Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Friday, March 5, 2021 (1 Viewer)

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

Senate rejects minimum wage hike in Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill
The U.S. Senate on Friday rejected an amendment to more than double the federal minimum wage over five years, as it launched what is expected to be a long debate over President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

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Supreme Court dismisses Trump-era 'sanctuary city' cases

First Trump appointee charged in Capitol riots

Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos

Trump slams Biden for 'totally out of control' border

Psaki: 'We don't take advice' from Trump on immigration

Biden signals support to replace war power authority

New York State Senate passes bill to repeal Cuomo's emergency executive powers

$15 minimum wage amendment fails, revealing rift in Democratic caucus

DeSantis, Pence top 2024 Republican primary surveys – if Trump doesn’t run
Texas governor reacts to backlash around dropping mask mandate

Civil rights groups urge companies to join fight against Georgia voting restrictions

House impeachment manager Swalwell sues Trump, Giuliani for Capitol riot

Weekly unemployment would stay at $300 per week in Biden's COVID stimulus plan, according to deal

Justice Democrats call moderates' votes against minimum wage hike 'unconscionable'

McCarthy requests meeting with Biden on immigration, Psaki says president would welcome dialogue

Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren massive social media report on GOP colleagues who voted to overturn the election

8 Democrats defect on $15 minimum wage hike

Wall Street Journal hits back after Trump claims editorial board fights for 'RINOS'

AP-NORC poll: Americans largely back Biden’s virus response

QAnon supporters unfazed after another false prediction

Trump Is No Longer Tweeting, But Online Disinformation Isn't Going Away

Congressional delegation heads to Alabama amid growing support for Amazon workers

Senate facing series of politically tough votes amid Covid relief push

New York lawmakers move to strip Cuomo of emergency Covid powers ...

Rand Paul claims victory in fight over PPP money to Planned Parenthood in Senate COVID relief bill

CDC chief tries to rebuild her agency’s reputation — and morale

Donald Trump expands his Republican enemies list to Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal op-eds

Democratic drama snags unemployment deal

Exclusive: U.S. considering use of Virginia military base to house migrant children

Cuomo sought to cash in on book sales while hiding nursing homes death toll, report says

Psaki: Biden has been too busy with pandemic for first press conference

Biden administration tells facilities for migrant children to reopen to pre-pandemic levels

What do Republicans dislike about Biden's COVID bill?

West Virginia AG rips Democrats' election reform bill as 'unconstitutional,' 'welfare for politicians'

QAnon Shaman: 'I regret entering that building with every fibre of my body' (video)

White House calls Microsoft email breach an 'active threat'

Biden beefs up White House staff, including Big Tech critic Tim Wu

POLITICO Playbook PM: Guess who’s fundraising for Liz Cheney

GOP lawmakers facing backlash after misleading House about skipping votes to attend CPAC

Experiment in guaranteed income leads to more work and better health, analysis shows
Mass 2020 exodus from Calif. did not happen: Study

Biden turns focus to next priority with infrastructure talks

South Carolina Gov. McMcaster takes victory lap after Texas lifts mask mandate: 'We never had one'

U.S. congressmen seek bill to boost Uighur refugee status

Activists want to save voting rights bill by killing the filibuster

Georgia's proposed weekend voting restrictions would strike at Black voters

Biden smooths tensions with Europe, pausing tariffs in Boeing-Airbus dispute

Ukrainian oligarch with US real estate empire hit with sanctions by Biden admin
Jump in hiring fuels optimism for US economic recovery

Tom Cotton slams top Biden Pentagon nominee for 'vicious' tweets, 'weak' Israel, Iran policies

U.S. job growth blows past expectations as recovery gets back on track

Scandals reveal Cuomo known by New Yorkers to wider nation

Black and Hispanic women aren’t sharing in the job market recovery

Beto O'Rourke is criss-crossing Texas, igniting Democratic hopes he'll run for governor

Appeals court orders judge to reconsider third-degree murder charge in Floyd case

Myanmar cracked down brutally on protests. It may get worse.

