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Miguel Cardona, President Biden’s education nominee, appeared before lawmakers on Wednesday for a mostly tame confirmation hearing. His opening message: In unity there is strength. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP)

Biden told House Democrats on Wednesday he’s “not married” to an absolute number on his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan but Congress needs to “act fast” on relief for the pandemic and the economic crisis.

New York Times reporter Jim Tankersley discusses Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion economic stimulus/pandemic relief package — as well as his plans for infrastructure work and clean energy investment.

Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials  The White House

House-by-house COVID-19 testing has begun in some communities in England as authorities try to extinguish a new variant of the coronavirus before it spreads widely and undermines a nationwide vaccination program.

Awards season is never not a mixed bag, but the 2021 Golden Globe nominations landed with a particular thud on Wednesday. The obvious, baffling snubs were many. The heartwarming surprises were few. And even a pandemic that brought the film

House Democrats to vote on punishing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after GOP fails to take action  NBC News House Republicans weigh stripping Greene from committee assignments as GOP senators repudiate her views  CNN How shocking that the GOP now has a QAnon

Before the first month of the second Obama term, it was clear. The people who run some of the nation’s largest and most influential civil rights, health and community development organizations were frustrated. In a cavernous set of ornate hotel

The stories peddled by QAnon supporters today strike an all too familiar chord. Not only are many of their narratives routed in late medieval “blood libel,” but the way they manage to straddle the dichotomy between presumable fact and blatant

What we know about the Florida raid that led to 2 FBI agents’ deaths  CNN Two FBI agents killed, 3 wounded in South Florida during child pornography raid  CNBC Television Two brave South Florida FBI agents died trying to keep children safe