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CDC extends policy allowing fast-track deportations

Photo of a Border Patrol officer with a migrant next to a parked van that says "Border Patrol"

Evictions lead to rare clash between the White House and Dems

Updated Aug 2, 2021 - Health

Sen. Lindsey Graham tests positive for COVID-19

Lindsey Graham
Updated Aug 2, 2021 - World

U.S. consulting with U.K., Romania and Israel on response to alleged Iran attack

Tony Blinken, Biden and Lloyd Austin

Pelosi urges White House to reinstate expired eviction moratorium

Nancy Pelosi speaking on July 30.

Cuomo urges private businesses to move to "vaccine-only admission"

Crypto industry faces $30 billion tax threat from infrastructure bill

Bitcoin in spotlight

Square to acquire "buy now, pay later" company Afterpay

A Square check out terminal.
Updated Aug 2, 2021 - Sports

Laurel Hubbard becomes first openly trans woman to compete at Olympics

Laurel Hubbard
Aug 2, 2021 - Economy

Index fund investors saved $357 billion over last 25 years

Illustration of arms hugging money
Aug 2, 2021 - Sports

U.S. gymnast Jade Carey wins Olympic gold in floor exercise final

Jade Carey
Updated Aug 2, 2021 - Sports

Poland grants humanitarian visa to Belarus sprinter

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya of Belarus
Aug 2, 2021 - World

U.S. expands Afghan refugee program as Taliban violence escalates

A us flag.
Aug 2, 2021 - Technology
Column / Tech Agenda

The push for a "PBS for the internet"

Photo illustration of Big Bird and Elmo looking at a laptop computer.
Aug 2, 2021 - Economy

Why hybrid work is the enemy of change

Illustration of a woman facing an office door and a front door to a house

U.S. women's soccer team loses to Canada, ending chances at gold

obin Heath #7 of Team United States looks on during the Women's Quarter Final match between Netherlands and United States

The tea leaves of Boston's historic mayoral race

A series of Boston mayoral candidates is seen in a four-way panel.
Column / Harder Line

Rising gasoline prices signal trouble for climate change action

Illustration of Earth half-submerged in gasoline.
Aug 2, 2021 - Sports

Elite trans athletes decry youth sports bans

Illustration of a child running with their running number as a trans flag.
Aug 2, 2021 - Health

The double-sided risk of bad vaccine communication

Illustration of a sunscreen bottle spoofed to be a COVID defense cream.

The case for climate change realism

Illustration of a crumpled newspaper page in the shape of the earth
Updated Aug 2, 2021 - Sports

Simone Biles will compete in her final Olympic event

Simone Biles

In photos: Tokyo Olympics day 10 highlights

Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (L) wins ahead of USA's Kendra Harrison in the women's 100m hurdles final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on August 2
Updated Aug 2, 2021 - Sports

IOC "looking into" American Raven Saunders' Olympic podium gesture

Second-placed USA's Raven Saunders gestures on the podium with her silver medal after competing the women's shot put event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Aug 2, 2021 - World

New Zealand Human Rights Commission launches housing crisis investigation

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Minister of Housing Megan Woods view inside the Flatbush Salvation Army Housing development on June 03, 2021 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Updated Aug 1, 2021 - Sports

Olympic sprint champ Jacobs: Reconnecting with U.S. dad "gave me desire" to win

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 100m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on August 1

Bipartisan Senate group releases $1 trillion infrastructure bill

Members of the bipartisan infrastructure group
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