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<title><![CDATA[Biden says he will run for reelection in 2024 if he’s ‘in good health’]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/biden-confirm-2024-run/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 20:31:53 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Meryl Kornfield]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The president, confirming his past comment that he would seek eight years in the White House, said he would run again if his health did not deteriorate.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O36JYNDDJQI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O36JYNDDJQI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O36JYNDDJQI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O36JYNDDJQI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/biden-confirm-2024-run/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court sets special hearing for Biden’s vaccine rules for health-care workers, private businesses]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/biden-vaccine-mandates-supreme-court/2021/12/22/dd3bab94-6382-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 20:26:00 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Barnes]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Both case will be considered Jan. 7.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/J3MHPITDQYI6ZP3QLAADGUOGE4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/J3MHPITDQYI6ZP3QLAADGUOGE4.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/J3MHPITDQYI6ZP3QLAADGUOGE4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/J3MHPITDQYI6ZP3QLAADGUOGE4.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/biden-vaccine-mandates-supreme-court/2021/12/22/dd3bab94-6382-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Ted Kaczynski, the 79-year-old Unabomber, transferred to prison medical facility]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/unabomber-kaczynski-hospital-ill/2021/12/22/4f773f82-6367-11ec-8ce3-9454d0b46d42_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:41:00 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Zapotosky]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Kaczynski had been serving multiple life sentences at a supermax facility in Colorado.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZUTOZATDNYI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZUTOZATDNYI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZUTOZATDNYI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZUTOZATDNYI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/unabomber-kaczynski-hospital-ill/2021/12/22/4f773f82-6367-11ec-8ce3-9454d0b46d42_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item> <br/> <item> <title><![CDATA[Where Democratic senators stand on changing or eliminating the filibuster]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/filibuster-vote-count/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:21:08 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[JM Rieger]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An analysis of the positions where Democratic senators stand on changing or eliminating the filibuster]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SPYVSXWTSMI6XM47AWRNO5VR6Q.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SPYVSXWTSMI6XM47AWRNO5VR6Q.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SPYVSXWTSMI6XM47AWRNO5VR6Q.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SPYVSXWTSMI6XM47AWRNO5VR6Q.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/filibuster-vote-count/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Dear Republicans: Your favorite president wants you to get vaccinated]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/21/dear-republicans-trump-wants-you-get-vaccinated-thats-not-fake-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:02:02 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Blake]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recapping the former presidents various comments on the subject.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-21-2021/t_d111ceec5d0948e59f1cfc289fc1fda1_name_591dd64a_eced_11eb_a2ba_3be31d349258_scaled.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-21-2021/t_d111ceec5d0948e59f1cfc289fc1fda1_name_591dd64a_eced_11eb_a2ba_3be31d349258_scaled.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-21-2021/t_d111ceec5d0948e59f1cfc289fc1fda1_name_591dd64a_eced_11eb_a2ba_3be31d349258_scaled.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://d1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net/12-21-2021/t_d111ceec5d0948e59f1cfc289fc1fda1_name_591dd64a_eced_11eb_a2ba_3be31d349258_scaled.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/21/dear-republicans-trump-wants-you-get-vaccinated-thats-not-fake-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[GOPers’ efforts to distance themselves from Jan. 6 face increasing scrutiny]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/21/gopers-efforts-distance-themselves-jan-6-increasingly-come-under-microscope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:20:40 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron Blake]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new claim in court ties two of them more closely to the organizing of the rally than they let on. But they're not the first statements to be called into question.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HTF4AQ4GQJHYHOIBLVSZNNUKSQ.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HTF4AQ4GQJHYHOIBLVSZNNUKSQ.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HTF4AQ4GQJHYHOIBLVSZNNUKSQ.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HTF4AQ4GQJHYHOIBLVSZNNUKSQ.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/21/gopers-efforts-distance-themselves-jan-6-increasingly-come-under-microscope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Inside the nonstop pressure campaign by Trump allies to get election officials to revisit the 2020 vote]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-officials-pressure-campaign/2021/12/22/8a0b0788-5d26-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:38:00 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Gardner]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well-funded allies of the former president have gained audiences with top state officials to push for examinations of the vote, and local residents have bombarded election administrators with their own demands to investigate.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GTUFHHSJJMI6ZMC5HS45S3VUSU.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GTUFHHSJJMI6ZMC5HS45S3VUSU.