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	United States Daily update ⋅ March 6, 2021
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	CNN The latest on the Covid-19 stimulus bill CNN White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Biden and his team are not in conversations or negotiations about lowering the threshold for the minimum wage after the Senate voted against Sen. Bernie Sanders' amendment to raise the federal minimum ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Senate leaders win over key Democratic holdout as party struggles to push through Biden's Covid relief plan CNN (CNN) West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin brought the Senate to a standstill on Friday over a policy dispute that threatened to upend President Joe Biden's top agenda item -- a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill -- and prompted a furious lobbying effort ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post 'I...really struggled through this one': A Republican senator chose history over oil and gas Washington Post Murkowski was the only Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to approve Haaland (D-N.M.) in the narrow 11-to-9 vote. Haaland's nomination now moves to the full Senate ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Capitol Police Head Asks to Extend National Guard Deployment Amid Continued Threats The New York Times Senate votes to begin debating stimulus bill, but Ron Johnson forces chamber to first read the entire bill aloud. The House passes a policing overhaul bill named for George Floyd, whose death ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Rep. Eric Swalwell sues Trump over Jan. 6 riot, alleging he poses risk of 'inciting future political violence' Washington Post "As a direct and foreseeable consequence of the Defendants' false and incendiary allegations of fraud and theft, and in direct response to the Defendants' express calls for violence at the rally, a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol," the 65-page suit asserted. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times How Rhode Island Fell to the Coronavirus The New York Times PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The numbers began ticking up in September. After a quiet summer, doctors at Rhode Island Hospital began seeing one or two patients with Covid-19 on each shift — and soon three. Then four. Cases climbed steadily until early ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Unemployed workers are hit with another shock: Many owe the government money for health insurance Washington Post Congress is working to try to remedy the surprise tax bills millions of Americans are getting because their unemployment income means they qualify for a less generous health insurance subsidy. Image without ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Watchdog launches probe into USDA handling of inspections at meatpacking plants amid coronavirus Washington Post "Hardworking Americans who are serving on the front lines during this crisis – and all meat processing plant workers – deserve answers. I'm glad the USDA Inspector General is making it a priority to get to the bottom of this.". Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Democrats reach compromise with Manchin on jobless aid, allowing stimulus vote to continue. The New York Times Top Democrats reached a deal late Friday to scale back weekly unemployment payments in President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, working to preserve moderate support for the package by dropping their effort to increase those payments to $400 and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Cuomo Aides Rewrote Nursing Home Report to Hide Higher Death Toll The New York Times Top aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo were alarmed: A report written by state health officials had just landed, and it included a count of how many nursing home residents in New York had died in the pandemic. The number — more than 9,000 by that point in ... Flag as irrelevant
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