Month: March 2021
Last minute decision-making said to leave many flights up in the air
Airlines began selling tickets after ministers approved wider opening of airport, but last-minute delay in cabinet vote has mired process in uncertainty
Read MorePrivate Insurance Wins in Democrats’ First Try at Expanding Health Coverage
‘Medicare for all’ and the public option were hot topics during primary season, but the politics of passing those “gets tricky really fast.”
Read MoreIn First Test Drive On Mars, Perseverance Rover Makes A Short But Significant Trip
The NASA rover traversed some 21 feet of terrain this week, in its first test drive since landing on the red planet. It also captured photos of its touchdown site and the wheel tracks it left behind. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Read MoreTo Juice the Economy, Biden Bets on the Poor
Mr. Biden’s bottom-up $1.9 trillion aid package is a sharp reversal from the tax cut bill that was President Donald J. Trump’s first big legislative victory.
Read MoreDivided Senate Passes Biden’s Pandemic Aid Plan
The chamber approved the package after a grueling marathon of amendment votes and last-ditch negotiations. The measure must now clear the House a second time.
Read MoreAmid latest protests, anti-PM groups say violence against them now ‘routine’
Demonstrators gather in dozens of locations around country for Saturday rallies; woman assaulted and lightly hurt in north
Read MoreSenate Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill
WASHINGTON — An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums. After
Read MoreAmanda Gorman Says She Was Racially Profiled Near Her Los Angeles Home
NEW YORK — Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who captured hearts at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, posted to social media that she was followed home by a security guard who demanded to know where she lived because she
Read MoreSenate Passes $1.9 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package
The package delivers a new round of financial assistance to Americans grappling with the impact of the pandemic. The House will need to vote on the final version. (Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
Read MoreSenate passes $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, including $1,400 stimulus checks, with no Republican support – NBC News
Senate passes $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, including $1,400 stimulus checks, with no Republican support NBC News Coronavirus relief bill could pass Senate by this weekend CBS News The latest on the Covid-19 stimulus bill: Live updates CNN Ron Johnson’s lazy obstruction exposes
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