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Biden administration to deliver 25 million masks to health centers and food banks

The Biden administration will distribute millions of face coverings to thousands of community health centers and food banks in an effort to help vulnerable Americans more easily mask up.
by Rachel Treisman

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House passes the Equality Act: Here's what it would do

House passes the Equality Act: Here's what it would do

The House of Representatives has voted to pass the Equality Act, a bill that would ban discrimination against people based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It would also substantially expand the areas to which those discrimination protections apply.
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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Biden to sign order seeking homegrown fixes for shortfalls of foreign-made items

Biden to sign order seeking homegrown fixes for shortfalls of foreign-made items

Early in the pandemic, the U.S. couldn't import enough gloves. Recently, carmakers ran out of semiconductors. So the White House wants to find ways to make more critical items in the United States.
by Franco Ordoñez

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Kathleen Hall Jamieson on the resilience of American democracy

Kathleen Hall Jamieson on the resilience of American democracy

Kathleen Hall Jamieson spoke — virtually — at a University of Minnesota Humphrey School event about the resilience of American institutions and our public and private communications.
by MPR News Staff

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Interior nominee Haaland vows 'balance' on energy, climate

Interior nominee Haaland vows 'balance' on energy, climate

Deb Haaland, a New Mexico congresswoman named to lead the Interior Department, said she is committed to "strike the right balance" as the agency manages energy development and seeks to restore and protect the nation's sprawling federal lands.
by The Associated Press

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Ousted Capitol security officials say they didn't have intel to plan for riot

Ousted Capitol security officials say they didn't have intel to plan for riot

Former U.S. Capitol security officials told Congress during a joint hearing on Tuesday that they did not have sufficient information ahead of Jan. 6 to accurately predict the scale of the attack. All three former Capitol security officials, however, agreed that the Jan. 6 attack was planned and coordinated and that it involved white supremacists and extremist groups.
by NPR Staff and MPR News Staff

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