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Manchin backs GOP-led effort to overturn Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with reporters after meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as the Senate grapples with raising the debt limit, funding the government, and negotiating President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Joe Manchin III, a key swing vote for the White House’s agenda, is backing a Republican-led effort to overturn President Biden’s national vaccine mandate for private businesses.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at an event at the US Climate Action Center at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) **FILE**

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AOC rebuked for doubting smash-and-grab sprees are happening: ‘Tone-deaf and offensive’

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A U.S. district judge has ruled that Lainey Armistead, a scholarship athlete who plays varsity women's soccer for West Virginia State University, "may permissively intervene" to defend the constitutionality of a state ban on biological males playing in women's sports. (Alliance Defending Freedom)

Federal judge allows female soccer player to defend West Virginia ban on transgender athletes

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Fairfax parents angry school system is returning ‘Lawn Boy,’ ‘Gender Queer’ to library shelves

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Fairfax parents angry school system is returning ‘Lawn Boy,’ ‘Gender Queer’ to library shelves

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This Aug. 31, 2017, photo, shows a Barnes and Noble Booksellers store in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) **FILE**

Black conservatives rip Barnes & Noble for hyping only ‘victimization’ books by Black authors

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In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington. Last spring, as false claims about vaccine safety threatened to undermine the world's response to COVID-19, researchers at Facebook wrote that they could reduce vaccine misinformation by tweaking how vaccine posts show up on users' newsfeeds, or by turning off comments entirely. Yet despite internal documents showing these changes worked, Facebook was slow to take action. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

U.S. commission dings Facebook in report calling for social media to fight religious hate speech

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, July 6, 2021, file photo, Nikole Hannah-Jones is interviewed at her home in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Hannah-Jones accepted a faculty position at Howard University amid controversy over whether she would be granted tenure at the University of North Carolina after critics questioned her credentials, specifically her Pulitzer Prize-winning work “The 1619 Project,” which traces the country’s history with slavery. Coates, a Howard graduate, is a journalist and best-selling author who also recently joined the university's faculty. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

It’s 1619 vs. 1776 as Nikole Hannah-Jones takes on Robert Woodson

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the November jobs report, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden says economy is ‘stronger,’ despite disappointing job numbers

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President Joe Biden listens to a reporters question after delivering remarks on the November jobs report, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden blames raspy voice, cough on cold he got from grandson

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In this Nov. 4, 2019, file photo cargo cranes are used to take containers off of a Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation boat at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, Wash. Experts say the Biden administration could ease the supply-chain crisis simply by removing a massive tariff it slapped on a relatively obscure piece of trucking equipment imported from China, but so far the administration has refused to budge. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) **FILE**

Biden administration won’t remove tariff that experts say could ease supply chain bottleneck

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Jonathan Rodriguez, 6, of Worcester, Mass., focuses on a spinning toy as he receives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at a Worcester Department of Health &amp; Human Services mobile vaccination clinic, in Worcester. As the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant, doctors across the country are experiencing a more imminent crisis with a delta variant that is sending record numbers of people to the hospital in New England and the Midwest. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

WH: Boosters, new vaccinations combined for highest 24-hour total in six months

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with reporters after meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as the Senate grapples with raising the debt limit, funding the government, and negotiating President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Manchin backs GOP-led effort to overturn Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at an event at the US Climate Action Center at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) **FILE**

AOC rebuked for doubting smash-and-grab sprees are happening: ‘Tone-deaf and offensive’

By Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

In this March 30, 2021, photo, minors are shown inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in Donna, Texas. As the Biden administration ponders cutting $450,000 checks to compensate illegal immigrants who suffered emotional trauma from the Trump administration's zero-tolerance border policy, figuring out exactly the right comparison with previous government payouts is fraught with complications. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool) **FILE**

Congress approves emergency $1.6 billion for care of illegal immigrant children

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves to the crowd following his speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian hotel-casino Nov. 6, 2021, in Las Vegas. Christie has been on a PR blitz promoting his new book, “Republican Rescue." It offers a simple prescription for his party: Stop talking about 2020, focus on the future or keep losing elections. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Teasing 2024 White House bid, Christie urges GOP to move past Trump

By Seth McLaughlin and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Migrants arrive in Villa Comaltitlan, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Oct. 27, 2021, as they continue their journey through Mexico to the U.S. border. The Biden administration struck agreement with Mexico to reinstate a Trump-era border policy next week that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, U.S. officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

DHS to restart Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy after Mexico agrees to conditions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Pete Buttigieg, with his hand on a Bible held by husband Chasten Buttigieg, is sworn in as Transportation Secretary by Vice President Kamala Harris in the Old Executive Office Building in the White House complex on Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

No rivalry here? Buttigieg lavishes praise on Harris amid staff shakeup, 2024 speculation

By Dave Boyer and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Anti-abortion and Abortion rights advocates demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Pro-life advocates urge liberal justices to ‘follow the science’ on abortion

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A security guard stands outside the Nordstrom store at The Grove retail and entertainment complex in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Los Angeles police say a group of thieves smashed windows at the department store at the luxury mall late Monday, the latest incident in a trend of smash-and-grab crimes is part of a national trend. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)

Smash-and-grab crime wave baffles congressional Democrats

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A U.S. district judge has ruled that Lainey Armistead, a scholarship athlete who plays varsity women's soccer for West Virginia State University, "may permissively intervene" to defend the constitutionality of a state ban on biological males playing in women's sports. (Alliance Defending Freedom)

Federal judge allows female soccer player to defend West Virginia ban on transgender athletes

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

This Sunday, April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Census Bureau is looking to restore trust in the numbers it gathered during the 2020 census by fixing problems caused by the unprecedented challenges of conducting a U.S. head count in the middle of pandemic and natural disasters, as well as politicization by the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Census shows growing number of adults who live alone

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

This Friday, March 22, 2019, photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

DOJ launches probe into abuses at suburban New York police department

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Members and supporters of the of the United Mine Workers of America demonstrate outside BlackRock headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, in New York. BlackRock is the largest shareholder of the Warrior Met Coal Inc. where union members have been on strike for nearly eight months seeking a contract that provides fair wages, affordable healthcare and reasonable rest and time-off for its workers. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

10 states pressed about pension funds’ investments with China-cozy BlackRock

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Washington Wizards' Montrezl Harrell, left, is fouled by Cleveland Cavaliers' Lamar Stevens (8) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Cavs extend winning streak to 4 with 116-101 rout of Wizards

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Washington Football Team safety Landon Collins (26) reacts after an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Landover, Md. Washington won 17-15. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Landon Collins, J.D. McKissic out for Washington

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon reacts during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Virginia Tech, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in College Park, Md. Virginia Tech won 62-58. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Mark Turgeon out as Maryland men’s basketball coach

By George Gerbo - The Washington Times

Washington Football Team running back Antonio Gibson (24) scores on a two-point conversion against the Seattle Seahawks during the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

As star running backs fall, Washington’s run-game-by-committee thrives

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