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Republicans may face some new challenges winning back their Senate majority with another wave of retirements.

Pennsylvania and North Carolina are already up for grabs in 2022, when Republicans need only one seat to take back their majority, and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) -- probably the most vulnerable GOP senator up for re-election -- hasn't yet decided whether to seek a third term and Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) bowed out this week, reported Politico.

The big story in the financial world on Wednesday has been the stunning rise in the share price of video game retailer GameStop, which had been the target of a short-selling campaign by big hedge funds.

The reason for GameStop's surge has been the actions of a Reddit page called /r/WallStreetBets that has been urging readers to spoil the short sellers' bet by buying up shares at ever-escalating prices.

With new strains of COVID-19 beginning to spread as vaccine supplies still lag behind, health officials have revealed data that shows wearing multiple masks -- up to three -- can increase protection efficiency up to 90 percent.

That important news apparently aggravated Meaghan McCain, co-host of ABC's 'The View," who complained on Twitter that scientists -- who are still trying to get their arms around the coronavirus pandemic -- are "moving the goalposts."

According to the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ): "People feel hopeless because the goal posts continue to get moved.... (Also I'm not wearing 3 masks)."

Critics, more worried about public health than how masks look, were quick to call out the conservative commentator with one chastising her for being "childish."

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