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Updated Feb 20, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Trump to speak at CPAC next week

Donald Trump
Updated Feb 20, 2021 - Politics & Policy

U.S. deports former Nazi concentration camp guard to Germany

Friedrich Karl Berger, in a photo from 1959.

In photos: Monsoon floods hit Indonesian capital, force 1,300 to evacuate

An Indonesian man helps a woman navigate a heavy current in a flooded neighborhood on February 20, 2021 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Biden's confirmation calculus

Neera Tanden greets Sen. Lindsey Graham, top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, before a hearing Feb. 10.
Feb 20, 2021 - Science

Biden declares major disaster in Texas after winter storms

Long-haul trucks waiting in traffic caused by historic cold weather in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 15.
Feb 20, 2021 - Health

Why we're still waiting for rapid, at-home COVID tests

Illustration of a no symbol with a q-tip as the crossbar.

Scoop: Sequoia Capital says it was hacked

Illustration of a laptop with an open lock at the top
Feb 19, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Austin calls video claiming military allowed perpetrator to remain in service "disturbing"

Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Feb 19, 2021 - Economy

Coinbase valued above $100 billion, ahead of direct listing

Illustration of a golden glowing cryptocurrency with the Coinbase C
Feb 19, 2021 - Technology

Google fires another AI ethics leader

Google logo

Manchin to vote “no” on Tanden’s nomination for White House budget office director

Sen. Joe Manchin
Feb 19, 2021 - Energy & Climate

Water crisis expands beyond Texas

Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign yesterday in Killeen, Texas.

White House waives ethics rules for first Biden official

Feb 19, 2021 - Health

White House says vaccine weather delays will be resolved by next week

Vehicles are at a standstill southbound on Interstate Highway 35 on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas.

Texas water crisis: 13 million lack drinking water

Picture of the last case of water bottles in front of a sign that reads: "limit 4 total of any kind of water per household."

Biden: "Democracy doesn't happen by accident"

GameStop hearing paints Silicon Valley as public enemy #1

a boxing glove punching a keyboard
Feb 19, 2021 - Health

Data finds Pfizer vaccine highly effective after first dose, can be stored in normal freezers

Pfizer vaccine
Feb 19, 2021 - World

Israel sounds alarm after U.S. backs nuclear talks with Iran

Photo illustration of Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu looking at each other with a split Iran in the background.
Feb 19, 2021 - Economy

Short bets have dropped substantially since GameStop phenomenon

Keith Gill testifying

6 Capitol police officers suspended for alleged roles in Jan. 6 riot

Pro-Trump rioter taking a selfie in the Capitol
Feb 19, 2021 - Health

Vaccine supply expected to surge soon

Illustration of a vaccine syringe on a performance stage

Living with climate catastrophe

Illustration of the U.S. map under a large rain umbrella

Gerrymandering is about to get even more chaotic

Illustration of a United States map as a puzzle
Feb 19, 2021 - Technology

"Vaccine hunters" turn to social media in the scramble to find shots

Illustration of crosshairs targeting a syringe
Feb 19, 2021 - Economy

The Prius of airplanes

Illustration of an airplane with a glowing lightning bolt on the tail
Feb 19, 2021 - Economy

U.K. Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are "workers," not independent contractors

Uber in London
Feb 19, 2021 - Science

Mars is coming into focus

Illustration of a magnifying glass showing a focused section of an otherwise blurry Mars
Feb 19, 2021 - Health

Texas hospitals evacuate patients, conserve resources amid outages

Illustration of sign saying no hospitals

Biden to defend democracies in security meeting speech

Joe Biden is seen addressing the Munich Security Conference in 2015.

"Obviously a mistake": Ted Cruz back in Texas after outrage over Cancún trip

Ted Cruz in the airport
Feb 18, 2021 - World

What to make of the Biden administration's first overseas calls

Feb 18, 2021 - World

U.S. commits $4 billion to COVAX vaccine initiative

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