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Pentagon grappling with new vaccine orders; timing uncertain
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Association Press, 8 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 06:23 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is vowing he “won't let grass grow under our feet” as the department begins to implement the new vaccine and testing directives.
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To get shots in arms, governments turn to money in pockets
By MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press, 6 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 04:13 PM
Millions of people in the U.S. who haven't gotten the COVID-19 vaccine could soon have a new reason to roll up their sleeves: money in their pockets.
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
By The Associated Press, 6 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 01:18 PM
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:

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CDC encourages use of new tests that detect both COVID-19 and the flu
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Justice says IRS must give Trump tax returns to Congress
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press, 15 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 12:37 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records.
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$1 trillion infrastructure plan clears another Senate hurdle
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press, 11 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 12:25 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate further advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan Friday with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle and bracing to see if support can hold during the next few days of debate and efforts to amend it.
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Biden sees shortages to stop climate-change fueled wildfires
By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press, 11 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 12:17 PM
President Joe Biden is sounding the alarm about the need for more resources to fight a series of wildfires in western states, as climate change has worsened the spread and ferocity of the blazes.
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Florida coronavirus cases jump 50% as surge continues
By TERRY SPENCER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press, 7 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 12:14 PM
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s coronavirus cases jumped 50% this week, the state Health Department reported Friday, continuing a six-week surge that has seen it responsible for 1 in 5 new infections nationally, becoming the outbreak's epicenter.
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Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt'
By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press, 12 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 10:54 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the results of the 2020 election “corrupt” in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation.
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Study: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as others
By LINDSEY TANNER, MIKE STOBBE and PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press, 12 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 09:48 AM
In another dispiriting setback for the nation’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots.
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Evictions looming, Biden fails to get Congress to extend ban
By LISA MASCARO, MICHAEL CASEY and JOSH BOAK - Associated Press, 8 Reads
Fri, 07/30/2021 - 09:19 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — A nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday after President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress worked furiously but ultimately failed to align on a long-shot strategy to prevent millions of Americans f
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