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March 3, 2021

Lawmakers want to ban trans girls in sports without citing local examples

Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in public high schools
Published
March 3, 2021

House cancels session because of ‘possible plot’ to breach Capitol

The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Trump will rise again to power on March 4.
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March 3, 2021

Fewer Americans are earning less than $15 an hour; Black and Hispanic women make up a bigger share of them

Before the novel coronavirus sent millions of low earners into unemployment, 1 in 3 workers earned less than $15 an hour.
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March 3, 2021

Sen. Collins to back Haaland for Interior secretary, sealing her approval

The announcement makes Haaland's confirmation by the Senate nearly certain and follows Haaland's endorsement last week by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.
Published
March 2, 2021

Biden urges Senate Democrats to rally behind $1.9 trillion virus relief bill

The legislation would provide $1,400 payments to individuals plus hundreds of billions of dollars for schools and colleges, COVID-19 vaccines and testing, mass transit systems, renters and small businesses.
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March 2, 2021

Bill seeks to ban the use of aerial herbicides in Maine forests

Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, a logger and the bill's sponsor, said aerial application of glyphosate and other herbicides has caused irreversible environmental damage.
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March 2, 2021

FBI chief tells lawmakers that Capitol riot was ‘domestic terrorism,’ warns of its growth

FBI Director Chris Wray also described in stark terms the threat from domestic violent extremists and said that, contrary to some Republican statements, there is no evidence that anti-Trump groups were involved in the Jan. 6 riot.
Published
March 1, 2021

Senate panel votes to advance Merrick Garland’s nomination to be attorney general

Garland, a federal appeals court judge who was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016, is among Biden’s most widely supported nominees.
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March 1, 2021

Minimum wage hike all but dead in Senate virus relief bill

Four days after the chamber's parliamentarian said Senate rules forbid inclusion of a minimum wage increase in the measure, Democrats seemed to have exhausted their options for quickly salvaging the pay hike.
Published
February 28, 2021

Trump calls for GOP unity, says he won’t start another party

Trump used his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference to blast his successor and try to cement his status as the party’s undisputed leader despite his loss in November.