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- Thousands gathered to watch President Biden sign a historic law protecting same-sex and interracial marriages.
- The January 6 Committee will hold one more public hearing – next Monday December 19 – at which it will vote on making criminal referrals to the Justice Department, perhaps including former President Trump.
- The Department of Energy celebrates a breakthrough in fusion energy – critics say it’s not the clean renewable energy source that advocates make it out to be.
- A devastating Congressional hearing lays out rampant sexual abuse by correctional staff against prisoners in the federal carceral system.
- A clear majority of San Francisco Supervisors want to push through safe injection sites after the mayor pulls back her support.
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