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Morning news brief
President Biden held a formal news conference Wednesday. Biden insists he won't send U.S. forces to Ukraine if Russia invades. Tonga begins to recover from an undersea volcano eruption and tsunami.
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Politics
New York AG James says Trump's company misled banks, tax officials
Attorney General Letitia James says her office uncovered evidence of financial irregularities at former President Donald Trump's business, and wants Trump and two of his adult children to testify.
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National
A federal judge has approved Puerto Rico's exit from bankruptcy
Puerto Rico entered bankruptcy in 2016 after it stopped making payments on more than $70 billion of loans. The deal was struck with the island's creditors, and opens the path to economic recovery.
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Morning news brief
Senate Democrats plow ahead with a showdown over the filibuster and voting rights. Details emerge about the hostage taking at a Texas synagogue. Efforts continue to revive the Iran nuclear deal.
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Talks persist in Vienna and elsewhere at reviving the Iran nuclear deal
As talks continue to try to restart the deal that put limits on Iran's nuclear program, there's a flurry of diplomatic meetings. Iran wants the U.S. to guarantee it'll stick to the deal this time.
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Morning news brief
The pace of omicron infections may be subsiding. The FBI has identified the British man it says took hostages at a Texas synagogue. Britain's prime minister is fighting for his political life.
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Politics
Democrats are looking for their way forward on voting rights
President Biden will make an in-person pitch to Senate Democrats to pass voting rights legislation — including changing Senate rules. Some Democrats, however, are opposed to ditching the filibuster.
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Morning news brief
In Atlanta, Biden will advocate for protecting voting rights. Some schools resume online classes because of COVID. The latest on the saga in Australia involving tennis star Novak Djokovic.
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Health
Isolation rule changes are the latest case of the CDC's problems with messaging
The new CDC guidelines for COVID-19 isolation and quarantine have garnered a lot of criticism. And this is just one example of the agency's on going communication problems.
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Morning news brief
The CDC says a test to get out of COVID isolation is not needed. Amateur sleuths help to track down Jan. 6 rioters. Elizabeth Holmes' fraud conviction wouldn't have happened without whistleblowers.