Dem Rep. Axne admits $15 minimum wage will 'harm' her rural constituents but still supports it
When will life return to normal? Experts consider what summer, fall might look like

As Microsoft email software hack spreads, experts brace for more impact

ERCOT troubles just keep on coming

Pope urges Iraq to embrace its Christians on historic visit
Victims identified in deadly California crash
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Senate delays debate on Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill while it is read aloud

Civil War: Trump attacks Republican strategist Rove, who fires back

Highlights: What’s changed in the Senate’s COVID relief bill

GOP Sen. Johnson delays Covid relief bill by forcing all 628 pages to be read out loud

Biden seeks dismissal of 'sanctuary' funding dispute at Supreme Court

Justice Amy Coney Barrett's first majority written opinion limits reach of FOIA

By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T relief bill

Biden officials to travel to border amid influx of young migrants

Senate nearly half way done with reading 628-page COVID-19 bill

"The governor's trying to sleep with me": Cuomo accuser recalls alleged harassment

White supremacists plead guilty to 2016 assault charges
Grand jury expected to convene in probe of Trump's efforts to overturn election

Texas Gov. Abbott stalled federal offer to test migrants then blamed them for spreading Covid

Capitol security threat fizzles after House adjourns session amid fear of attack

Michelle Obama slams 'partisan actions' to 'curtail access to ballot box'

The Rise of the Biden Republicans

The Latest: Board reportedly wants Capitol fencing removed

Biden called off strike against second target in Syria to avoid killing civilians, say officials

Ron Johnson grinds Senate to halt, irritating many

Michelle Obama warns that 'our democracy remains under attack' by state officials

Ron Johnson at the center of the storm: 'People are out to destroy me'

Cuomo advisers told state health officials to alter public report on nursing home COVID-19 deaths: Report

YouTube will lift ban on Trump channel when risk of violence decreases: CEO

Kentucky bill would make it a crime to insult police officers

Psaki: Biden's 'Neanderthal' comment was a 'reflection of his frustration'

Court narrows law used to target white supremacists

California Program Giving $500 No-Strings-Attached Stipends Pays Off, Study Finds

Fact-checking Republican critiques of the Covid-relief package

Analysis shows internal components of pipe bombs found outside RNC, DNC

Kamala Harris speaks with Netanyahu in latest talk with a major world leader

Intelligence community investigating links between lawmakers, Capitol rioters

Biden considering "range of individuals" for budget chief, as top Democrats tout Shalanda Young

Live stimulus updates: Kamala Harris breaks Senate tie to begin debate on Joe Biden's COVID stimulus bill

Fact-checking Rand Paul's comparisons of genital mutilation and gender confirmation surgery

CBO expects federal debt to double over next 30 years

Former State Department aide arrested in connection with Capitol riot

GOP pushes Murkowski to stay in line against Biden’s Covid bill

Cuomo accuser Charlotte Bennett discusses allegations in CBS interview: 'He felt like he was untouchable'

Biden deputy budget nominee Young wins Republican plaudits; House Democrats want her in top job

Here's what a 'vote-a-rama' is (and what it means for Biden's stimulus)

WH defends Biden weekend trips on 'private airplane' during pandemic

Refugees’ flights cancelled as Trump policy remains

Cuomo needs 1 more accuser before he's done, top NY Dem says

Cuomo accuser says governor’s national profile emboldened him

Lawyer thinks riot suspect would be released if not for this picture

Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch calls Fox News Biden's loyal opposition
Dallas police officer arrested on 2 counts of capital murder

AOC-Velázquez Puerto Rico bill sets needed path to decolonization, progressives say

Progressives irked by Biden's early deal-making to hold Dems together

New Yorkers say Cuomo shouldn't resign, but his approval rating plummets

Cuomo accuser: 'He has not apologized for sexually harassing me'

GOP senators criticize Pentagon nominee’s ‘partisan’ tweets

Social Security Administration sounds alarm over spike in scamming attempts

'Not fair!': Man who put feet on Pelosi's desk has outburst at court hearing for Capitol riot

Capitol police ask for about 2,000 National Guard troops to stay to protect Congress

Allegations against Cuomo become headache for Democrats from Albany to Washington

US demands Myanmar release detained journalists, protesters

Biden quips Indian Americans 'are taking over'

Jobs report to provide first measure of Biden economy

Federal investigators are examining communications between US lawmakers and Capitol rioters

China NPC: Beijing set to overhaul Hong Kong electoral system

Myanmar diplomatic revolt against junta widens after violent crackdown

Trump Appointee At VOA Parent Paid Law Firm Millions To Investigate His Own Staff

