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White House nominates Rick Spinrad as NOAA leader

Satellite image showing a hurricane lurking off the coast of Florida.
Apr 22, 2021 - World

Israeli officials will object to restoration of Iran deal in D.C. visit

Israeli delegation goes to Washington D.C.

Latino lawmakers want new Marshall Plan

Migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador arrive in the U.S. after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into Roma, Texas.

Tim Scott to deliver Republicans' rebuttal to Biden's joint address

US Republican Senator for South Carolina Tim Scott speaks during the first day of the Republican convention
Apr 22, 2021 - Sports

The Super League's rise and fall

Senators unveil bipartisan bill to address surge at the border

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) speaks to the media after a tour of part of the Rio Grande river
Apr 22, 2021 - Economy

Stocks fall on reports that Biden wants to hike taxes on capital gains

Apr 22, 2021 - World

Global press freedom deteriorates amid pandemic

Apr 22, 2021 - Economy

How anti-greed backlash killed the European Super League

A sign reading "Super greed" hangs on a fence with the chelsea football club logo.

Senate Republicans unveil $568 billion infrastructure counterproposal

Senators Barasso and Capito

House passes bill that would make D.C. the 51st state

Picture of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser
Updated Apr 22, 2021 - World

Russia announces end to massive troop buildup near Ukraine

Putin with Russian defense minister
Apr 22, 2021 - Economy

Private equity's other tax fight

one person rejecting a bag of money that another person is handing them

All the new emissions targets announced at Biden’s climate summit

President Biden during the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22.

Making sense of Biden's big emissions promise

Illustration of someone cutting emissions with scissors.
Updated Apr 22, 2021 - Energy & Climate

Biden pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 52% by 2030

Picture of President Joe Biden sitting down in the Oval Office holding notes.
Apr 22, 2021 - Health

Health care workers feel stress, burnout more than a year into the pandemic

Health care workers in hazmat suits.
Apr 22, 2021 - Economy

Stock buybacks are kicking back into high gear

Trucks dumping piles of cash

Japan vows deeper emissions cuts ahead of White House summit

A photo of Japanese President Suga at a podium.
Apr 22, 2021 - Technology

The global race to regulate AI

Animated illustration of a binary code changing into an x symbol

Exclusive: Chauvin trial prosecution worked with strategic communications firm

People gather at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue to celebrate the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial on April 20, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

World leaders brace for historic Trump Facebook ban decision

Animated illustration of a neon sign cycling between a thumbs up and a thumbs down.
Apr 22, 2021 - Economy

America scrambles for restaurant workers

Illustration of a hand holding on an apron with a restaurant worker running away. 

Coronavirus cases aren't budging — even after vaccinations doubled

Apr 22, 2021 - World

Putin warns the West as Russian police detain almost 1,800 Navalny protesters

Opposition supporters attend a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in central Moscow on April 21
Updated Apr 22, 2021 - World

India sets COVID daily case world record

People filing the oxygen cylinders for housed patients at Shaheen Bagh on April 21, 2021 in New Delhi, India.

North Carolina Sheriff's deputy fatally shoots Black man

Pew: Over 80% of Asian adults say violence against them is increasing

A picture of a girl holding a sign that says "STOP ASIAN HATE"

China's government tied to new hack attacks targeting U.S. government

Prince, a member of the hacking group using a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at their office in Dongguan, China's southern Guangdong province in 2020

Danger lurks in the Democrats' police talk

House Democrats are seen speaking outside the Capitol after passing the George Floyd Police Act.

Exclusive: Harris meets Guatemalan president Monday, travels in June

Kamala Harris stands on a stage wearing a black mask

Scoop: Government pays for some sponsors to pick up migrant kids

Young minors play soccer at a small field at the Donna DHS holding facility
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