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FRI, JAN 14, 2022
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Good morning,
The Supreme Court weighed in on President Biden's Covid vaccine mandates. Russia looks increasingly likely to attack Ukraine. And it was a big week for developments in probes of the pro-Trump Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Here are some of the stories we're following at CNBC Politics:
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SCOTUS split on mandates: Days after hearing arguments, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test rule for businesses employing 100 or more people. But the justices did allow the president's mandate for health-care workers in facilities that take payments from the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Read the report from CNBC's Kevin Breuninger and Spencer Kimball here. The top court's decision on the business mandate won't stop companies from imposing vaccine requirements on their employees, however, CNBC Politics reporter Dan Mangan writes.
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Ukraine update: After days of high-level talks between NATO and the Kremlin, U.S. officials sounded a grim note about what's unfolding between Russia and Ukraine, reports CNBC Politics reporter Amanda Macias. It looks more and more like Vladimir Putin's military will launch an attack on Ukraine, despite the Biden administration's threats of severe economic consequences. "The drumbeat of war is sounding loud and the rhetoric has gotten rather shrill," U.S. diplomatic official Michael Carpenter said.
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Insurrection fallout: Federal prosecutors charged the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and 10 others with conspiring to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Investigators helped to build their case using encrypted messages sent by the defendants. "The complaint references numerous messages sent on Signal, an end-to-end encrypted messaging app, raising questions about how authorities accessed them and recalling a longstanding point of tension between the law enforcement community and tech industry," writes CNBC Tech reporter Lauren Feiner.
Meanwhile, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the leader of the House Republican caucus and an ally of former President Trump, said he would refuse to participate in the House select committee's probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol invasion. McCarthy spoke with Trump that day. Additionally, the committee subpoenaed social media giants such as Twitter and the parent company of Facebook after receiving "inadequate responses" from the firms. Critics have accused social media companies of enabling Trump supporters to spread election lies and incite the insurrection.
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