House Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus as Democrats Work to Salvage Wage Raise
Saturday, February 27, 2021 | |
By Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger But the Biden administration stopped short of directly penalizing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, calculating that the risk of damaging American interests was too great. | | By Emily Cochrane and Jim Tankersley Even as the House passed President Biden's pandemic aid plan with a minimum wage increase included, Democrats were searching for a Plan B for the wage hike, which was ruled out in the Senate. | | By Sarah Maslin Nir, Jonah E. Bromwich and Benjamin Weiser The case of Daniel Prude's death is the latest example of the challenges prosecutors face when they try to hold police officers accountable. | | |
Science | Out There By Dennis Overbye No Gargantua dwells at the heart of stellar cluster NGC 6397. Instead, a few dozen smaller black holes seem to be swarming around in there, throwing their considerable masses around. | | Opinion By Nicholas Kristof The crown prince killed my friend Jamal Khashoggi, and we do next to nothing. | | |
By Reuters Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Friday that a recent decline in coronavirus cases across the U.S. "may be stalling" and urged governors not to relax restrictions. | | By Reuters At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Friday, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas made light of his recent trip to Cancún, Mexico, which drew criticism as he fled the state during a deadly winter storm. | | By Joe Coscarelli, Alicia DeSantis, Antonio de Luca and Shane O'Neill See how the singer-songwriter and actress wrote her chart-topping first single — after a good cry and with TikTok in mind. | | |
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