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7 min
Introducing “The 7”
On The Post’s new podcast, "The 7," host Jeff Pierre takes you through the seven most important and interesting stories of the day. It's a way to get caught up in just a few minute…
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19 min
Please, Go On: VP Kamala Harris on women in the workplace
In the inaugural edition of "Please, Go On," Post columnist James Hohmann speaks with Vice President Harris about the exodus of women from the workforce during the pandemic.
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2 min
Introducing ‘Please, Go On’
Washington Post columnist James Hohmann sits down with the author of a compelling op-ed from The Post’s Opinions section. “Please, Go On” features marquee names and everyday people…
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10 min
Infrastructure plan calls for $80 billion for rail. It could transform passenger service.
Plus, coronavirus vaccines are finally reaching poor countries, but some can’t cover the cost of administering them, and Women’s sports can do at least one thing men’s can’t, exper…
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13 min
Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his father about ex-FBI agent who went missing
Plus, Georgia sports teams and major companies such as Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines condemn new state voting law, and the EPA dismisses dozens of key science advisers picked under…
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10 min
Biden’s infrastructure and climate plan emerges as congressional wrangling begins
Plus, ‘I stay up nights apologizing to George Floyd,’ says teen who documented his death for the world, and Gretchen Whitmer asks White House to surge vaccines to virus hot spots a…
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13 min
Emotional first day of testimony at Derek Chauvin murder trial
Plus, the White House dramatically increased tax proposal as it sought to address tensions over next big spending plan, and the CDC confirms Pfizer, Moderna vaccines are 90% effect…
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14 min
‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won’t be easy
Plus, Senators see a possibility of bipartisan support for gun background checks in the wake of mass shootings, and the next phase of crisis at the border.
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7 min
Biden holds his first press conference
Plus, Georgia’s governor signs into law a sweeping voting reform bill, and multiple Republican senate candidates gear up for the 2022 elections.
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7 min
At White House, Megan Rapinoe says she’s been ‘disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman’
Plus, the White House considers extending a federal ban on evictions, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s family were given special access to COVID testing.
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7 min
Shootings spur Biden to call for tighter gun rules
Plus, the Senate confirms Vivek H. Murthy as surgeon general, and North Korea fires short-range missiles in challenge to Biden administration.
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7 min
White House prepares massive infrastructure bill
Plus, AstraZeneca’s U.S. trial shows coronavirus vaccine is 79 percent effective, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is confirmed to lead Labor Department.
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9 min
Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge
Plus, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes an unannounced trip to Afghanistan, and, the accused gunman in the Atlanta shootings gets expelled from his church.
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5 min
Biden will send Mexico surplus vaccine, as U.S. seeks help on immigration enforcement
Plus, the Senate confirms William Burns as next director of the CIA, and Donald Trump faces an onslaught of legal problems, as investigations and dozens of lawsuits trail him from…
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6 min
Suspect charged with eight counts of murder in killings at Atlanta-area spas
Plus, the IRS to push the filing deadline for 2020 taxes to mid-May, and Ohio attorney general sues Biden administration over the stimulus package.
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5 min
Putin targeted people close to Trump in bid to influence 2020 election, U.S. intelligence says
Plus, House Democrats bring back Medicare-for-all, seeking to push Biden left, and Israeli archaeologists discover new Dead Sea Scrolls for first time in 60 years.
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6 min
Biden faces growing political threat from border upheaval
Plus, four of Europe’s largest countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations; safety agency says blood clot incidence is low. And Derek Chauvin’s attorney asks for continuance and cha…
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9 min
New York’s vaccine czar called county officials to gauge their loyalty to Cuomo
Plus, President Biden’s push for equity in education faces a critical test, and, where we stand on the Iran Nuclear Deal.
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7 min
Companies are scaling back layoffs because of Biden’s stimulus package
Plus, DOJ seeks to build large conspiracy case against Oath Keepers for Jan. 6 riot, and, amid criticism for human rights abuses, China offers vaccine doses for all Olympic athlete…
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6 min
Congress adopts $1.9 trillion stimulus, securing first major win for Biden
Plus, the leaked U.S. plan to end the war in Afghanistan, and China and Russia to open moon base.