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Manchin’s opposition threatens to sink Biden budget nominee

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Friday that he will oppose Neera Tanden's confirmation.

6 more linked to Oath Keepers charged in Capitol attack

By Alanna Durkin, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press

Six more people linked to the far-right Oath Keepers militia group have been indicted on charges that they planned and coordinated with one another in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

WATCH: Texas governor speaks on status of winter storm, power outages

By Associated Press

The cascading crises of power outages across Texas due to winter weather lead to another problem — lack of clean water.

Pentagon chief urges immediate reduction in Taliban violence

By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press

In his first press conference as defense secretary, Lloyd Austin says progress toward a durable peace in Afghanistan and an end to U.S. military involvement there depends on the Taliban reducing attacks.

Federal Reserve sees modest pickup in hiring this month

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The Federal Reserve says there’s evidence that hiring has picked up in recent weeks, though the job market remains badly damaged by the pandemic.

Judge says lawyer who killed her son also tracked Sotomayor

By Associated Press

The lawyer who killed a federal judge's son and seriously wounded her husband at their New Jersey home last summer also had been tracking Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the judge said in a television interview.

WATCH: Biden defends progress on COVID-19 as weather delays 6 million shots

By Zeke Miller, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

While acknowledging the weather is "slowing up the distribution," Biden said at the Pfizer plant in Michigan that he believes "we'll be approaching normalcy by the end of this year."…

Massive breach fuels calls for U.S. action on cybersecurity

By Ben Fox, Alan Suderman, Associated Press

U.S. officials are scrambling to reinforce the nation’s cyber defenses following a sweeping hack that may have exposed government and corporate secrets to Russia.

Back in Paris accord, U.S. vows no more sidelining of climate

By Seth Borenstein, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The United States has returned to the Paris climate accord. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says climate change and science diplomacy “can never again be ‘add-ons’ in our foreign policy discussions.”…

Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South

By Paul J. Weber, Jill Bleed, Associated Press

Many of the millions of Texans who lost power for days after a deadly winter blast overwhelmed the electric grid now have it back, but the crisis was far from over in parts of the South, with many people lacking…