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Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, one of US President Donald Trump's most fierce defenders in the recent Senate impeachment trials, has been elected to lead the powerful House Judiciary Committee by the GOP Steering Committee. North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows, another loyal Trump defender, has also been elected to lead the House Oversight Committee.

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The results of the Iowa caucus usually lead to several candidates withdrawing from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but the significant delay in announcing the results has led to all the candidates proceeding to the New Hampshire primaries without any concessions, with US Senator Bernie Sanders and Mayor Pete Buttigieg virtually tied in the lead.

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Israeli forces have killed 4 Palestinian civilians in the last 24 hours as demonstrations keep popping up all over the region. Two were killed while protesting against the Israeli forces who were about to demolish the house of a Palestinian. Surveillance footage of the events showed some of the victims not even participating in the demonstration when they were killed.

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US President Donald Trump has announced that the US military has killed, Qassim al-Raymi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. He did not say when and how he was killed although many suspects he was killed in a drone strike. The government also claimed that he was planning attacks on Yemeni citizens as well as the US.

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Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces during a protest against the new US peace plan when a teenager was killed by Israeli fire. Tensions in the area have continued to escalate since Trump revealed his now-infamous Middle East peace plan. Israeli forces claim the teen threw a molotov cocktail at them.

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The Senate has announced that US President Donald Trump has been acquitted of all charges in his impeachment trial. He is the third US president to face an impeachment trial and survived with the help of the Republican majority in the Senate. The Republicans were able to block witnesses and maintain their dominance, with the final vote coming to 53-47.

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President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was an eventful event full of controversies. Before the start of an 80-minute speech, Nancy Pelosi extended her hand to Trump but he didn’t take it. His speech was mainly focused on the state of the economy and his achievements regarding the economic growth and employment numbers. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped the transcript of the Union address after his speech.

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US President Donald Trump in his annual State of the Union address has said that America has 'made a comeback' under his administration. He also clashed with top Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who ripped up a copy of his speech at the dice. Some left-wing Democrats even walked out of the room while he was still giving his speech.

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The US has deployed a new low yield nuclear weapon, claiming the new weapon was necessary to deter enemies like Russia and China. These weapons have the strength of 20 kilotons, around the same power as the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 but is much easier to produce.

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American radio personality and conservative political commentator, Rush Limbaugh revealed on Monday that he has been diagnosed with Advanced Lungs Cancer on January 20. Limbaugh announced this news on-air in his radio show. He further explained that after experiencing shortness of breath on January 12, he went for a detailed diagnosis where two medical institutions confirmed the Advanced Lungs Cancer on January 20

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The Chinese government is currently threatening people who share news regarding the coronavirus on social media with seven years in prison. The government claims these people are spreading rumors and that they disrupt 'social order', although footage proving the claims of these people has also been leaked. Many suspect the government is trying to cover up the scale of the crisis.

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North Korea has been forced to close its borders to both China and Russia to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Since international sanctions prevent trade between North Korea and any country but China or Russia, the North Korean economy will face severe consequences as a result of this.

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Boris Johnson has said that he will tighten regulations that currently allow those convicted of terrorism-related crimes to get out of prison early. He said this after a man previously convicted of owning terrorist documents stabbed two people before being shot by police. The man was arrested in 2018 but was released in January earlier this year.

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After a meeting with Sudan's leaders, Israel's Prime Minister has announced that both countries will normalize their relationship with each other. The two have been at odds ever since 1967, with Sudan refusing to even recognize Israel as an independent state. The Palestinian authorities called this meeting a 'stab in the back'.

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While current US president Donald Trump won the Republican caucus with no competition, Iowa's Democratic caucuses are seeing mosques serve as caucus sites for the first time in history, with 5 mosques across the state designated as satellite sites for Iowa's Muslim population to feel comfortable participating in the political discussion, and 80 satellite sites globally to ensure all Iowans are part of the process.

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After Republican senators successfully blocked the motion to introduce more witnesses to testify in US president Donald Trump's impeachment trial, Trump is almost assured acquittal in the impeachment's final verdict to be resolved on Wednesday. A two-thirds majority is required in the Senate for the president to be impeached, with no Republicans voicing support in the Republican majority Senate for an impeachment verdict.

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France is now deploying 600 more troops to Africa to help the local governments fight off ISIS and other destabilizing forces. They already have 4,500 troops in the region but violence in the area has increased. The troops are also training local forces and equipping them to fight terrorism on their own.

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China's local Red Cross division has received a large amount of criticism after supplies promised to hospitals treating the coronavirus failed to arrive. Although a large chunk of the country has been donating to the organization to help fight the virus, they accidentally sent the supplies to hospitals that did not really need them.

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An engineer that worked for Raytheon has been arrested for taking a laptop that contained important US missile defense secrets to China. He has repeatedly warned by his employer not to take the laptop and violated multiple laws by doing so. It is unclear if the Chinese government now has these secrets or not.

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After US President Donald Trump's recently announced Middle East peace deal drew widespread criticism from Middle Eastern countries, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian Authority, which cooperated with the US's CIA and Israeli forces over security and intelligence, will no longer be maintaining any relationship with the two countries.

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Mohammad Allawi has become the new Prime Minister of Iraq but the people of the country seem dissatisfied with this decision. Protests have broken out against the appointment all over the capital and in the Southern provinces, with the protestors calling for a complete overhaul of the country's political system.

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There have been 8 cases of the coronavirus in the US as people are returning home from trips abroad. The government has announced that it will provide quarantined housing to any of those who have been infected. All travelers coming to the US from mainland China now have to undergo a special screening process.

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The Palestinian authorities have announced that they will no longer have any relations with either Israel or the US. This announcement came after Trump revealed his infamous Middle East peace plan that would give Israel complete control over the occupied lands. The security forces of all three countries will also no longer be cooperating.

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US nationals who have traveled to China within the last 14 days have been barred from entering the US due to the spread of the coronavirus. The US government has declared a public health emergency in order to enforce these travel restrictions. They also said that it is likely that there will be a few new cases of the virus in the US.

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft has said that if the Palestinians were to raise their opposition to the US peace plan at the UN, they would just be repeating the failed pattern of the last several decades. She made this statement despite the widespread opposition the plan faced from nearly every Palestinian official.

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