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House passes filibuster carveout for Democrats to unilaterally hike debt limit

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., speaks during an enrollment ceremony for continued government funding, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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House Democrats forced through a bill on Tuesday creating a one-time exception to the filibuster to raise the nation’s borrowing limit before next week’s deadline.

In this file photo, light from the morning sun illuminates the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Mesquite police officers investigate the site of an officer-involved shooting, Dec. 3, 2021, in Mesquite, Texas. Police have released the name of the officer who was fatally shot while responding to a disturbance call outside a suburban Dallas supermarket. Mesquite police said Saturday that Officer Richard Houston was killed Friday. Police said a prayer vigil will be held for him Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021 in front of the police department. (Elias Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

National police union leader says erosion of respect fueling attacks on officers

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Nurse Mary Ezzat prepares to administer a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP)

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Workers remove the monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Saturday, July 10, 2021 in Charlottesville, Va. The removal of the Lee statue follows years of contention, community anguish and legal fights. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

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This combination of 2021 photos shows Philadelphia Eagles' Jason Kelce,, left, and Billie Eilish in London. The grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Eagles center have something in common, broadcasters have difficulty pronouncing their names. Both Eilish and Kelce, as well as &quot;omicron&quot; made it onto this year's list of most mispronounced words as compiled by the U.S. Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool, Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

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In this file photo, light from the morning sun illuminates the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin during his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. The video call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which the two leaders are expected to discuss tensions over Ukraine. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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Saule Omarova of New York testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington to examine her nomination to be the Comptroller of the Currency, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit the National World War II Memorial to mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., speaks during an enrollment ceremony for continued government funding, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House passes filibuster carveout for Democrats to unilaterally hike debt limit

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Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., stops for reporters asking about the fate of President Joe Biden's plan for social and environmental spending, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a Tribal Nations Summit during Native American Heritage Month, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Nov. 15, 2021, in Washington. The Senate Judiciary Committee's Republicans have demanded that Attorney General Merrick Garland rescind his controversial school-board memo after learning that the FBI created a "threat tag" to track risks to education personnel. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Senate Judiciary Republicans demand Garland withdraw school-board memo

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Presidential hopeful Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., speaks to supporter's in LeMars, Iowa., Feb. 10, 1996. Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, Elizabeth Dole, posted the announcement Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, on Twitter. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File)

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Metropolitan police officer extend yellow tape around demonstrators as they block Pennsylvania Avenue during rush hour asking congress to pass President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda outside of Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Mesquite police officers investigate the site of an officer-involved shooting, Dec. 3, 2021, in Mesquite, Texas. Police have released the name of the officer who was fatally shot while responding to a disturbance call outside a suburban Dallas supermarket. Mesquite police said Saturday that Officer Richard Houston was killed Friday. Police said a prayer vigil will be held for him Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021 in front of the police department. (Elias Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

National police union leader says erosion of respect fueling attacks on officers

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This Dec. 7, 2008 file photo shows U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during a ceremony commemorating the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack. On Dec. 7, 2021, the U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Daniel Inouye in honor of the man who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his WWII service in Italy with the famed 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, File) **FILE**

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Washington Football Team defensive tackle Jonathan Allen (93) attends a news conference after an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)

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New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones, left, hands off to cornerback J.C. Jackson during the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y., Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) ** FILE **

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian invites questions during a press conference in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. China on Tuesday accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit by announcing an American diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Games. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng)

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Fans and players celebrate on the court after James Madison defeated Virginia 52-49 in an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Harrisonburg, Va. (Daniel Lin/Daily News-Record via AP)

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