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Updated Jul 16, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Biden calls on Congress to act after judge's ruling barring new DACA applicants

Dreamers

Facebook contests Biden's misinformation claim

Facebook Mark Zuckerberg
Jul 16, 2021 - Economy

Extreme makeover, bank edition

Updated Jul 16, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Biden picks Tom Udall for U.S. ambassador to New Zealand

Sen. Tom Udall

PS5 hit-maker rethinks game difficulty

Screenshot: Sony Interactive Entertainment

As next heat wave nears, wildfires rage in West

A pyrocumulus cloud caused by the Bootleg Fire

In photos: Floodwaters rise in Europe following record rainfall

Citizens clear up their flood damaged houses on July 16

Border arrests top 1 million after setting 20-year record for June

A group of about 30 Brazilian migrants, who had just crossed the border, sit on the ground near US Border Patrol agents
Jul 16, 2021 - Sports

Kevin Love withdraws from U.S. men's Olympic basketball team

Kevin Love
Jul 16, 2021 - Economy

CBS Evening News head departs amid management reorg

Jul 16, 2021 - Health

CDC director warns of "pandemic of the unvaccinated"

A sign points to a quiet vaccination site set up inside Union Station in an effort to target commuters on June 10, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

2 men charged in alleged plot to attack Democratic headquarters in Sacramento

California Democratic State Convention, at the Convention Center in downtown Sacramento, CA.,

CDC: Northwest heat wave led to major spike in emergency room visits

Man sits at a table in a cooling center during a heat wave.
Jul 16, 2021 - Economy

Retail sales grew more than expected in June

Illustration of a person holding a shopping bag made out of a calendar. 
Jul 16, 2021 - Economy

"Very bad omen" for meme stocks as novice traders stop investing

Jul 16, 2021 - Economy

Jerome Powell's newest evolution

Image of Jerome Powell.
Jul 16, 2021 - Technology

Autonomous trucks wow Wall Street

Illustration of a delivery truck with a dollar bill on the side
Jul 16, 2021 - Economy

Former WeWork CEO on SoftBank: “We’re taking toxic money”

Cult of We book cover.
Jul 16, 2021 - Economy

The pandemic-fueled decline of cash

Jul 16, 2021 - Technology
Column / Signal Boost

Disinformation is coming for your business

Illustration of a briefcase being pierced by several speech bubbles.

The new playbook for partisan gerrymandering

Illustration of scattered red and blue jigsaw puzzle pieces.
Jul 16, 2021 - Sports

Olympics will feature historic number of LGBTQ athletes

Illustration of the Olympic rings stylized as various gender identity icons.
Jul 16, 2021 - Health

Nursing homes have startlingly low COVID vaccination rates

Jul 15, 2021 - World

Lebanon's PM-designate steps down as political crisis escalates

Saad Hariri

Gaetz reaches for Trump lifeline

Rep. Matt Gaetz is seen walking down a hall in Congress.

Swing voters fear crime

Illustration of a plastic evidence bag with an upwards trending bar line in it.

Scoop: Conservatives write own China bill

Two Chinese science groups are seen meeting in the Great Hall of the People.

Schumer's bomb

Illustration of a hammer with a handle made from dynamite
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