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Kaine demands legal rationale for Biden’s Syria airstrike – POLITICO

Kaine demands legal rationale for Biden’s Syria airstrike  POLITICO US carries out air strikes in Syria targeting Iranian backed militias  CNN Implications of President Biden’s first military action  CBS This Morning Democrats call for briefing on legal justification for Biden’s Syria strike  Axios Biden

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Pelosi vows to keep minimum wage provision in House bill; Harris could act – Fox News

Pelosi vows to keep minimum wage provision in House bill; Harris could act  Fox News Senate parliamentarian strikes down minimum wage hike in latest COVID-19 relief bill  CBS This Morning Top Senate Official Disqualifies Minimum Wage From Stimulus Plan  The New York Times

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Here Are the 14 New Books You Should Read in March

The best new books arriving this month are written by authors both established and emerging. March brings with it much-anticipated new fiction from Viet Thanh Nguyen and Kazuo Ishiguro, as well as buzzy debuts from Alexandra Andrews and Gabriela Garcia.

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Newness raises $3.5 million for its ‘Twitch for beauty streamers’

Newness, a startup co-founded by former Twitch employees, has raised $3.5 million in a Sequoia-led seed round for its live-streaming platform aimed at beauty creators and their fan communities. Though today’s creators are not without options when it comes to

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First Boulevard raises $5M for its digital bank aimed at Black America

The murder of George Floyd last May ignited many things in the United States last year — one of which that was perhaps unexpected: a rise in the number of digital banks targeting the Black community. Some members of the

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Why are we still dating LinkedIn in 2021?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. Before we get into this week’s show, make sure to check

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TechCrunch Early Stage is the startup bootcamp you’ve always needed

Wondering how to nail that virtual pitch meeting and raise VC funding? Or how to build a high-octane sales team? What about recruiting early team members that will fuel future growth? Managing the finances of a new company while also

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Biden says US will ‘never’ accept ‘aggressive’ Russia’s Ukraine annexation

President Joe Biden said Friday that the United States will “never” accept Russia’s annexation of part of Ukraine seven years ago. “The United States does not and will never recognize Russia’s purported annexation of the peninsula, and we will stand

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Explosion hits Israeli-owned cargo ship in Gulf of Oman, no injuries

Maritime intelligence firm says blast likely stemmed from ‘asymmetric activity by Iranian military’; ship identified as MV Helios Ray owned by Israeli shipping magnate Rami Ungar

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WATCH LIVE: FDA committee considers emergency use for Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

If granted emergency use, Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine would be the third available vaccine in the United States, but the first to require one dose rather than two.

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