AFL-CIO to explore taking a stance on eliminating filibuster

Climate envoy John Kerry talking to banks, asset managers about mobilizing capital for clean energy

Audit finds major gaps in US bio weapons detection system

National Guard surprised by extension request, find no QAnon-inspired protesters

Can Gov. Andrew Cuomo survive politically? An inside look at his plans to fight

'All-out war': Feud with Harry and Meghan marks notable break from royal tradition

Biden World gives a shoulder shrug to the raging culture wars

Amazon's plan to install surveillance cameras in delivery vans drives lawmaker backlash

EXPLAINER: Why rising rates are unsettling Wall Street

Senate takes up COVID-19 relief package as GOP aims to block passage

Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Undocumented Immigrants To Fight Deportation

U.S. imposes trade sanctions on Myanmar, calls on China to help end coup as violence escalates

LA teachers union slams California schools plan as 'propagating structural racism'

Capitol Police chief appeals for National Guard to stay

YouTube removes five Myanmar TV channels from platform

Flynn’s brother warned of 'optics' of troop response to Capitol siege: DC Guard chief

Humans, not nature, are the cause of changes in Atlantic hurricane cycles, new study finds

Pope Francis embarks on historic visit to Iraq

Fired Texas electric grid chief refuses $800,000 severance package

Dollar ascendant as Powell sticks to script; risk currencies slide

Meghan hits back at bullying claims as Oprah interview raises royal tensions

Newsom strikes school reopening deal with California lawmakers

Frozen Epstein victim fund needs $50M NY mansion sale to go through, lawyer says

Former DHS chief Chad Wolf says Capitol Police initially rejected help on January 6

New Zealand earthquakes: Tsunami warnings lifted after evacuations

FireEye finds evidence Chinese hackers exploited Microsoft email app flaw since January

Biden lauds NASA team for giving US ‘dose of confidence’

Swirling mass of plasma raining electrons observed above Earth for first time

China announces ‘over 6%’ economic growth target, tech plans

The Great Dying: Earth's largest-ever mass extinction is a warning for humanity

Coronavirus News and Updates:

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Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 still wait for advice

Pandemic provides perfect storm for Americans with eating disorders

New CDC guidelines: Vaccinated people can gather with vaccinated others

70 percent back Biden's handling of coronavirus: poll

Study: On-Premises Dining Linked To Increased COVID-19 Cases

All nine Supreme Court justices have been vaccinated

Canada approves Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, says other shots arriving faster than planned
Swelling from vaccine may cause cancer false alarm

D.C. residents snap up J&J Covid-19 vaccine appointments

White House announces mass vaccination sites in Atlanta, Cleveland

Detroit mayor turned down J&J vaccine in favor of others

Senate Democrats look to trim weekly unemployment benefits boost but add a month of payments in stimulus bill

1 Shot Or 2 Shots? 'The Vaccine That's Available To You — Get That'
'Pharmacy deserts' are new front in the race to vaccinate

The WHO is still incapable of transparency regarding China and COVID-19

'Coronavirus can't kill me now'; Africans cheer rollout of COVAX vaccinations

President Bolsonaro tells Brazilians "enough fussing and whining" as COVID-19 death toll tops 260,000

Exclusive: Oxford study indicates AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant, source says

Brazil In Crisis: 'It Feels Like You Are In Stalingrad, in World War II'

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California poised to lift COVID-19 restrictions

Advisers of New York governor pushed for changes in nursing home deaths report: papers

Got Questions About Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine? We Have Answers

Breaking with other GOP, Alabama governor extends mask order

Japan supercomputer shows doubling masks offers little help preventing viral spread

Texas workers should be worried about more than Covid after gov's mask repeal, experts say

As COVID-19 relief vote nears, undocumented immigrants struggle with no aid

State, city leaders push transparency to increase trust in COVID-19 vaccine

Coronavirus pandemic fueled faster driving, spike in traffic deaths

COVID-19 vaccine doses have been sold on the dark web. Are they real?
Florida governor faces growing claims of vaccine favoritism

Ghana Greets Historic Vaccine Delivery With A Dose Of Skepticism

Covid: Italy 'blocks' AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia
LA business owners fighting to survive in pandemic feel mix of hope and frustration

Australia appeals after Italy, EU block AstraZeneca vaccines
Zoo vaccinates apes against COVID-19