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  1. Republicans have picked Jim Jordan to lead the House minority and John Thune to lead the Senate GOP in the next Congress.
  2. A resurgence of measles has killed eight people this year, and new data shows the US is losing the vaccination coverage needed to stop the virus from spreading.
  3. A new House report accuses the federal government of decades of failures in the Jeffrey Epstein case and calls for renewed investigations.
  4. Luxury advent calendars have become a holiday marketing trend. But Skims is facing backlash after customers found little value in its $150 version.
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