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Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

President Biden is proposing a $6 trillion budget for next year that’s piled high with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class but that depends on taxing corporations and the wealthy to keep the nation’s spiking debt from spiraling totally out of control.
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Minnesota candidate backs move to block COVID shots for kids

Minnesota candidate backs move to block COVID shots for kids

Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen signed onto a lawsuit seeking to stop COVID-19 vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds that, among other things, compares such inoculations to Nazi experimentation on imprisoned Jews.
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What we know about the apparent Russian hack exploiting a U.S. Aid agency

What we know about the apparent Russian hack exploiting a U.S. Aid agency

News of the attack, which targets emails made to look like they came from USAID, comes less than three weeks before President Joe Biden is slated to hold a summit with President Vladimir Putin.
by Bill Chappell, Dina Temple-Raston and Scott Detrow

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GOP blocks bipartisan probe of deadly Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

GOP blocks bipartisan probe of deadly Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

Senate Republicans on Friday blocked the creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, refusing to back down on their opposition to the independent investigation even amid emotional appeals from those who fought with and fled from the rioters that day.
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Minnesota lawmakers face another budget deadline Friday

Minnesota lawmakers face another budget deadline Friday

Working groups of legislators have until the end of Friday to agree on details of a new two-year state budget, ahead of a special session next month. And even if they agree on numbers, there are still areas of policy that could hold things up. 
by Tim Pugmire

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Senate Republicans release $928 billion infrastructure counteroffer

Senate Republicans release $928 billion infrastructure counteroffer

The move comes days after President Joe Biden offered to lop off $550 billion from his original proposal, moving the two sides closer than they have ever been, though significant challenges remain.
by Kelsey Snell

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GOP set to block 1/6 panel, stoking Senate filibuster fight

GOP set to block 1/6 panel, stoking Senate filibuster fight

Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering hopes for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and reviving pressure on Democrats to do away with the procedural tactic that critics say has lost its purpose.
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Americans strongly support trans rights — in some cases

Americans strongly support trans rights — in some cases

Americans strongly support trans service members being in the military — even as they say trans athletes should compete according to the sex listed on their birth certificates.
by Bill Chappell

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Biden asks U.S. intel officials to investigate COVID-19 origin

Biden asks U.S. intel officials to investigate COVID-19 origin

President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the unlikely possibility that they lead to a Chinese lab.
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