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Romney: Biden botched election reform by not talking to centrist Republicans

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., left and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, walk together on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Mitt Romney said Sunday the White House never reached out to him on voting rights even though the Utah Republican is one of the few GOP senators who might be open to a bipartisan overhaul of election laws.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 21, 2021, in Cicero, Ill., after touring Access Hawthorne Family Health Center, which is offering COVID-19 vaccines as part of the Department of Education's &quot;Return to School Road Trip&quot; events in the Chicago area. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Chairman Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks as Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell testifies on the Federal Reserve's response to the coronavirus pandemic during a House Oversight and Reform Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Rep. James Clyburn: Voting bills are not dead, but on life support

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Supporters and members of the Popular Mobilization Forces hold posters of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Hundreds rally in Baghdad on Soleimani assassination anniversary, chanting anti-American slogans, hundreds of people rallied in in the Iraqi capital on the first day of the year Saturday to mark the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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In this file photo, Phil Robertson of "Duck Dynasty" speaks at a rally for U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Fairhope, Ala. Mr. Robertson is now taking on so-called cancel culture in a new book — and says he speaks from experience. “The cancel culture is alive and well,” Mr. Robertson told The Washington Times. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) **FILE**

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Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy poses on the field at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Wash. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP, File)

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FILE - Betty White accepts the legend award at the TV Land Awards at the Saban Theatre April 11, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The late Betty White was a tireless advocate for animals for her entire life, from caring for homeless animals as a child to launching her own weekly TV show “The Pet Set” dedicated to her celebrity friends and their pets. Her biggest contribution, though, may be yet to come, as fans get set to donate to animal welfare charities and local shelters on Jan. 17, 2022, as part of the #BettyWhiteChallenge. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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President Joe Biden speaks to the media after meeting privately with Senate Democrats, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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In this Tuesday, June 8, 2021, photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the IRS budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) **FILE**

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President Joe Biden speaks to the media after meeting privately with Senate Democrats on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Biden to hold rare press conference next week

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President Joe Biden begins to speak about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., left and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, walk together on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Romney: Biden botched election reform by not talking to centrist Republicans

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks while his wife, Suzanne, listens after swearing in his Cabinet at the Mansion at the Capitol, Saturday Jan. 15, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says children won’t be taught racial politics 50 minutes ago

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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks during a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in this file photo. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) **FILE**

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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 21, 2021, in Cicero, Ill., after touring Access Hawthorne Family Health Center, which is offering COVID-19 vaccines as part of the Department of Education's &quot;Return to School Road Trip&quot; events in the Chicago area. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during Biden Child Tax Credit news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

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This artist sketch depicts lawyer Scott Keller standing to argue on behalf of more than two dozen business groups seeking an immediate order from the Supreme Court to halt a Biden administration order to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers during the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, is seated at right. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate on big businesses

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Tourists visit Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Thailand is prized by China partly because this rapidly modernizing Southeast Asian nation enjoys access near Bangkok to the Gulf of Thailand, which opens onto the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, center, and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, fourth right, arrive for the NATO-Russia Council at NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

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Police stand in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday inside the temple. The hostages were able to escape and the hostage taker was killed. FBI Special Agent in Charge Matt DeSarno said a team would investigate "the shooting incident." (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

U.S. Jews to increase vigilance, training after Texas synagogue attack, experts say

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Vehicles navigate hazardous driving conditions along Interstate 85/40 as a winter storm moves through the area in Mebane, N.C., Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 21, 2021, in Cicero, Ill., after touring Access Hawthorne Family Health Center, which is offering COVID-19 vaccines as part of the Department of Education's &quot;Return to School Road Trip&quot; events in the Chicago area. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Surgeon general: Omicron slowing in Northeast but don’t expect national peak just yet

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Police stand in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday inside the temple. The hostages were able to escape and the hostage taker was killed. FBI Special Agent in Charge Matt DeSarno said a team would investigate "the shooting incident." (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Biden praises law enforcement for rescuing hostages in Texas synagogue

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Defending men's champion Serbia's Novak Djokovic practices on Rod Laver Arena ahead of the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 12, 2022. Djokovic’s hopes of playing at the Australian Open were set back Sunday after a court dismissed the top-ranked tennis star’s appeal against a deportation order. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic rides in car as he leaves a government detention facility before attending a court hearing at his lawyers office in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. A federal court hearing has been scheduled for Sunday, a day before the men's No. 1-ranked tennis player and nine-time Australian Open champion was due to begin his title defense at the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year. (James Ross/AAP via AP)

No title defense for No. 1: Djokovic deported from Australia

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Terrapins blow 11-point halftime lead in loss to Harper, Rutgers

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