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Senate confirms Michael Regan as EPA administrator

Michael Regan speaks while wearing a red tie and gray suit jacket

Marjorie Taylor Greene delays COVID stimulus vote, annoys Republicans

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene conducts a news conference with members of the House Freedom Caucus outside the Capitol to oppose the Equality Act.
Mar 10, 2021 - Health

Federal officials relax COVID rules for nursing home residents

Photo of a nursing home resident holding her hand up to the clear glass as on the other side her daughter raises her own hand
Mar 10, 2021 - Health

COVID's elite admissions boom

Harvard students enjoy the summer of 2020 in Cambridge.
Mar 10, 2021 - Podcasts
The Week America Changed

NBA commissioner Adam Silver's 11th-hour choice on COVID suspension

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Senate confirms Merrick Garland as attorney general

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House votes to send $1.9 trillion COVID relief package to Biden's desk

Picture of Biden wearing a black face mask and standing next to an American flag

Senate confirms Marcia Fudge as HUD secretary

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Top U.S.-China officials to hold first in-person meeting under Biden administration

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Mar 10, 2021 - Sports

Overtime targets NCAA with new league offering $100,000 salary to high school players

Illustration of a scale with a basketball on one side and money on the other. 
Mar 10, 2021 - World

Israel pushes White House ceremony to seal Sudan normalization deal

Breaking down the climate toll of growing weed indoors

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Mar 10, 2021 - Health

Biden to announce purchase of additional 100 million J&J vaccine doses

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Mar 10, 2021 - Economy

Goldman puts $10 billion behind fight to equalize "Black Womenomics"

Updated Mar 10, 2021 - World

Exclusive: Biden envoy says Iran elections not factor in timetable for nuclear talks

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Mar 10, 2021 - Economy

New royals, new media

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America's $5 trillion bet

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Mar 10, 2021 - Health

Schools bet on pool testing to keep classrooms safe

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Mar 10, 2021 - Technology

Tech's hits and misses during the pandemic

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Mar 10, 2021 - Economy

The long road to putting America back to work

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Mar 10, 2021 - Health

In photos: Daily life one year on from WHO's pandemic declaration

A doctor puts on a protective face mask before carrying out coronavirus testing on a patients at a drive-in clinic at the hospital in Gross Gerau, Germany, on Monday, March 9
Mar 10, 2021 - World

Hospitals at breaking point as Brazil hits new COVID death record

A field hospital for Covid-19 infected patients at the Pedro Dell'Antonia sports complex in Santo Andre, Brazil, on Monday, Feb. 22
Updated Mar 9, 2021 - Economy

House passes major labor rights expansion

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) walking in the Capitol on March 9.
Updated Mar 9, 2021 - Health

Alaska 1st state to make COVID vaccine available to everyone over 16

Michael Dunleavy, governor of Alaska, speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House

COVID-19 decimated state tax collections

Operatives eye GOP grassroots fundraising overhaul

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Scoop: Jim Messina aims to shape cryptocurrency future

Former Obama aide Jim Messina is seen smiling while speaking on stage.

Biden's outside game to sell COVID-19 law

Photo illustration of Biden holding an oversized blank check

The Pentagon extends National Guard deployment at Capitol

A National Guard soldier outside of the Capitol building on March 6.
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