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Biden’s chief of staff at center of controversy over White House budget pick  The Washington Post Miscalculating Sinema and Manchin could end up costing Biden  CNN Fight over Neera Tanden’s nomination not over yet, White House says  Fox News Neera Tanden’s Death by

Anchorage has raised an $80 million Series C funding round led by GIC, also known as Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Andreessen Horowitz, Blockchain Capital, Lux and Indico are also participating in today’s funding round. The thinking behind this funding round

Remember ISIS? How about al Qaeda? It was not long ago (on the calendar, at least) that either name could summon, if not profound discomfort, at least a hint of the queasiness that swept over Theo Padnos as he sat

Rachel Levine Responds to Rand Paul About Transgender Medicine  The New York Times Rand Paul Launches Into Transphobic Rant Against Trans Nominee  The Daily Beast Patty Murray rebukes Rand Paul for ‘harmful misrepresentations’ at historic confirmation hearing for Rachel Levine  CNN First transgender

It’s been an all-around more ambitious year for Twitter. Following activist shareholder action last year that aimed to oust CEO Jack Dorsey, the company has been making long overdue product moves, buying up companies and aiming to push the envelope

Economist Roberto Castello Branco said he would leave Brazil’s biggest company when his term ends on March 20.

Cities across Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi are still grappling with outages that crippled health care facilities and forced families to wait in line for potable water.

New Yorker writer Luke Mogelson says many of the insurrectionists he filmed at the Capitol “had no inkling that what they were doing was wrong or suspicion that it could result in any consequences.”

Cases have fallen more slowly in New York City than nationwide, and highly contagious variants are causing concern.

In the future, different circumstances will likely determine which vaccine or booster a person receives, based on their antibodies — and which variant is common in their region. (Image credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)