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REPORTER: Will Biden take questions tomorrow?PSAKI: "It depends on what you ask!" pic.twitter.com/isDgSWm7ur— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 20, 2021

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Incumbent Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has a 14 point lead over former Democrat representative and Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer, according to a poll. The hypothetical general election poll from Data for Progress revealed that likely voters in Iowa would vote for Grassley over Finkenauer 53 percent to 39 percent, respectively, when asked who they would vote for if the election was held “today.” Eight percent said they were unsure.

AURORA | Two teenage boys were arrested Friday in connection with a Nov. 15 shooting in Nome Park, which left six Aurora Central High School students injured. Neither of the boys were identified because of their age, police said. If the boys are charged, the case would be handled by the 18th Judicial District in Arapahoe County, which has identified juveniles being prosecuted in another, similar shooting. Police said that after weeks of investigation and pleas to the public for leads, two specialized units arrested a 15-year-old boy at about 12:30 p.m. as he was getting into his car at...

Michael Fanone, a 41-year-old D.C. police officer who was dragged into a crowd and beaten on Jan. 6, announced his resignation from the police force on Monday. Since the attack on the Capitol when Fanone suffered a heart attack and was beaten by rioters, the officer has publicly criticized the lawmakers and others who downplayed the attack, The Washington Post reported.

Names from the article: IN: Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez Ric Grenell Mike Pompeo Mark Meadows OUT: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Nikki Haley South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign staffer who worked in his administration, said it’s hard to forecast whom Trump might pick because there’s so much time to go. Whomever is chosen “will have to be loyal, and they’ll have to denounce what happened in 2020. If they don’t, they’re disqualified.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) urged President Joe Biden “to take executive action, so that we truly can build back better and deliver on the very agenda that he laid out and that progressives have been at the forefront of fighting for this entire time.” Jayapal said, “I have to be clear that we are also going to, at the same time that we work on legislation, call on the president to take executive action, so that we truly can build back better and deliver on the very agenda that he...

The largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede—as big as a car—has been found on a beach in the north of England. The fossil—the remains of a creature called Arthropleura—dates from the Carboniferous Period, about 326 million years ago, over 100 million years before the Age of Dinosaurs. The fossil reveals that Arthropleura was the largest-known invertebrate animal of all time, larger than the ancient sea scorpions that were the previous record holders. The specimen, found on a Northumberland beach about 40 miles north of Newcastle, is made up of multiple articulated exoskeleton segments, broadly similar in form to modern millipedes....

The White House on Monday revealed that President Joe Biden had come into “close contact” with a staffer who later developed symptoms and tested positive for the coronavirus. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said a mid-level staffer spent 30 minutes with President Biden on Air Force One on Friday during his trip to South Carolina before developing coronavirus symptoms on Sunday. On Monday morning, the staffer tested positive for coronavirus.

Bette Midler is walking back an insult. The 76-year-old performer is known for speaking her mind on Twitter – especially when it comes to politics. On Monday, she took to social media to slam Joe Manchin, West Virginia's Democratic senator who has announced that he's against the Build Back Better Act, which would expand the country's social safety net. "What #JoeManchin, who represents a population smaller than Brooklyn, has done to the rest of America, who wants to move forward, not backward, like his state, is horrible," Midler tweeted. "He sold us out. He wants us all to be just...

Though it's likely a moot point, a judge on Monday raised Darrel E. Brooks Jr.'s $1,000 bail in a Milwaukee domestic violence case to $200,000. His new lawyers argued it was unnecessary, given Brooks' $5 million bail in the Waukesha Christmas Parade case, when he's facing six counts of first-degree intentional homicide. "Bad facts make bad case law," said Brooks' attorney, Robert Hampton. "I'm fearful where this leads." He cited case law that suggests cash bail is unnecessary when there's no risk a defendant won't appear for the next court date.

'Triple vaxxed Shepard Smith rants about pandemic, asks CDC Director if he'd be 'better off' getting Omicron

The World Health Organization's director-general recommended on Monday that people cancel or postpone their holiday events as the new Omicron variant drives a spike in COVID-19 cases. "An event canceled is better than a life canceled," Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference. He added: "It's better to cancel now and celebrate later, than to celebrate now and grieve later." The director-general's comments come as the Omicron variant spreads across the world at a rapid pace, breaking records in several countries, Insider's Marianne Guenot previously reported.

Here is what it says: “Can. 1373 A person who publicly incites among subjects animosities or hatred against the Apostolic See or an ordinary because of some act of power or ecclesiastical ministry or provokes subjects to disobey them is to be punished by an interdict or other just penalties.” This new canon was newly inserted into the code on December 8, 2021, just a few days before the responsa ad dubium in regard to the draconian, unprecedented and highly controversial Traditionis Custodes which makes clear that our Catholic tradition is no longer in favor in high places. I wonder...

The National Basketball Association (NBA) will allow teams dealing with Covid-19 issues to add replacement players due to the rising number of cases, according to a memo dated Sunday and obtained by CNN on Monday. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed to allow teams to sign a replacement player for each roster player that tests positive for Covid-19, the memo reads. Teams will be required to sign one replacement player if there are two confirmed positive Covid-19 cases, two players if there are three positive cases, and three players if there are four or more positive cases....

Former President Barack Obama and his family were seen enjoying some fun in the water this weekend after heading back to Hawaii for their annual Christmas trip. The 60-year-old 44th president was pictured donning black swim trunks on Saturday as he went for a dip in the Pacific Ocean, and was snapped squinting in the sun as he left his sunglasses behind. The day before, his daughters, Sasha, 20, and Malia, 23, were also caught on camera as they went out on the water on stand-up paddle boards, each wearing a bikini for the beach day. Obama, who was born...

London’s famed New Year’s Eve celebration in Trafalgar Square has been canceled over Omicron. The planned massive party was called off by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who feared a major live event could be a super-spreader of the highly transmissible COVID-19 variant capable of overwhelming the UK’s National Health Service hospital system

The Biden administration had a freshly divisive message for the unvaccinated ... 'For the unvaccinated, you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm.' This was not a statement of outreach to try to convince the unvaccinated to get vaccinated. It didn't acknowledge the medical reality that vaccination isn't the right move for every citizen. And it certainly wasn't a compassionate message from a guy who ran on unity. Joe Biden's statement was a political one. Politically, he must keep his battle of 'the vaccinated vs. the unvaccinated'...

[Catholic Caucus] A brand new canon just appeared in the code of canon law on December 8 Can. 1373 A person who publicly incites among subjects animosities or hatred against the Apostolic See or an ordinary because of some act of power or ecclesiastical ministry or provokes subjects to disobey them is to be punished by an interdict or other just penalties.This new canon was newly inserted into the code on December 8, 2021, just a few days before the responsa ad dubium in regard to the draconian, unprecedented and highly controversial Traditionis Custodes which makes clear that our...

On the heels of a Chicago jury's verdict that found Jussie Smollett guilty on five of six charges he faced in the hate crime hoax he perpetrated, a judge ordered the release of Special Prosecutor Dan Webb’s investigation into Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and her handling of the first case against Smollett. The report, made public on Monday afternoon, revealed that the special prosecutor "did develop evidence that establishes substantial abuses of discretion and operational failures by the CCSAO [Cook Country State's Attorney's Office] in prosecuting and resolving the Initial Smollett Case." According to the special prosecutor's office,...