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Watch: GOP senator challenges Teamsters president to fight at Senate hearing

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to a fight in a tense moment during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. The confrontation occurred during a hearing on labor unions held by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Sean O’Brien, the head of one of the nation’s largest and most influential unions, was appearing as a witness. Source

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Dire forecast in latest National Climate Assessment

The National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive federal effort to summarize the effects of climate change on the United States, says that by 2050 coastal flooding will happen five to 10 times more often than it does now. The new report also details the risk climate change poses to the U.S. energy supply. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy has more. Source

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High-stakes Biden-Xi meeting a day away

The U.S. is hosting the annual APEC summit of world leaders this week in San Francisco, but the main event will be happening on the sidelines: a face-to-face meeting Wednesday between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. This is Xi’s first visit to American soil since 2017 and it comes amid a year of mounting tensions between the superpowers. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe has more. Source

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New details on FBI probe into NYC Mayor Eric Adams

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is demanding that the FBI stop leaks of its probe into his campaign financing, as new details emerge about the mayor’s 2021 campaign fundraising and possible ties to the Turkish government. Former FBI supervisory special agent Eric Miller joined CBS News to discuss the latest. Source

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