike could be interviewed on the same show and come away holding similar respect for the conversationalist that just carried it....
• Ric Grenell to Newsmax TV: Trump 'Does Want to Run Again'
  
  President Donald Trump has told former acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell "personally, a number of times, he does want to run again," according to Grenell on Newsmax TV.
• Dissidents Expect Biden to Slam Putin's Russia With Magnitsky Sanctions
  
  The Biden administration is reportedly considering the imposition of so-called "Magnitsky sanctions" targeted against top Kremlin officials, Newsmax's John Gizzi reported Saturday.
• FBI: Texas Capitol Rioter Tweeted 'Assassinate AOC'
  
  A 34-year-old Texas man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol this month and posting violent threats, including a call to assassinate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
• Dershowitz Remembers Larry King: 'One of a Kind'
  
  Larry King was one of a kind who redefined both radio and TV talk shows, Alan Dershowitz remembers.
• Catholic League President Remembers Larry King
  
  Catholic League president Bill Donohue on Saturday issued a statement on the death of iconic talk show host Larry King, who's passing was announced Saturday.
• Dems Make Federal Election Standards a Top Priority
  
  Democrats plan to move quickly on one of the first bills of the new Congress, citing the need for federal election standards and other reforms to shore up the foundations of American democracy after a tumultuous post-election period and deadly riot at the Capitol.
• Texas Case Against Biden Hinges on Legality of Last-Minute Deal
  
  The Department of Homeland Security, 12 days before President Joe Biden was sworn in, struck a "binding" deal with Texas agreeing to consult with the state for 180 days before making changes to immigration policy, effectively tying the hands of the new administration.
• Steve Forbes to Newsmax TV: Economic 'Crisis' Coming
  
  The continued massive printing of money is going to lead to an economic crisis that Washington insiders are dangerously ignoring, according to publisher and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes on Newsmax TV.
• Dr. Erwin Lutzer to Newsmax TV: 'We Will Not Be Silenced'
  
  Lamenting the growing threat of cancel culture, Dr. Erwin Lutzer on Newsmax TV warns, people of faith must "stand with a great deal of confidence and courage." 
• Doug Schoen to Newsmax TV: More Legislation, Fewer Executive Orders
  
  A divided Congress needs more bipartisan legislation, not more presidential executive orders like the ones we received in the first week of the President Joe Biden's administration, according to Democrat political strategist Doug Schoen on Newsmax TV.
• Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax TV: Disqualifying Trump Won't Work
  
  While it would take 67 votes in the Senate to "remove" former President Donald Trump, Senate precedent requires just 50 votes to block Trump from running again in 2024, according to constitutional law expert Alan Dershowitz on Newsmax TV.
• One Million Jobs Lost in New York State During Pandemic
  
  The state of New York lost 1 million jobs in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, including 578,000 in New York City alone, according to a new state Labor Department report.
• Rep. Jeff Van Drew to Newsmax TV: DC Troop Presence 'Overkill'
  
  Congressional Democrats were right to call on the National Guard for a safe and peaceful transfer of power, but it was overkill and hypocritical by the people who denounced troops defending our cities from burning this summer, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said Saturday.
• Broadcasting Legend Larry King Dies at 87
  
  Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87.

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