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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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Biden kicks off effort to reshape U.S. economy with infrastructure package
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call for a dramatic and permanent shift in the direction of the U.S. economy with a roughly $2 trillion package to invest in traditional projects like roads and bridges alongside tackling climate change and boosting human services like elder care.

Updated today at 4:52 PM CDT

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Here's What's In President Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Proposal
Eager to build infrastructure, Biden plans to tax business
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Delta blasts Georgia voting law as 'unacceptable,' based on 'lie'
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp dismisses corporate backlash over election law
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Five of the oddest moments from Carlson-Gaetz interview
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Texas Senate approves legislation banning most abortions, testing Roe v. Wade
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2 Capitol Police officers sue Trump for physical and emotional injuries from riot
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Russia escalates fighting in eastern Ukraine
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Biden infrastructure plan could be big boost for blue-collar America
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Trump calls Biden jobs plan 'massive giveaway to China,' says it will 'crush American workers'
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Biden's infrastructure plan met with skepticism from some lawmakers
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McConnell says Biden called him to discuss infrastructure plan
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GOP's culture-war fixation on transgender athletes...

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Republicans propose gutting Biden climate bill for Trump tax cuts

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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House Republicans Wednesday moved forward with a tax bill to cut billions of dollars in climate-related funding, reduce regulations, and prematurely phase out clean energy tax credits as part of President Trump's, "One, Big, Beautiful Bill."

The heart of the Republican budget legislation targets key climate and energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Cuts would impact businesses and consumers, affecting renewable energy, manufacturing, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles. Concurrently, House Republicans proposed streamlining...
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Bondi sold at least $1 million in Trump Media shares on "Liberation Day"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Attorney General Pam Bondi sold at least $1 million worth of shares in the company that owns Truth Social on the same day that President Trump announced his sweeping tariff measures, a government ethics transaction report shows.

Bondi's stake in the company, Trump Media, was worth somewhere between $1 million and $5.5 million at the time of the sale, which occurred on April 2, the day Mr. Trump dubbed "Liberation Day" in which he announced his wide-ranging tariffs on goods imported from all foreign countries, according to the document obtained...
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Drone attacks raise stakes in new phase of Sudan's civil war

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Experts tell the BBC the air strikes showcase the growth of advanced drone warfare in Africa.
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UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch's yacht was toppled by 'extreme wind', report says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Investigators say 80mph winds "violently" knocked over the vessel, causing it to flood within seconds.
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Mexican beauty influencer shot dead during TikTok livestream

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Valeria Marquez was filming herself in her beauty salon in Guadalajara when she was shot.
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Aussie Rules great dies using voluntary assisted dying laws

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Robert Walls - a legend of the Carlton Football Club - was diagnosed with cancer in 2023.
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El Chapo's family members cross US border in apparent deal with Trump administration

  • News source: FOX News
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Mexican officials said Wednesday that 17 family members of drug cartel leaders crossed into the United States last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration.

Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch confirmed a report by independent journalist Luis Chaparro that family members of Ovidio Guzmán López had entered the U.S. Lopez, the son of imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, was extradited to the U.S. in 2023.

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Republicans struggle with Trump's mixed signals on 'big, beautiful bill'

  • News source: FOX News
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It’s hard enough to know what you want. It’s even harder to know what others want. But what if what you want hinges on what somebody else wants…and they aren’t sure what they want?

Hence the conundrum now facing Congressional Republicans as they try to approve the "big, beautiful bill."

GOPers are waiting for President Trump to push for very specific items to be in the bill – or fall by the wayside.

Congressional Republicans are aligned closely with the President and willing to bend to his wishes. But it complicates things when Trump calls for...
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US academic released from immigration detention after judge's ruling

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Indian national and postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University was arrested by immigration agents in March.
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Do Afrikaners want to take Trump up on his South African refugee offer?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Claims of a white genocide are widely discredited, so how do Afrikaners feel about Trump's claims – and offer of refugee status?
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Abortion ban could return to Missouri after voters amended state Constitution to protect procedure

  • News source: FOX News
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Missouri's near-complete abortion ban could possibly return if a new ballot measure just passed by the state legislature gets approval from voters.

The GOP-controlled Missouri Senate passed a proposed constitutional amendment Thursday, which would repeal an earlier constitutional amendment passed by voters last year that enshrined abortion protections in the state's constitution. Democrats sought to fillibuster the move Wednesday, but Republicans used procedural rules to get around it, according to The Associated Press.

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Rhode Island capital to hoist Palestinian flag at city hall, citing diversity

  • News source: FOX News
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Providence, Rhode Island, officials have accepted a request to fly the Palestinian flag Friday at City Hall in the state's capital.

City officials emphasized that no American flags are being displaced by the display, adding there have been several other flags raised over the government office in the past.

"Providence City Hall displays many different flags throughout the year to mark different occasions and honor the many ethnic and cultural backgrounds and traditions that make our city strong," a spokesperson for Providence City Council told Fox...
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Watch: Abuse and blackmail - Cassie describes Diddy relationship at trial

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The prosecution wrapped up its questioning of Ventura, who will return the stand on Thursday for cross-examination by Combs' lawyers.
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Drone attacks raise stakes in new phase of Sudan's civil war

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Experts tell the BBC the air strikes showcase the growth of advanced drone warfare in Africa.
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Trump's critics and supporters unite against Qatar plane deal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The White House has doubled down on the proposed deal which has been criticised by some of the president's top supporters.
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