The nation’s infrastructure is sorely in need of repair. It recently earned a C- score from the American Society of Civil Engineers, which said an additional $2.6 trillion in funding is required over the next decade.

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Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders tells CNN’s Dana Bash that Democrats have to come together to pass infrastructure, whether in one bill or two.

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CNN’s Manu Raju speaks to Chuck Schumer about confronting his most daunting series of legislative landmines in his young tenure as Senate majority leader, navigating conflicting demands from his left and his moderates — all the while facing wary Republicans after years of partisan brawling with the hard-nosed New Yorker.

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Missouri now has the nation’s highest rate of new COVID-19 cases due to a surge of fast-spreading delta variant and vaccine hesitancy. COVID updates.

     

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CRT is about helping Americans understand the reality of our nation’s past and present in order to fix what has been broken for communities of color.

     

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The havoc wreaked by Covid-19 on the wedding industry was bound to leave its mark somehow. With 2020 ceremonies across the globe postponed indefinitely or canceled altogether, determined couples adapted as best they could: slashing guest lists by more than two-thirds and matching their outfits to mandatory face coverings. Some weddings even went virtual, with attendees dialing in to meeting apps to watch vows broadcast online.

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• Scientist says early Covid samples were deleted from NIH database
• His wife died by suicide after long-haul Covid. He hopes help is on the way for others
• How Covid spread in a government office and how it stopped

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A building partially collapsed in Miami Beach, Florida, early Thursday and prompted dozens of rescue units to the scene, authorities said.

     

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The office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is asking the public to submit community impact statements prior to the sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

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