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Newsmax Ratings Are Collapsing—but Insiders Claim Victory

By Justin Baragona, Lloyd Grove, Diana Falzone

Without Trump’s scraps to fight over anymore, Newsmax ratings have sunk and the network further resembles a cheap Fox knockoff. But insiders see a big win for the upstart channel.

By Kevin Fallon

Yes, it was well-produced and staged, boasting a number of awe-inspiring performances (Cardi and Megan!), but the Recording Academy still refuses to appreciate Black excellence.

By Luis Chaparro

Smugglers are promising migrants everything from “documents to freely transit through Mexico” to “safe places to stay” while waiting to get into the U.S.

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By Sam Brodey

Amanda Litman, founder of the nonprofit Run for Something, said roughly 11,000 people have registered to express an interest in a campaign for public office in the last two months.

By David Axe

The U.K. variant is surging—just as kids pack beaches and clubs after a year of lockdown.

By Barbie Latza Nadeau

In response to a “dubium” on whether priests can bless same sex unions, the church’s dogma department says flat out “negative.”

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By Michael Tomasky

Cuomo’s Democratic allies abandoning him over credible allegations further shows how Republicans only know how to deflect and excuse their own leaders’ misconduct.

By Laura Bradley, Cheyenne Roundtree

“For someone who just reads a few lines and says, ‘This season is gonna be the craziest season ever,’ I’m sure we can find qualified people who don’t harbor his views,” one said.

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 ALMOST LOST 

In the December call, Trump told Georgia’s chief election investigator that she’d be “praised” if she helped his doomed effort to overturn the election.

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Over the weekend, Ireland and the Netherlands became the latest countries to pause the vaccine’s use.

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eBay has stacked savings on certified refurbished goods, so you can get top-of-the-line tools at bargain-bottom prices.

 ‘IT’S REPREHENSIBLE’ 

Immigration advocates say it’s right that detainees with the virus should be released to get medical care, but that it’s reckless to release them into the public.

 OH FOR CHRISSAKES 

Until everyone gets their jabs, the legislative process is taking three times as long.

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