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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) talks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. Capitol in Washington
Daily News Lesson December 20 2021

Manchin rejects Build Back Better bill over ‘inexcusable’ differences with White House
Learn why Biden and the Democrats have struggled to pass one of their most ambitious bills
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Daily News Lesson December 20 2021

Weekend wrap-up: News summary with video & discussion questions
Omicron variant’s spread causes record case numbers in New York state and a series of lockdowns in Europe
Activists hold up flowers and signs stating "COUNT EVERY VOTE" across the street from where votes are still being counted, two days after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Philadelphia
Daily News Lesson December 19 2021

Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020’s ‘Big Lie’ lives on
Find out why investigations haven't turned up any of the voter fraud alleged by some Republican activists
Coronavirus variant sequencing at the University of Pennsylvania
Daily News Lesson December 16 2021

As the holiday season nears, concerns of a resurgent virus are growing
What should the country expect for the latest wave of COVID?
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Daily News Lesson December 16 2021

Dec. 16, 2021: News summary lesson — Is the term 'defense' spending accurate?
Senate approves $770B defense spending bill, Court upholds (allows) federal vaccine mandate
Fuel truck explosion kills people in Cap Haitien
Daily News Lesson December 15 2021

Dec. 15, 2021: News summary with video & discussion questions
At least 60 people were killed in Haiti late Monday after a fuel truck exploded, U.S. surpasses 800,000 Covid deaths
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House
Daily News Lesson December 14 2021

What the Jan. 6 panel hopes to learn from Meadows, and how executive privilege affects it
Learn why executive privilege can be a shield against investigation, and why it has limits
The U.S. Supreme Court, Roe vs. Wade
Daily News Lesson December 14 2021

Latest: News summary with video & discussion questions
Supreme Court declines to block New York vaccine mandate, media tycoon jailed for Tiananmen Square vigil
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Daily News Lesson December 13 2021

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa on the importance of a free press
Hear from a Nobel-winning journalist on how vulnerable press freedoms can be protected
People receive COVID-19 booster vaccination in Michigan
Daily News Lesson December 10 2021

Dec. 10, 2021: News summary lesson with video & discussion questions
CDC, FDA expand booster availability to 16- and 17-year-olds and Starbucks store votes to unionize
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