Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Thursday, April 1, 2021 (1 Viewer)

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

'Every step of the way': McConnell pledges battle over Biden infrastructure plan
A day after the Democratic president unveiled his “American Jobs Plan” in Pittsburgh, the Senate’s top Republican said Biden has no public mandate for the proposal and predicted that Republicans would not support it. Biden’s plan combines spending on roads and bridges with climate change initiatives and human services like elder care.

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Elections officials fear Georgia law could politicize voting operations

Pelosi: Remove Rep. Gaetz from committee if claims are true

House Republicans reveal game plan to fight Biden's massive spending bill

Matt Gaetz' relentless self-promotion in Washington leaves him with few defenders

Georgia governor's view on voting bill 'not based in fact' - White House

Ocasio-Cortez to Cruz: Your resignation is 84 days past due

Biden holds first Cabinet meeting amid infrastructure push

Biden taps five Cabinet members to lead infrastructure messaging

DHS watchdog finds widespread mistreatment of immigrants at ICE facility

Derek Chauvin trial exposes trauma and survivor's guilt of witnesses to Floyd's death

Joe Biden wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure and jobs. These 4 charts show where the money would go

Unions demand Biden cancel student debt for public service workers

Colorado GOP Rep. Boebert, Dem challenger, both raising eye-popping campaign cash

EXCLUSIVE: Trump's unfinished border barrier easily breached: 'Open gate'

Biden Administration Considers Overhaul Of Asylum System At Southern Border

Floyd’s girlfriend recalls their struggles with addiction

Election bills surge nationwide as 47 states consider restrictions

White House moves to reshape role of US capitalism

Apple's Tim Cook joins Georgia's critics

Georgia House threatens Delta tax break after CEO slammed new voting restrictions

'He has absolutely no allies': Few in GOP step up to defend Gaetz

USDA drops Trump plan to cut food stamps for 700,000 Americans

Cuomo signs bill legalizing adult-use, recreational marijuana in New York

Texas Senate passes restrictive new voting bill

Pelosi says Biden's joint session of Congress in the hands of the Capitol attending physician

Stacey Abrams slams 'mealy-mouthed responses' to Georgia voting law

US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults

What's next in Congress for Biden's infrastructure plan

WH climate adviser: Biden won't close door on carbon tax

Judge tosses some claims in old Ga. election suit

‘I’m not going to get into legislative tactics’: Klain sidesteps reconciliation debate amid infrastructure rollout

Facebook can keep texting you, Supreme Court says

Paramedic says George Floyd appeared unresponsive when he first arrived on scene

Top Michigan Democrat calls on Senate to pass elections bill as a counter to state Republican efforts to restrict voting

Inside the ‘Lord of the Flies’ factionalism now plaguing Trumpland

In Virginia governor’s race, Trump’s false stolen-election claim looms large

Pelosi 'hopeful' Democrats can reform SALT tax in Biden infrastructure bill

Matt Gaetz case gets more bizarre as extortion claim involves search for missing ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson

Biden to review executive authority to cancel student debt

Effort to remove socialist councilmember accused of misconduct can proceed

McConnell rules out GOP support for Biden spending plan

AP-NORC poll: US economic outlook rises after relief law

U.S. House tax chief offers partial support for Biden infrastructure tax plan

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff to move into vice president's residence after two-month delay

US Capitol Police watchdog issues scathing report on January 6 failures

OPEC+ To Gradually Boost Oil Production Ahead Of Expected Summer Rebound In Demand

Supreme Court gives Georgia win in water war with Florida

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Kevin Faulconer says school closures 'not based on science'

Critics cite lack of gun-control debate after Atlanta shootings, say it's about who is 'relatable'

Witness faults police for not doing chest compressions on Floyd

Cartel use of stash houses and tractor-trailers threatens Laredo, TX

Justices uphold FCC’s easing of local media ownership limits

'Ridiculous': Kemp slams Biden on push to move MLB All-Star Game due to voting law

Myanmar coup: More than 40 children killed by military, rights group says

By The Numbers: Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

Violations at ICE facility in 2020 threatened the health and safety of detainees, watchdog report says

Analysis: Can Joe Biden recreate the U.S. economy he grew up with?

