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McDaniel wins reelection for fourth term as RNC chair

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Ronna McDaniel was reelected Friday to an unprecedented fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee after members of the national party veered away from calls for a leadership shakeup following a disappointing midterm election cycle.

A youth looks at photos on an interactive table displaying the photos and stories of the thousands of people who took refuge in Brazil during the Holocaust at the Holocaust Victims Memorial on the first day it opened to the public in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Congress pursues bill to educate youth on Holocaust, fight anti-Semitism

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Paul Pelosi attends a portrait unveiling ceremony for his wife, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 14, 2022. Footage of the attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband could be released as early as Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. A California judge ruled on Wednesday there was no reason to keep the footage secret despite prosecutors' objections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Video of Paul Pelosi attack shows intruder refuses cop instructions to ‘drop the hammer’

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Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., left, and Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., right, speaks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in the House chamber as the House meets for a second day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, people gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court’s Monday ruling shielding LGBT people from employment discrimination dealt a blow to religious conservatives — and was penned by a justice they lauded after his nomination by President Donald Trump. Longtime evangelical conservative leader James Dobson said Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in a statement that what he considers an “abhorrent decision” suggests the nation “is in the midst of a spiritual war over its very heart and soul.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Fired gay guidance counselor challenges Catholic school’s religious exemption from employment law

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President Joe Biden speaks at the Steamfitters Local 602 in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy) **FILE**

Elon Musk meets with White House officials to discuss electric vehicles

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Students and teachers from East High School in Salt Lake City walk out of school to protest the HB15 voucher bill, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Several years of pandemic restrictions and curriculum battles have emboldened longtime advocates of funneling public funds to private and religious schools in statehouses throughout the country. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Pandemic, culture wars revive ‘school choice’ policy push

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An employee adds drops of water-soluble CBD, or cannabidiol, an essential component of medical marijuana, into a coffee glass at the Found Cafe in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2020.Hong Kong will ban cannabidiol or CBD from the beginning of next month, authorities announced Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

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FILE - This May 18, 2021, photo shows a woman typing on a laptop on a train in New Jersey. With fewer employees working in offices, several companies have begun turning toward off-site retreats and meetups to foster connection and improve employee morale. These off-site experiences are flipping traditional business travel on its head: Rather than emphasizing coworking, meetings and other work-centric itineraries, off-site retreats are often designed to encourage relationship building. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

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Fans line up outside Madison Square Garden before an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors in New York, Feb. 23, 2021. New York's attorney general said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, that Madison Square Garden may be violating anti-bias laws with its practice of barring lawyers from firms involved in litigation against MSG from its venues including Radio City Music Hall and the Garden itself. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Joe Biden speaks at the Steamfitters Local 602 in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden heads to friendly terrain to pivot away from questions about mislaid classified documents

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Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy) **FILE**

Elon Musk meets with White House officials to discuss electric vehicles

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White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients removes a face mask as he prepares to speak at a press briefing at the White House, April 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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A youth looks at photos on an interactive table displaying the photos and stories of the thousands of people who took refuge in Brazil during the Holocaust at the Holocaust Victims Memorial on the first day it opened to the public in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Congress pursues bill to educate youth on Holocaust, fight anti-Semitism

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House refuses to say if officials discussed Hunter Biden’s laptop computer with Elon Musk

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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks with reporters, Dec. 6, 2022, at Garden Sanctuary Church of God in Rock Hill, S.C. Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Pence's Indiana home last week, according to his attorney. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

Mike Pence takes full responsibility after classified docs found

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Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

McDaniel wins reelection for fourth term as RNC chair

By Kerry Picket and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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A woman poses for a selfie on a bridge decorated with lanterns at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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The roughly 900 generals and admirals on active duty today is far fewer than it was in past eras, but the percentage of those officers compared with the number of enlisted troops is near the highest level in modern military history, according to Congressional Research Service data. (Associated Press)

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, top left, stands on top of a German Gepard anti-aircraft gun tank as he visits a training program for Ukrainian soldiers at a military training area in Putlos, Germany, Aug. 25, 2022. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, a parliamentary committee recommended a waiver of Swiss law that bars countries from re-exporting Swiss tanks, weaponry and other war materiel to Ukraine for its defense against Russia. Swiss war materiel that other countries could re-export to Ukraine under a proposal from a parliamentary committee might include ammunition for German-made Gepard anti-aircraft tank. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP) **FILE**

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In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, people gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court’s Monday ruling shielding LGBT people from employment discrimination dealt a blow to religious conservatives — and was penned by a justice they lauded after his nomination by President Donald Trump. Longtime evangelical conservative leader James Dobson said Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in a statement that what he considers an “abhorrent decision” suggests the nation “is in the midst of a spiritual war over its very heart and soul.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Fired gay guidance counselor challenges Catholic school’s religious exemption from employment law

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FILE - This May 18, 2021, photo shows a woman typing on a laptop on a train in New Jersey. With fewer employees working in offices, several companies have begun turning toward off-site retreats and meetups to foster connection and improve employee morale. These off-site experiences are flipping traditional business travel on its head: Rather than emphasizing coworking, meetings and other work-centric itineraries, off-site retreats are often designed to encourage relationship building. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Remote work scams target laid-off Americans with fake interviews

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RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, leaves at the conclusion of a candlelight vigil for Tyre, in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Memphis braces for release of video in Tyre Nichols’ arrest

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Tubes direct blood from a donor into a bag in Davenport, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. The U.S. is moving to ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that traditionally face higher risks of HIV. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, announced draft guidelines that would do away with the current three-month abstinence requirement for donations from men who have sex with men. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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Palestinian rescuers inspect the site of a damaged building following an Israeli forces raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others during a raid in the flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said, in one of the deadliest days of fighting in years. The Israeli military said it was conducting an operation to arrest militants when a gun battle erupted. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Masked Somali national army (SNA) soldiers search through homes for al-Shabaab fighters during an operation in Ealsha Biyaha, Somalia, on June, 2, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. forces kill senior ISIS leader in Somalia

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Passengers coming from China arrive at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Jan. 14, 2023. South Korea says it will continue to restrict the entry of short-term travelers from China through the end of February over concerns that the spread of COVID-19 in that country may worsen following the Lunar New Year’s holidays. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Uruguay's Edinson Cavani, right, argues with referee Daniel Siebert of Germany, at the end of a World Cup group H soccer match against Ghana at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, on Dec. 2, 2022. FIFA banned Uruguay players Fernando Muslera and José María Giménez for four games each on Friday Jan. 27, 2023 for aggressively confronting match officials when the team was eliminated from the World Cup last month. Veterans Edinson Cavani and Diego Godín must also serve one-game bans when Uruguay next plays, FIFA said in announcing disciplinary verdicts. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

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The parents of Novak Djokovic of Serbia, father Srdjan and mother Dijana react during his post match speech following his win over Andrey Rublev of Russia at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Dallas Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie (26) drives as Phoenix Suns forward Mikal Bridges defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Tommy Paul of the U.S. in their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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