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Senate Spending Bill, Ukraine Airstrikes, Idaho Firefighter Shootings

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Several Senate Republicans are attacking the cuts to Medicaid in the President's massive tax and spending bill, Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones across Ukraine, and two firefighters are dead in North Idaho after an ambush by a sniper.

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