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Republicans say they won’t cut Social Security. So why does it keep coming up?

Republicans committed publicly at the State of the Union not to cut Social Security or Medicare. But it remains the party's third rail amid talks over the debt ceiling.
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The IRS now says most state relief checks last year are not subject to federal taxes

A week after telling payment recipients to delay filing returns, the agency won't challenge the taxability of payments related to general welfare and disaster.
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Everything to know going into this year’s Super Bowl

Here's everything you need to know about Super Bowl LVII, with some help from our member stations KCUR in Kansas City and WHYY in Philadelphia.
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The U.S. shot down an object over Alaska. The government doesn’t know yet what it was

The incident comes just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. This new object was smaller and lower, and it's not clear where it came from.
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Zoom is the latest tech firm to announce layoffs, and its CEO will take a 98% pay cut

Zoom, a hallmark of pandemic life, is laying off some 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce. CEO Eric Yuan said he and other executives will take pay cuts and forgo bonuses.
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Romney tells Santos ‘you don’t belong here’ in a tense State of the Union run-in

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said the embattled New York congressman, who faces continued questions about his biography and campaign finances, should've been "sitting in the back row and staying quiet."
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