US and NATO meet to discuss 'Russia’s recent large-scale military activities'

White House makes case for popularity of American Jobs Plan

Border crisis result of Biden decisions, 'never seen it close to this bad': Cruz

Trump's own statements in old lawsuit could haunt him in any future criminal case

Supreme Court sides with Facebook in text message dispute

Republicans seek DOJ briefing on claims of 'suspicious' pre-Jan. 6 Capitol tours

Mother tried to save 9-year-old boy in California shooting that killed 4 - officials

Former California cop leads GOP dream of Newsom recall

Biden HHS ad campaign mirrors Dem super PAC ads

Live Updates: George Floyd's girlfriend, first responders take stand on fourth day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial

U.S. jobless claims rise to 719K as virus still forces layoffs

Dr. Rachel Levine Questions State Bills Targeting Transgender Health Care

Kamala Harris dives into migration diplomacy as GOP aims to make her the face of the border crisis

U.S. manufacturing sector index races to 37-year high in March: ISM

Microsoft and Amazon lead S&P 500 to 4,000 points

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Dems aim for July vote as Congress digs in on infrastructure

Gaetz, on the ropes, finds few friends in GOP

Biden plan would spend $16B to clean up old mines, oil wells

Feds looking beyond Florida in investigation of Rep. Gaetz, sources say

Biden says he'd 'strongly support' MLB moving All-Star game out of Atlanta over Georgia election law

Biden promises 'once-in-a-generation' investment during pitch for $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan

Republicans trumpet elements of Covid-19 relief bill they voted against

Gaetz staying on Judiciary panel, despite investigation

Infrastructure push sets off feeding frenzy in Washington

Biden calls out Amazon for not paying federal taxes

Biden announces huge infrastructure plan to ‘win the future’

DOJ asks for more time to make decision on turning over Trump taxes

Senate Republicans already have a Donald Trump problem

Billionaires got 54% richer during pandemic, sparking calls for "wealth tax"

Gaetz probe started with an associate awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking, stalking charges

Fauci’s silence on border crisis is deafening, Meadows says

Biden’s infrastructure plan takes aim at Trump’s biggest economic achievement

Arizona Senate hires firms to recount 2.1 million ballots in state's biggest county

Five takeaways on Biden's big infrastructure package

Derek Chauvin trial: New footage shows George Floyd pleading with officers

Biden's infrastructure plan met with skepticism from some lawmakers

The one big problem with Matt Gaetz's explanation

GOP lawmakers grill Google, Apple and Amazon over Parler shutdowns

New Mexico passes recreational marijuana bill; heads to Gov. Lujan Grisham's office for signature

Witness breaks down while watching body camera footage of George Floyd's arrest

Analysis: Bumpy road ahead for Biden’s infrastructure plan

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans Thursday visit to US-Mexico border city, will discuss cartel smuggling: report

Ben Shapiro faces backlash for comparing long lines at polls to Disneyland

U.S. Republican House leader resists pressure to punish Trump ally Gaetz

Corporate giants bow to pressure in Georgia voting law backlash

US expresses concern about rising Russian-Ukrainian tensions

Texas woman sentenced to five years for trying to vote gets new appeal

13 states sue Biden admin over tax cut restriction in $1.9T spending package

Stacey Abrams: Boycotts in Georgia not necessary – yet

Report calls out China over 'harmful trade practices'

Ex-cop told onlooker Floyd was big, ‘probably on something’

More than 100 lawmakers call on Biden to regulate weapon used in Colorado shooting

Unemployed people who overpaid taxes will get refunds starting in May, IRS says

Four dead, 2 wounded, including suspect, in shooting near Los Angeles

San Diego county official rips Biden, Newsom as migrant children prioritized over Calif. students

Three Texas teachers on leave after using 'derogatory and hurtful' words in test question

Grassley, Johnson seek access to FISA docs on Hunter Biden's Chinese business associates

Analysis: A big bet on mass transit after COVID

New York legalizes recreational marijuana, expunges former pot convictions

Officer video shows Floyd struggle, then takedown

Myanmar facing ‘bloodbath’, UN envoy tells Security Council

Pentagon ‘watching’ as Russia steps up aggression in Eastern Europe

Top US national security officials call counterparts as Russia and Ukraine tensions rise

Hunter Biden details lifelong addiction struggle in memoir

AOC slammed by Ted Cruz for saying, 'It's not a border crisis'

Facebook removes video of Trump interview with daughter-in-law Lara, citing ban

McConnell pans Biden's infrastructure plan as a 'major missed opportunity'

7 convicted in Hong Kong for pro-democracy protest

Biden says $2 trillion jobs plan rivals the space race in its ambition

GOP congressman calls on Blinken to demand COVID reparations from China

Janet Yellen: Climate change poses ‘existential threat’ to financial markets

EXPLAINER: Questions remain about conditions of migrant kids

South Dakota governor's ban on transgender athletes at center of emerging culture war

'Just living his life': Jurors see videos taken before and after Floyd's deadly arrest

