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Jun 15, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Jared Kushner signs deal for book to be published in 2022

Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C

Senate passes bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

A woman holds up a sign that says Juneteenth with a map of the U.S.
Jun 15, 2021 - Economy

Summer's expected IPO stampede likely to fuel record year

Illustration of Wall Street bull at a beach with a giant umbrella

Schumer to begin budget reconciliation process on Wednesday

Chuck Schumer

Pelosi: House to move forward with investigating Jan. 6 insurrection

Photo of Nancy Pelosi wearing a white suit and gesturing while speaking
Updated Jun 15, 2021 - Energy & Climate

Heat wave enveloping West will shatter records, spark wildfires

Sun low on horizon beneath power lines.

Biden names first political ambassadors, including for Israel and Mexico

President Biden
Jun 15, 2021 - Health

U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpasses 600,000

Jun 15, 2021 - Technology

Senate confirms antitrust expert Lina Khan as FTC commissioner

Lina Khan speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing.
Jun 15, 2021 - Economy

MacKenzie Scott donates another $2.7 billion to 286 organizations

Mackenzie Scott with her former husband, Jeff Bezos.
Jun 15, 2021 - Economy

Politico's top editor leaving for NBC

Jun 15, 2021 - Economy

Bored of binging: Weekly streaming releases on the rise

Some Americans were infected with COVID in December 2019

Illustration of viruses under a magnifying glass that appear smaller and more blurry

Emails reveal Trump pressured top DOJ officials to overturn election results

former President Trump
Jun 15, 2021 - World

U.S. and EU suspend 16-year Airbus-Boeing feud

Biden in Brussels

White House releases first national strategy for countering domestic terrorism

Jan. 6 riot

Bitcoin’s code upgrade is about privacy

Illustration of a bitcoin becoming pixelated

Melinda French Gates meets with Biden administration, Hill officials

Melinda French Gates

Republicans push to sanction Chinese officials over Wuhan lab probe

Elise Stefanik
Jun 15, 2021 - Technology

Your hands-free car drives way more politely than you

Image of a woman with her hands in her lap inside a Cadillac Escalade with Super Cruise assisted-driving technology

3 dirty jobs that will build the future

Illustration of a warning sign with hammer instead of an exclamation point

House antitrust bills take tight aim at tech giants

Illustration of a gavel in the shape of a cursor
Jun 15, 2021 - Economy

PwC outlines new plan on racial equity, building trust in business

Illustration of three fists raising briefcases.

Grid operator asks Texans to conserve power amid outages in searing heat

Power lines stretch along along a highway near Alpine, Texas on Saturday, April 10, 2021.
Jun 15, 2021 - World

ICC prosecutor seeks full probe into Duterte's drug war killings in Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte welcomes the arrival of the shipment of the Sinovac vaccine CoronaVac at a Philippine Air Force base in Manila, the Philippines on Feb. 28, 2021.

3,000 unruly passenger reports made to FAA this year

A traveler wearing a protective mask walks past JetBlue Airways Corp. aircraft at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, May 25

Cashier killed after face mask policy dispute in Georgia grocery store

House panel to investigate Trump-era DOJ data seizures

Photo of Donald Trump as he's about to get in a vehicle

Scoop: Inside Biden's Putin prep

Photo illustration of President Biden sitting on a stack of three books that make up the colors of the Russian flag.

Rubio's play for anti-China vote

Sen. Marco Rubio is seen walking down a hallway in the U.S. Capitol.

By the numbers: The building migrant backlog

Updated Jun 14, 2021 - Health

Vermont becomes first state to reach 80% vaccine threshold

Image of a COVID-19 vaccination record card and a sticker that says, "I got my covid-19 vaccine!"

Obama: Women "found themselves in an impossible situation" during pandemic

Photo of the Obamas holding hands and waving to a crowd
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