Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Monday, March 29, 2021 (1 Viewer)

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

Georgia’s new GOP election law draws criticism, lawsuits
ATLANTA (AP) — Critics of Georgia’s new Republican-backed election law issued fresh calls Monday to boycott some of the state’s largest businesses for not speaking out more forcefully against the law, a day after advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging it.

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Derek Chauvin trial Day One: Five things to know

911 dispatcher testifies officers pinned George Floyd so long she thought her video had frozen

New York City moves to end qualified immunity, making it the 1st city in US to do so

Capitol riot suspect wore ‘I Was There’ shirt when arrested

Georgia's Black clergymen urge Coca-Cola boycott over voting laws overhaul

Trump accuses Fauci, Birx of 'trying to reinvent history' on COVID-19 response

Trump launches 'the official website of the 45th President'

Biden Administration to Investigate Trump-Era Attacks on Science - NY Times

'Strange and inappropriate': Flood victim says N.Y. Gov. Cuomo came onto her in her home

Lawmakers vent 'frustration' with Capitol Police's lack of transparency

White House to host briefing for House Democrats on border situation

Capitol Police provided more than 14,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage to lawmakers

US eyes additional UN action on N. Korea after missile tests

Cuomo officials 'threatened' nursing home reps over COVID-19 vaccination efforts: Report

With Focus On Domestic Extremists, Lawmakers Aim To Reorient National Security Agenda

Lawyers in Derek Chauvin's murder trial zoom in on training, drug use, and viral video

Trump targets Fauci, Birx in lengthy diatribe

George Floyd's brother says case against Derek Chauvin is a 'slam dunk'

North Korea calls South's leader 'a parrot raised by America'

Lawyer for House candidate pushes for panel to 'count every vote,' as Democrats grow skeptical of overturning election

Biden wants infrastructure package approved over summer

Trump launches '45 Office' website amid speculation about his future

Judge drops terrorism charges against three in alleged Whitmer kidnapping plot

Jurors shown video at ex-officer’s trial in Floyd’s death

Trump rails against Biden during Mar-a-Lago wedding speech

IRS delays tax deadlines for IRAs, health savings until May

Minimum wage would be $44 today if it grew at same pace as Wall Street bonuses

Ghislaine Maxwell faces new charges as U.S. expands sex crime case

Buttigieg says no gas or mileage tax in Biden's infrastructure plan

San Antonio readies to shelter thousands of children who have crossed the border

Profane anti-Biden flags attract controversy in Florida town

Navy's 'extremism' training says it's OK to advocate for BLM at work but not 'politically partisan' issues

6 Bold Ideas for Gun Reform That Could Actually Happen

DeSantis vows to take executive action against 'vaccine passports'

Va. lawmakers ban police use of facial recognition

New York business leaders push Biden, Schumer to ditch the cap on SALT deductions

Suez Canal reopens after stuck cargo ship is freed

Biden to propose two-pronged infrastructure package

Failed Nevada GOP congressional candidate pushes back on claims he turned up twang in new Texas run

Mike Lindell says social media site will be able to handle 'a billion people'

Hong Kong: China to pass 'patriot' electoral reforms

Kamala Harris will play 'diplomatic' role in migration crisis, White House says

Sen. Tammy Duckworth Doesn't Pull Punches In Memoir 'Every Day Is A Gift'

White House to probe whether Trump interfered in scientific research

North Korean leader's sister slams South Korea's Moon for criticism of recent missile test - KCNA

Bidens pay tribute at Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Janitor given 20 years for secretly filming girls locker room

Biden handed Harris a political grenade. Can she defuse it?

Amazon workers in Alabama voting on biggest union push in company's history

Dollar hits one-year high versus yen as inflation worries lift yields

Supreme Court hears Goldman Sachs’ arguments against shareholder suit

“The most important numbers you will hear in this trial are nine-two-nine": Key quotes

Trump alums sign up with new Murkowski opponent

Czech billionaire, 4 killed when helicopter crashes into Alaska mountain

AP source: VW plans brand-name change to ‘Voltswagen’ in US

Oil prices slip as focus switches from Suez Canal blockage to OPEC+ supply policy
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Derek Chauvin trial live updates: Lawyers present case

Georgia NAACP and voting rights groups challenge sweeping Georgia voting law

Migrant children in Biden's packed border facilities not being COVID-tested, can't social distance

Schumer eyes using budget tool twice to pass Biden's 2-part infrastructure plan

Biden has a plan to pay for massive infrastructure proposal: Psaki

Why Possibly Changing The Filibuster Brings Threats Of Political 'Nuclear' War

AP sources: SolarWinds hack got emails of top DHS officials

Biden to detail infrastructure proposal and how to pay for it on Wednesday

Border official: 861 criminal migrants apprehended in Rio Grande Valley

Biden boosts offshore wind energy, wants to power 10M homes

Biden reportedly bumps infrastructure price tag to $4 trillion, with up to $3.5 trillion in tax hikes - BI

Durham taking his time to probe origins of Russia investigation, as Trump vents frustration

GOP leaders pressure Democrats over Iowa House race

US suspends all trade with Myanmar after weekend of violence against pro-democracy protesters

Florida Republicans consider ban on giving voters water

Senator Lindsey Graham says he has an AR-15 to protect his home from gangs

Yale professor fired after diagnosing Trump as insane

64 percent view 'cancel culture' as threat to freedom: poll

U.S. tries to break Iran nuclear deadlock with a new proposal for Tehran

Murkowski faces new Republican challenger after drawing Trump's ire

New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Americans give Biden mixed reviews on immigration and the border

