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A look at the numbers for International Women’s Day: Just 9% of all cabinet ministers have been women. None were ministers of finance or defense

Boarded up and lined with barbed wire, Minneapolis braces for murder trial in George Floyd’s death  The Washington Post Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin awaiting trial | GMA  Good Morning America Floyd’s cause of death, ex-cop’s force will be keys at

The Senate on Saturday afternoon narrowly passed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, a key milestone for President Joe Biden to ink his first legislative priority into law. The avalanche of federal dollars, which clock in at approximately 9% of

What happens next with the Covid relief bill (and when you could see another stimulus check)  CNN After Stimulus Victory in Senate, Reality Sinks in: Bipartisanship Is Dead  The New York Times Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill Heads to Final Vote  Bloomberg Politics

At least four powerful blasts hit a military camp in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, causing casualties, state television reported. The TVGE channel broadcast footage of wrecked and burning buildings, with people — including children — being pulled from the rubble

The $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package moving through Congress advances an idea that Democrats have been nurturing for decades: establishing a guaranteed income for families with children.

Allan McDonald, who directed the booster rocket project at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol, urged delaying the launch of the space shuttle before it exploded in 1986. He has died at age 83. (Image credit: Howard Berkes/NPR)

Military liaison confirms program to inoculate 120,000 Palestinians who are legally employed in Israel and West Bank settlements set to begin

Fact Sheet: President Biden to Sign Executive Order to Promote Voting Access  The White House

Quick tests could soon be used by those without a COVID-19 Green Pass; Health Ministry official: ‘Whoever doesn’t want to get vaccinated will have to pay for the tests themselves’