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Building A Big Infrastructure Plan, Biden Starts With A Bridge To Republicanshttps://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/980086070/building-a-big-infrastructure-plan-biden-starts-with-a-bridge-to-republicans?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

The Supreme Court will review a lower court's decision from last summer that vacated the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The lower court had said the original trial judge did not secure an impartial jury for the trial.https://trib.al/4BrXKRS 

How's the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine going in your state? Use our tracker to find out how your state is doing:https://trib.al/6Ei7Mpo 

Marty Walsh was confirmed by the Senate to serve as the next Labor Secretary, making him the first former union leader to run the Labor Department in over four decades.https://trib.al/N0hW6No 

Two members of President Biden's National Security Council are traveling to Mexico as the administration continues facing a surge of unaccompanied minors at the U.S. border.https://trib.al/oNem8Gb 

The current situation at the U.S. border follows the Trump administration dramatically reducing the size of the HHS shelter system for unaccompanied migrants and changing policy on sharing information on potential sponsors with immigration authorities.https://trib.al/CNQy0Tn 

AstraZeneca said it will seek emergency use authorization from the FDA for its coronavirus vaccine after a U.S. clinical trial found it was 79% effective at preventing symptoms and 100% effective at preventing serious disease and hospitalization.https://trib.al/4t7nM3o 

For the first time since the Senate sergeant-at-arm's office was created in 1789, its leaders are now all women.https://trib.al/IXgZvLD 

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton's bill for D.C. statehood would reduce the size of the federal district and admit the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth — in honor of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass — into the union.https://trib.al/FKVLFsn 

The Supreme Court will review a lower court's decision that vacated the death sentence of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.https://trib.al/auJAgot 

Mary Walsh, the two-term mayor of Boston who once led the Boston Building Trades Council, has been confirmed as the next Secretary of Labor.https://trib.al/ImrgQy5 

More than 124 million coronavirus doses have been administered in the U.S., fully vaccinating over 44 million people or 13.3% of the total U.S. population. The latest data:https://trib.al/nQzNOVP 

Democrats Reviewing Whether To Overturn A Certified Iowa U.S. House Electionhttps://www.npr.org/2021/03/22/980023007/democrats-reviewing-whether-to-overturn-a-certified-iowa-u-s-house-election?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

President Biden is sending top National Security Council officials to Mexico and Guatemala this week to discuss the growing numbers of U.S.-bound migrants from Central America.https://trib.al/7t7LtGx 

Marty Walsh, Boston Mayor With Union Roots, Confirmed As Labor Secretary At Key Timehttps://www.npr.org/2021/03/22/975397099/marty-walsh-boston-mayor-with-union-roots-confirmed-as-labor-secretary-at-key-ti?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

Walsh becomes the head of the Labor Department at a critical time, as the coronavirus pandemic has left millions unemployed and raised concerns about workplace safety.https://trib.al/GpeqNE0 

GOP Rep. Tom Reed says he won't seek reelection after he was accused of sexual misconduct by a former lobbyist. Reed apologized for his behavior and said he was struggling with alcoholism at the time, and has since received treatment.https://trib.al/BLnCHdR 

It's been clear that more migrant children were coming since two hurricanes devastated Central America late last year — and thousands had amassed in border towns in Mexico where the Trump administration had expelled them, and were desperate to get out.https://trib.al/GAxXSq5 

The U.S. trial of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine shows it is 79% effective at preventing symptoms of the virus and 100% effective at preventing serious disease and hospitalization.https://trib.al/mStsKjG