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The video covers three main topics: the detection of the South African COVID-19 variant in South Carolina, the controversy surrounding Robinhood's restriction of trading on certain stocks, and President Biden's signing of health care-related executive orders. The COVID-19 variant has been found in two cases in South Carolina, with no travel history, suggesting more undetected cases. Robinhood's actions have sparked backlash from users and lawmakers after restricting trading on stocks like GameStop and AMC, which were heavily shorted by hedge funds. Lastly, Biden is reversing Trump-era policies by opening a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act and rescinding a policy that banned US funding for international organizations providing abortion counseling.

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