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Vice President Harris, will remind listeners that in a span of 100 days, the U.S. distribution and administration of vaccines saved lives, helped the elderly hug their loved ones again, put millions of students in classrooms along with help from governors and mayors, and made it possible for families to recover some financial equilibrium with direct payments from Uncle Sam.   Next up on the president’s to-do list: enactment of a $2.3 trillion infrastructure and green jobs plan in the next fe...

The Hill: New U.S. sanctions further chill Biden-Putin relations. The Hill: Biden calls for dialogue with Russia amid a raft of sanctions. Sanctions description by the White House is HERE, and at the Treasury Department HERE. The New York Times: After years of wrist slaps under the previous administration, new sanctions on Russia are intended to have a noticeable effect on its economy.  The Biden administration acted on Thursday to expel 10 Russian diplomats and imposed sanctions against dozen...

Morning Report. Today is Thursday ! We get you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch. Alexis Simendinger and @asimendinger and @alweaver22. Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. CLICK HERE to subscribe! Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported each morning this week: Monday, 562,066; Tuesday, 562,533; Wednesday, 563,446; Thursday, 564,402. When in doubt, pause. The Centers for Disease Control and P...

    Biden this week began a series of bipartisan meetings at the outset of an ambitious push for $2.35 trillion in spending for everything from roads and electric cars to new schools and senior living facilities. To cover the costs, Biden wants to hike corporate taxes.    A regionally diverse group of House and Senate lawmakers from both parties who know transportation and public works by virtue of their committee assignments and state experiences offered polite advice for an hour and 40 mi...

  The Hill: House and Senate Democrats ironed out intraparty frictions to move quickly to hand Biden his first major legislative accomplishment and enact expanded unemployment and other emergency benefits before they expire on March 14.   The Hill and CNBC: A look at whats in the relief package, in addition to the big ticket items, such as the stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits.         Biden has said he will sign the American Rescue Plan Act right away, and he plans to d...

“Doktor Kaboom — A Live Virtual Science Event,” March 4, 1 p.m.

Morning Report. Today is Wednesday! We get you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch. Alexis Simendinger and @asimendinger and @alweaver22. Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. CLICK HERE to subscribe! Total U.S. coronavirus deaths each morning this week: Monday, 498,901; Tuesday, 500,310; Wednesday, 502,660. Top security officials involved in the response to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. C...

Morning Report. Today is Monday! We get you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch. Alexis Simendinger and @asimendinger and @alweaver22. Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. CLICK HERE to subscribe! Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported this morning 498,901. The president will hold a moment of silence this evening for those who have died.   As of this morning, 13.1 percent of the U.S. populatio...

  The Federal Reserve repeated in minutes of its January meeting released on Wednesday that fiscal and monetary policy in a pandemic cannot by themselves throttle a pathogen. It will take ample supplies of vaccines and herd immunity to return to the “before” times. Vaccines, masks and social distancing, mixed with aid from Congress, could improve the economic outlook, according to the nation’s central bank (The Washington Post).    Ahead is a fast-moving legislative timeline as the Hou...

  Her horror at the violent events of Jan. 6 at the Capitol and her distaste for Trump were already well known. She floated the idea that the trial itself, with its graphic video and audio assembled by the House impeachment managers, could serve to prevent Trump from holding a future federal office, even if Trump is acquitted.   “After the American public sees the full story laid out here ... I don’t see how Donald Trump could be re-elected to the presidency again,” she told reporters (...