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GTUFHHSJJMI6ZMC5HS45S3VUSU.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GTUFHHSJJMI6ZMC5HS45S3VUSU.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-officials-pressure-campaign/2021/12/22/8a0b0788-5d26-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Rep. Scanlon ‘unharmed’ after being carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/scanlon-carjacking-philadelphia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:21:16 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariana Alfaro]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Democratic lawmaker was just leaving a meeting in FDR Park around 2:45 p.m. when the carjacking occurred.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/scanlon-carjacking-philadelphia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Let’s be very clear about Douglas Frank’s allegations of voter fraud]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/lets-be-very-clear-about-douglas-franks-allegations-voter-fraud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:15:07 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Bump]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In short, they are ridiculous.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Z22L5ZWZGMI6XDEHVVXSPEMMPA.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Z22L5ZWZGMI6XDEHVVXSPEMMPA.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Z22L5ZWZGMI6XDEHVVXSPEMMPA.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Z22L5ZWZGMI6XDEHVVXSPEMMPA.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/lets-be-very-clear-about-douglas-franks-allegations-voter-fraud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[House Jan. 6 committee requests information from and meeting with GOP Rep. Jim Jordan about his contact with Trump]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jim-jordan-jan-6-committee/2021/12/22/6f345790-6364-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:14:00 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Felicia Sonmez]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a letter to Jordan, the committee’s chairman noted that the Ohio Republican “had at least one and possibly multiple communications with President Trump on January 6th.”]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TJJ7QDBSPYI6ZABWPWZFLP7ROY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TJJ7QDBSPYI6ZABWPWZFLP7ROY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TJJ7QDBSPYI6ZABWPWZFLP7ROY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TJJ7QDBSPYI6ZABWPWZFLP7ROY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jim-jordan-jan-6-committee/2021/12/22/6f345790-6364-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[How redistricting is shaping the 2022 U.S. House map]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/redistricting-tracker-map/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:12:02 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Blanco]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Post is analyzing the 2022 U.S. House map in this redistricting tracker as states finalize their congressional boundaries for the next decade. Republicans and Democrats are going to great lengths to tip districts in their favor and accusations of gerrymandering and lawsuits have followed.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/KP7WIAVCWRDR5GFJNE4O7A32Z4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/KP7WIAVCWRDR5GFJNE4O7A32Z4.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/KP7WIAVCWRDR5GFJNE4O7A32Z4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/KP7WIAVCWRDR5GFJNE4O7A32Z4.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/redistricting-tracker-map/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Abortion providers seek quick resolution in challenge to Texas law]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/texas-abortion-law/2021/12/22/76dfb984-633d-11ec-8ce3-9454d0b46d42_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:06:02 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ann E. Marimow]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Abortion rights advocates want the case resolved by a judge who previously blocked S.B. 8, which bans the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SZN6PVSS24I6ZA6S3HNLBYR3PY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SZN6PVSS24I6ZA6S3HNLBYR3PY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SZN6PVSS24I6ZA6S3HNLBYR3PY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SZN6PVSS24I6ZA6S3HNLBYR3PY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/texas-abortion-law/2021/12/22/76dfb984-633d-11ec-8ce3-9454d0b46d42_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Meet the crew that blows up mannequins and burns Christmas trees to keep you safe]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/meet-crew-that-blows-up-mannequins-burns-christmas-trees-keep-you-safe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:46:04 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Bump]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Few government organizations have mastered the Internet like the Consumer Product Safety Commission.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ECO7M5OULRBBPCCO2ALIE77OOY.png&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/png" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ECO7M5OULRBBPCCO2ALIE77OOY.png&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/png" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ECO7M5OULRBBPCCO2ALIE77OOY.png&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/png" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ECO7M5OULRBBPCCO2ALIE77OOY.png&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/meet-crew-that-blows-up-mannequins-burns-christmas-trees-keep-you-safe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[House Oversight committee to probe Live Nation over Astroworld deaths]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/22/astroworld-house-probe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:44:35 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Bellware]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ten people were crushed to death and hundreds injured during the Nov. 5 concert in Houston.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FMXPRJSABMI6ZFAEKCRIVCFZZU.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FMXPRJSABMI6ZFAEKCRIVCFZZU.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FMXPRJSABMI6ZFAEKCRIVCFZZU.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FMXPRJSABMI6ZFAEKCRIVCFZZU.