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John Eastman wrote memos arguing then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election.

Gov. Tony Evers is making abortion rights a key component of his 2022 re-election bid.

President Biden touted the good news of the jobs report: the unemployment rate falling to 4.2 percent, the lowest since before the pandemic. Biden is still facing economic challenges including high inflation and supply chain disruptions.

The president on Friday pledged to make it “very, very difficult” for Russia's Vladimir Putin to take military action in Ukraine.

The price of Bitcoin has soared in the year since the U.S. government seized thousands of bitcoins in connection with the illegal Silk Road marketplace.

Republicans also claimed the statewide offices of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general in the Nov. 2 balloting.

“What I have is a 1-and-a-half-year-old grandson who’s got a cold and likes to kiss his pop,” Biden said.

The announcement comes as the omicron variant, first detected in South Africa, spreads around the world.

President Biden addressed the November jobs report from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics that showed that the U.S. economy added 210,000 jobs last month and lowered unemployment rate to 4.2 percent.

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The infrastructure law includes $55 billion for water and wastewater infrastructure, while a social policy bill would pump more than twice that into environmental cleanup programs.