Ex-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens back in arena as pro-Trump Senate candidate, aims to replace retiring Blunt

US eases student loan relief for those with disabilities

Dems vulnerable to redistricting consider ditching House for higher office

Derek Chauvin trial begins – ‘Whole world is watching,’ George Floyd family lawyer says

GOP invokes 1985 attack line in disputed Iowa House race

U.S. lawmakers urge USPS board to halt delivery vehicle contract

Supreme Court agrees to hear first abortion case with 6-3 conservative majority

Supreme Court leaves in place a ruling blocking Hillary Clinton deposition over private email server

Ban on renter evictions during COVID-19 pandemic is extended

In a breakthrough researchers identify cancer cells by their acidity
GOP announces run for Murkowski’s Senate seat

Dems toy with sidestepping regular Senate rules to try to pass more legislation

'Definitely merits' to reparations, says the first Black Fed president

First they killed cereal and marriage. Now, millennials are ready to take Washington

Republican who questioned election to challenge Murkowski

Biden 'doesn't care' what Trump does at border

Former officer’s trial in George Floyd’s death gets underway

POLITICO Playbook: Chuck Schumer’s 51-vote gambit

Was Trump a great or a terrible president? Here's what a new poll says

White house says Biden does not intend to meet with North Korea's Kim

Floyd family kneels outside courthouse in symbolic statement

How Biden’s infrastructure package will likely tackle climate change

Biden's infrastructure plan is about to put his bipartisan appeal to the test

Court to hear bid for new defense of Kentucky abortion law

Cop: 'No idea' why man shot 5 before killing self

Special Report: Money trail from Daphne murder probe stretches to China

Venezuela wants to pay for vaccines with oil

Schumer plots new way to bypass Republicans on Biden's third economic spending bill

How schools fit into Biden’s infrastructure push

Blinken calls on UN Security Council to increase humanitarian access to Syria

Amazon criticizes Warren for calling to break company up

Myanmar protests continue amid reports of killings in Yangon

Thousands flee Myanmar airstrikes, complicating crisis

White House Causes Frustration In Private And Public Responses To Gun Violence

Joe Manchin targeted by liberal dark money group on DC statehood bill

US offers $10 million reward for info on Hezbollah operative

Suez chaos leaves shipping companies counting the 'lost expenses' cost

Biden to push infrastructure before health and family care

SCOOP: Biden to renew National Space Council

NYPD Hate Crimes Unit investigating video of passenger punching, choking Asian man on subway

Giant container ship that blocked Suez Canal is finally free

NC Republican Sen. Thom Tillis to undergo surgery for prostate cancer

Historic Amazon Union Vote Count Begins This Week For Alabama Warehouse

Obama family matriarch has died in a Kenyan hospital at 99

S1 slammed as 'political corruption' as Republicans go all-in on attacking Dems' election reform bill

Biden administration threatens tariffs on UK goods in 'tech tax' row

Fraudsters launder millions in relief funds through online investing platforms

Terrorism charges dismissed against three in Whitmer plot

Behind the nation's "grotesque" income inequality: An army of wealth-hiding experts

Islamist Insurgents Kill Dozens In Attack On Natural Gas Complex In Mozambique

Swiss banker to Venezuelan kleptocrats becomes star witness

Coronavirus News and Updates:
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Biden, CDC director warn of virus rebound if nation lets up

Leaders of 23 countries back pandemic treaty idea for future emergencies

White House leaves vaccine "passports" to private sector

MRNA vaccines protect against symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID: CDC

Mitch McConnell: 'I would encourage all Republican men' to get vaccinated

Covid-19 cases spiking again in Michigan

'Please limit travel': CDC continues to recommend against trips

Chris Cuomo talks about 'right way' to live during virus

Canada pauses AstraZeneca vaccine for under 55

Cotton blasts 'joke' WHO report on COVID origins; insists 'best evidence' points to emergence from lab

WHO Report: Wildlife Farms, Not Market, Likely Source Of Pandemic

Despite eviction ban complaints, big landlords report record profits

Trash scavengers who help keep cities clean plea for vaccine

Rand Paul calls for 'more resistance' to 'nonsense' COVID rules

Vaccinations lowest among older Black people: UK

India pushes ahead with coronavirus vaccination drive to head off new surge

Pakistan's president says he's positive for COVID

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CDC director Rochelle Walensky warns of "impending doom" amid COVID-19 spikes

America's pandemic dead deserve accountability after Birx disclosure

Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines highly effective after first shot in real-world use, -U.S. study

Vaccine found highly effective in real-world study

No 'consistent rationale': Why vaccinations are open to all in some states and not others

COVID-19 vaccines prevent 90 percent of all infections, CDC study says

WHO probe finds lab leak of Covid ‘extremely unlikely’

The Biden administration is developing a national coronavirus 'vaccine-passport' program for Americans - BI

WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals

Some US states report disturbing case increases -- and one warns the surge is already here

Bar infamous for defying COVID-19 lockdown laws padlocked by sheriff's deputies

Biden administration tries to build dam against 4th coronavirus wave

Amish, Mennonite communities in PA have reached herd immunity: Health official

Biden admin remakes vaccine strategy after mass vaccination sites fizzle

Study finds carcinogen above FDA limit in several hand sanitizer brands

Mourners start drawing almost 150,000 hearts in London to remember COVID victims

Immunocompromised And Concerned About The Vaccine? Here's What You Need To Know

Pandemic masks ongoing child abuse crisis as cases plummet

Biden promised 200M shots in his first 100 days. Track the progress.

England steps slowly out of lockdown, and into swimming pools

Biden to announce 90 percent of adults eligible for vaccine by April 19