SpaceX rocket blows up, but launch still deemed a success

First: SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever, gets off the launch pad, then explodes just minutes into its mission. 

Plus: Mediators order election denier Mike Lindell to give an expert $5 million for debunking Lindell’s election lies. 

And: We look into an IRS agent’s stunning allegations: that the President Biden’s team is mishandling the investigation into his son Hunter, and that Attorney General Merrick Garland lied to Congress. 

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