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 - Senate Republicans throw the brakes on timing for Becerra hearings
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 - Chrissy Teigen shares her 1-dough-3-cookies recipe for holiday baking
 - Pfizer says Trump admin stalling millions of vaccine doses after rejecting offer for millions more
 - Ina Garten has an unusual ingredient she adds to her grilled cheese sandwiches
 - A return to fake right-wing outrage: Without Trump, Republicans run back to sexist resentments
 - I am a bartender who loves rum and Coke. Here’s why you should, too
 - Michael Flynn says Trump could seize every voting machine across the country and “rerun” election
 - “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”: Chadwick Boseman’s finale performance is stunning
 - Giada De Laurentiis’ creamy baked pasta is the ultimate comfort food
 - For the poor and disenfranchised, higher hurdles to transplants
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 - I think Dan Brown turned my parents into QAnoners
 - Where do we go from here?
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 - Jared Kushner signed off on $617 million company to ease Trump’s paranoia about Brad Parscale
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 - Tucker Carlson warns Fox viewers to be “nervous” about the “glitzy” COVID vaccine