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5 Stuck at home - and now, accustomed to being stuck at home - Americans are buying too much stuff. But factories are still struggling to produce and deliver amid the pandemic: There aren't enough people and parts to make stuff, enough ships to get it across the seas, enough port workers to unload it, enough space in ports to store it, enough truck drivers and railroad workers to transport it, enough warehouse workers taking jobs to sort it - and no one really knows how long this backup will last or how to fix it. That's the very complex global-supply-chain problem, in a paragraph. It means the world is facing a backlog of goods never seen before in the modern economy, right before the holiday season. That is manifesting in months-long delays, empty shelves and higher prices. The nexus of the global economy and American politics has become clearer: If people don't get their gifts in time, voters could blame President Joe Biden and his …

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WASHINGTON - The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced on Thursday that it will move to hold Stephen Bannon in criminal contempt for not complying with its subpoena as it seeks to force former Trump administration officials to cooperate with its inquiry. Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said the panel will meet Tuesday when the House returns to Washington to vote to adopt a contempt report. "The Select Committee will use every tool at its disposal to get the information it seeks, and witnesses who try to stonewall the Select Committee will not succeed," Thompson said in a statement. The decision to pursue a criminal complaint signals the committee's aggressive approach as it tries to avoid the standoffs that bedeviled congressional Democrats during the Trump administration. At the time, drawn-out legal battles frustrated attempts to scrutinize the Trump White House and federal agencies. Members of the select committee have argued …

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