Gaetz ally Joel Greenberg hit with new charges

Critics fear Georgia's new voting law threatens Asian American gains at the polls

Gaetz runs the Trump playbook for scandal: Keep talking, and talking

Woman behind $400M scam sentenced to 15 years in prison

UN envoy: Myanmar faces possibility of major civil war

Former Intelligence analyst pleads guilty to disclosing classified information to reporter

Verdict looms for 9 senior Hong Kong democrats in landmark unlawful assembly case

Veteran Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted over peaceful rally

Supreme Court Weighs Whether NCAA Is Illegally 'Fixing' Athlete Compensation

Infrastructure Year: Dems brace for brutal slog to pass Biden’s $2.5T plan

Second lawsuit filed against AZ GOP, Kelli Ward

House Freedom Caucus chair writes to Biden objecting to infrastructure proposal

FBI: NYC morgue workers stole credit cards from dead people

Northeast governors need Biden to deliver on offshore wind

Major U.S. companies take aim at Georgia’s new voting restrictions

Ohio lawmakers move to preemptively ban vaccine passports over concerns about privacy

U.S., Philippines officials discuss Chinese activities in South China Sea

A former Oklahoma officer has been found guilty of murdering his police chief during a conference in Florida

Junta’s foes woo ethnic allies with new Myanmar constitution

Delta CEO, Georgia governor spar over state's voter regulations

Dozens of Hong Kong listed companies suspend trading

Ray LaHood admitted hiding $50K loan from foreign billionaire

Myanmar aid workers arrested, intimidated, hurt, Red Cross says

Stephen Miller calls Biden infrastructure bill a 'cost shift'

Delta, Coca-Cola blast home state Georgia's voting restrictions as 'unacceptable'

North Carolina officer resigns after viral video showed him body-slamming K-9 into car

No prison time for transgender ex-neo-Nazi in threat case

Oil gains ahead of OPEC+ meeting on output policy

GOP groups throw support behind Georgia, Iowa election reform laws amid Dem lawsuits

Dollar holds near multi-month high on U.S. growth bets

Imprisoned Palestinian leader’s entry shakes up planned vote

Coronavirus News and Updates:
Updated today at 4:34 PM CDT

Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shot 91% effective in updated data, protective against South African variant

German experts say under 60s should not get second AstraZeneca vaccine

McConnell urges fellow GOP to get COVID vaccines

Biden launches community corps to boost COVID vaccinations

White House asks governors for help with Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Chicago mayor refuses to open COVID-19 vaccine to all due to uptick in cases

Biden supports vaccines for undocumented immigrants: Psaki

Ontario 'pulling the emergency brake' with third COVID-19 lockdown as cases rise, ICU beds fill

Inside The CDC's Battle To Defeat The Virus

Michigan identifies first case of Brazilian COVID variant as virus surges statewide

As states open up eligibility, the 1st big test of America's vaccine hesitancy

Europe recasts COVID-19 vaccine playbook after first-round flop

World trade body chief says vaccine inequity ‘unacceptable’

New ads emphasize 'loving thy neighbor' to counter vaccine doubts among conservatives, especially men

FDA authorizes rapid, non-prescription COVID tests

Marjorie Taylor Greene offers bills to fire Fauci, ban vaccine passports

White House Says Drug Overdose Deaths Spiked To 88,000 During The Pandemic

Virginia law denies benefit to some healthcare workers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine

1 in 3 state prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, report says

Sao Paulo exhumes old graves to make space for surging COVID-19 burials
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Exclusive: Top investors to call for improved working conditions in care homes

Biden administration launches $500,000 contest to improve face masks

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine batch fails quality check

Johnson & Johnson confirms one vaccine batch was discarded

Biden officials urge states to 'buckle down' amid virus resurgence but avoid issuing federal guidance

Govt begins testing all migrant families released by Border Patrol in S. Texas

CanSinoBIO says COVID-19 shot may be less effective over time, booster shot promising

Parents cheer news that Pfizer vaccine is safe for kids, but not everybody is convinced

Theory That COVID Came From A Chinese Lab Takes On New Life After WHO Report

New COVID wave may not be as deadly

Company at heart of J&J vaccine woes has series of citations

Religious leaders work to build trust in COVID-19 vaccine in communities of color

White House knew more than a week ago of J&J contractor vaccine-supply problems

New Zealand defends absence from joint statement on WHO coronavirus report

The next vaccine challenge: Building a workable 'passport' app

The Latest: Magazine says Palin tests positive for virus

COVID-19 cases among unaccompanied migrant children spark concern

Brazil: More than 60,000 people died of Covid-19 in March

India opens up immunisation to more people, vaccine exports to dwindle