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Dropping Indoor Mask Mandate, New York Joins Blue States Easing Covid Rules
Gov. Kathy Hochul will drop New York’s stringent indoor mask mandate on Wednesday, ending a requirement that businesses ask customers…
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World
Who are the protesters and what do they want?
The demonstrations shaking the nation’s capital began as a protest against the mandatory vaccination of truck drivers crossing the U.S.-Canada…
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Covid-19 Commission Modeled on 9/11 Inquiry Draws Bipartisan Backing
WASHINGTON — A broad and bipartisan group of senators is coalescing around legislation to create a high-level independent commission, modeled…
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Business
U.S. National Debt Tops $30 Trillion as Borrowing Surged Amid Pandemic
WASHINGTON — America’s gross national debt topped $30 trillion for the first time on Tuesday, an ominous fiscal milestone that…
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Business
How full is the U.S. recovery? Inflation’s impact obscures the answer.
Here’s a notable fact about the U.S. economic recovery: Inflation-adjusted output last quarter was just 1 percent below where it…
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Business
Slowdowns in the U.S. and China will hold back global growth, a report says.
Slowdowns in the world’s two biggest economies — the United States and China — are likely to be larger than…
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Politics
With Some Voters ‘Ready to Move On,’ Democrats Search for New Message on Virus
When the coronavirus pandemic first swept Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf closed stores and schools and ordered millions of citizens to…
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World
Your Monday Briefing
U.S. soldiers in a military exercise in Latvia in March.Credit...Valda Kalnina/EPA, via ShutterstockA potential pivot on Ukraine President Biden ...
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Business
Kohl’s Receives $9 Billion Offer Backed by Activist Investor
The department store Kohl’s has received a roughly $9 billion offer to go private in a deal with an investment…
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Politics
Frustrated Democrats Call for ‘Reset’ Ahead of Midterm Elections
WASHINGTON — With the White House legislative agenda in shambles less than a year before the midterm elections, Democrats are…
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