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McCarthy, eyeing speakership, feels ‘pressure’ to bolster standing with right-wing

November 23, 2021

with Susan Page, Michael Steele, Philip Rucker, Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s record-breaking House Floor speech, the censure of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and the future of the Republican Party.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones on her 1619 Project and the power of narrative

November 23, 2021

with Trymaine Lee, Nikole Hannah-Jones | MSNBC

The 1619 Project was a career-defining moment for New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones.

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Father hunts for son in the desert after he mysteriously vanished

November 18, 2021

with Sara Sidner | CNN

CNN's Sara Sidner takes a closer look at two missing persons cases and why some receive mass media coverage while others do not.

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Racial Equity in Infrastructure, a U.S. Goal, Is Left to States

November 18, 2021

by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Madeleine Ngo | The New York Times

President Biden’s $1 trillion plan to rebuild America’s infrastructure comes with a built-in promise: No longer will roads, bridges and railways be instruments of bias or racism. Communities that ended up divided along racial lines will be made whole.

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How the infrastructure bill will benefit state projects on roads, bridges, ports and broadband

November 11, 2021

with Nancy Cordes, Mike Memoli, Jake Sherman , Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC

President Biden is in Baltimore on Wednesday to promote the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by the House last week. That money will go to states to complete infrastructure projects fixing and improving roads, bridges, mass transit, ports and broadband

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Beijing Olympics loom over virtual summit between Biden, Xi

November 11, 2021

with Kayla Tausche | The Washington Post

CNBC’s Kayla Tausche joins ‘Squawk Box’ to report on the upcoming virtual summit between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Biden to sign infrastructure bill Monday during bipartisan ceremony

November 11, 2021

by Rachel Scott, Ben Gittleson | ABC News

President Joe Biden will sign the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday.

This Week on Washington Week: Election Week and Biden’s Agenda

November 5, 2021

It was a bruising election night for Democrats on Tuesday as Republican Glenn Youngkin handily beat former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe in Virginia's Gpvernor's race.

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President Biden holds press conference following G-20 summit

November 4, 2021

with Kelly O'Donnell | NBC News

On Sunday, President Biden made a prediction about his domestic policy agenda, saying he believes the Build Back Better and Infrastructure Bill will pass.