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President Biden walks to the Oval Office on Wednesday.

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White House Tries To Snuff Out Report On Staffers Who Were Let Go For Pot Use

4:00pm March 19, 2021

by Dana Farrington

The administration updated personnel policies so that past marijuana use would not automatically bar people from employment. A new report suggested staffers received mixed messages on the policy.

SkySilk CEO Kevin Matossian joined the tech company just before it decided to help revive the conservative social media site Parler.

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Why SkySilk Came Out of Nowhere To Save Parler After Capitol Riot

3:44pm March 19, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

After Amazon took Parler down over violent messages on the site, no tech services firm would help it come back online. Then an obscure Los Angeles-based company offered to help.

A woman lines up to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine in Mexico City on Feb. 17.

Biden Takes First Jab At Vaccine Diplomacy, Sharing Doses With Mexico, Canada

3:34pm March 19, 2021

by Tamara Keith

The United States will loan millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine — not yet approved for emergency U.S. use — to its closest neighbors.

Then-Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., with Sen. Chuck Schumer at the U.S. Capitol in 2018. Nelson has been chosen to lead NASA.

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Biden To Nominate Former Sen. Bill Nelson Of Florida As NASA Head

1:30pm March 19, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Nelson, who spent six days in orbit aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986, would succeed Trump-era Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

Pro-Trump extremists clashed with police during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The rioters may not have fired shots, but many were armed with other weapons, court documents show.

Yes, Capitol Rioters Were Armed. Here Are The Weapons Prosecutors Say They Used

12:38pm March 19, 2021

An NPR review of federal charges against people involved in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot shows they were armed with a wide variety of weapons, contradicting a false claim that rioters were not armed.

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N.C. Lawmakers Will Refile Hate Crimes Legislation

9:55am March 19, 2021

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina lawmakers are planning on reintroducing hate crimes legislation this session. This comes after eight people, most of them Asian women, were killed in Atlanta this week.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (second from right), joined by national security adviser Jake Sullivan (right), speaks while facing Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi (second from left) and China's State Councilor Wang Yi (left) a

U.S., Chinese Officials Trade Swipes At Photo-Op

9:49am March 19, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The first meeting of the Biden administration between high-level American and Chinese delegations showed relations between the two major powers are frosty.

Talks Turn Testy As Top U.S. And China Officials Meet In Alaska For 2nd Day

8:43am March 19, 2021

by Emily Feng

Top officials from China and the U.S. met face-to-face in Alaska today. So far the talks have been tense, with both sides exchanging heated words.

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News Brief: AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Safe, Atlanta Shooting Update, FBI Director Speaks

5:06am March 19, 2021

The AstraZeneca vaccine has been deemed safe to use. Biden and Harris will visit Georgia after the Atlanta shooting. FBI Director Wray talks about the bureau's obstacles.

First lady Jill Biden speaks as she visits the Christa McAuliffe School in Concord, N.H., Wednesday, March 17, 2021, to pay tribute to the New Hampshire woman chosen 35 years ago to be America's "Teacher in Space" and to emphasize that the $1.9 trillion C

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Team Biden's Relief Bill Victory Lap Traces Paths To Victory In 2022

5:00am March 19, 2021

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The president, vice president and their spouses fanned out this week to tell Americans how the $1.9 trillion plan can help them. Their destinations revealed some top midterm election contests.