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/22/astroworld-house-probe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Trump’s intentions aside, Sen. Ted Cruz says he’s next in line to secure the 2024 GOP presidential nomination]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/cruz-trump-2024-nomination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 13:26:50 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariana Alfaro]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As the runner-up in the 2016 primaries, Cruz told an interviewer, “there’s a reason historically” to believe he is likely to become the next nominee.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JPGZEVS56MI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JPGZEVS56MI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JPGZEVS56MI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JPGZEVS56MI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/cruz-trump-2024-nomination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Biden says supply chain crisis didn’t materialize: ‘Gifts are being delivered, shelves are not empty’]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-supply-chain-crisis-averted/2021/12/22/e56bc598-6340-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:17:00 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Felicia Sonmez]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a video conference, the president touted data showing that the U.S. economy is thriving.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5P37COTDIQI6ZJ7IHKCFLNY7VU.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5P37COTDIQI6ZJ7IHKCFLNY7VU.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5P37COTDIQI6ZJ7IHKCFLNY7VU.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5P37COTDIQI6ZJ7IHKCFLNY7VU.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-supply-chain-crisis-averted/2021/12/22/e56bc598-6340-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Partisanship is making views of the economy worse]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/partisanship-is-making-views-economy-worse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:56:45 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Bump]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There are places where the economy is wobbly. But views of the economy are colored by political rhetoric.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5AH7IQC5SYI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5AH7IQC5SYI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5AH7IQC5SYI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5AH7IQC5SYI6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/partisanship-is-making-views-economy-worse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Where Democratic senators stand on changing or eliminating the filibuster]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/filibuster-vote-count/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:21:08 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[JM Rieger]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An analysis of the positions where Democratic senators stand on changing or eliminating the filibuster]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SPYVSXWTSMI6XM47AWRNO5VR6Q.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SPYVSXWTSMI6XM47AWRNO5VR6Q.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SPYVSXWTSMI6XM47AWRNO5VR6Q.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SPYVSXWTSMI6XM47AWRNO5VR6Q.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/filibuster-vote-count/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[The main reason states lost population in 2021? People moving to other states.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/main-reason-states-lost-population-2021-people-moving-other-states/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 10:25:49 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Bump]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New Census Bureau data shows how America is being reweighted.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/IN5PUFDQVYI6VIKWABELMLG3KE.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/IN5PUFDQVYI6VIKWABELMLG3KE.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/IN5PUFDQVYI6VIKWABELMLG3KE.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/IN5PUFDQVYI6VIKWABELMLG3KE.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/main-reason-states-lost-population-2021-people-moving-other-states/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Long before embracing Trump’s false election claims, Rep. Scott Perry promoted groundless theories]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jan-6-committee-trump-perry-conspiracy-theories/2021/12/22/031acd5a-626a-11ec-bf70-58003351c627_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 07:10:00 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Reinhard]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The bipartisan House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is examining Perry’s role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FWJNJSDCZII6ZP3QLAADGUOGE4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FWJNJSDCZII6ZP3QLAADGUOGE4.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FWJNJSDCZII6ZP3QLAADGUOGE4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FWJNJSDCZII6ZP3QLAADGUOGE4.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jan-6-committee-trump-perry-conspiracy-theories/2021/12/22/031acd5a-626a-11ec-bf70-58003351c627_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[What is redistricting?]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/what-is-redistricting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 06:00:56 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elise Viebeck]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Redistricting is underway around the country, and it will continue to receive intense scrutiny ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4PAFHOTCTUI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4PAFHOTCTUI6ZG2ROEY7UGIMLY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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Meyer]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But passing a measure to outlaw partisan gerrymandering could cause a new kind of chaos.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4FYUUYB6QMI6TBNNO6PPAX6Z3A.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4FYUUYB6QMI6TBNNO6PPAX6Z3A.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4FYUUYB6QMI6TBNNO6PPAX6Z3A.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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