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Biden’s climate plan will target racial, economic disparities

President Biden will make the needs of low-income Americans and communities of color the focus of his plan Wednesday, according to two individuals briefed on it, making environmental justice a top priority for the first time in a generation.

By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and Darryl Fears52 minutes ago

LIVE POLITICS UPDATES

Nearly all GOP senators vote against trial for Trump

By Mike DeBonis and Seung Min Kim

Fact CheckerAnalysis

Three Pinocchios for Biden’s jab that foreign company contracts went up 30% under Trump

By Glenn Kessler

A pedestrian crosses a street in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Lucian Perkins for The Post)

From The Magazine

This D.C. neighborhood has quietly become a national model for resisting gentrification

Mount Pleasant has kept a degree of diversity and an attractive sense of community in a city that, swamped by gentrification, seems to be losing both.

By Jefferson Morley

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger stood against Trump. He knows fate is coming for him.

By Ellen McCarthy

Cutting off stimulus checks to Americans earning over $75,000 could be wise, new data suggests

By Heather Long

Under Biden, Democrats are ready to revive the battle for net neutrality

By Tony Romm1 hour ago

Coronavirus

E.U. vaccine feud with AstraZeneca bursts into the open; Biden vows to boost supply

It’s unclear whether increasing U.S. vaccine numbers will help return schools to in-person learning. A CDC report said that schools haven't been a major center of transmission.

By Erin Cunningham, Paul Schemm and Marisa Iati37 minutes ago

Biden administration seeks to buy 200 million more vaccine doses, to be delivered through the summer

Large percentage of D.C.-area nursing home workers declined vaccine

By Rachel Chason, Rebecca Tan, Jenna Portnoy and Erin Cox

House opens investigation of pandemic ventilator purchases overseen by White House

By Reed Albergotti and Aaron Gregg52 minutes ago

Robots are disinfecting hotels during the pandemic. It’s the tip of a hospitality revolution.

By JD Shadel1 hour ago

Opinions

Why we should be in awe of Kamala Harris’s mother

Opinion by Jonathan Capehart

The GameStop folly isn’t just a get-rich-quick scheme. It’s a tale of inequality.

Opinion by Helaine Olen

Yes, ex-presidents can be impeached

Opinion by the Editorial Board

Biden finds a new way to talk about race

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

How red has Ohio become? The race to succeed Portman may provide the answer.

Opinion by Gary Abernathy

Rupert Murdoch blasts ‘wave of censorship’ and ‘woke orthodoxy’

Opinion by Erik Wemple

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, muzzled under Trump, prepares to renew tough oversight

After taking a largely hands-off approach in the Trump era, the consumer watchdog hatched by Elizabeth Warren is expected to resume issuing tough penalties and rules.

By Tory Newmyer

Federal court temporarily blocks Biden’s 100-day deportation ‘pause’

By Nick Miroff

Ghislaine Maxwell says grand jury that indicted her was too White, seeks dismissal of sex abuse case

By Shayna Jacobs

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Baseball Hall of Fame voters again reject Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling, keeping them out of Cooperstown

By Dave Sheinin

Curt Schilling rips voters, asks to be left off ballot next year

In first call with Putin, Biden marks a return to skepticism from the top

President Biden aired allegations of human rights abuses and cyberspying in a phone call with the Russian president.

By Anne Gearan and Karen DeYoung

The Daily 202's Big IdeaPodcast

Biden chats with Putin

Democrats turn to quick action on President Biden’s relief bill after a power-sharing deal in Senate.

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A Georgia GOP lawmaker refused coronavirus tests. He was kicked off the floor for ‘jeopardizing the health’ of colleagues.

By Jaclyn Peiser

Philadelphia let ‘college kids’ distribute vaccines. The result was a ‘disaster,’ volunteers say.

By Antonia Noori Farzan

Alaska official who defended Nazi license plates is removed from state discrimination board

By Teo Armus

Two dead after reported hostage standoff in Austin doctor’s office, police say

By Andrea Salcedo

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By Sonia Rao

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Now is the time to rethink your wardrobe, with an eye toward sustainability

By Nicole Anzia

Inspired LifePerspective

She’s 90 and Italian. I’m in my 30s and half Indian. Here’s why we’re the closest of friends.

By Raj Tawney

Pizza Hut’s Detroit style is crunchy and cheesy, but one expert says Motor City natives ‘would be offended’

By Emily Heil1 hour ago

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The dream of an Arab Spring was dashed 10 years ago, but the movement may not be dead yet

Washington Post correspondents who covered the Arab Spring reflect on the uprisings and the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East.

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Politics

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell waits for the Senate subway on Tuesday. (Salwan Georges/The Post)

The FixAnalysis

What McConnell got — and didn’t — on the filibuster

By Aaron Blake

Senate could vote on Biden pandemic relief bill as soon as next week, Schumer says

The Senate could vote as soon as next week on a budget bill setting the stage for party-line passage of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan.

By Erica Werner, Mike DeBonis and Seung Min Kim

S.C. lawyer says he doesn’t hesitate to represent Trump: ‘It’s what I do.’

Butch Bowers declined to say whether he voted for Trump. “The vote is sacrosanct, so I’m not going to talk about that,” he said.

By Michael Kranish

Senate committee set to vote on Buttigieg nomination

By Ian Duncan

Perspective

Ghosts of our unsettled past

By Robin Givhan

Senate impeachment whip count: Where Democrats and Republicans stand

By Ashlyn Still and JM Rieger

Who President Biden picked to fill his Cabinet

By Washington Post Staff

World

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson loads doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for distribution. (Reuters)

Facing a scary coronavirus strain, U.K. is running a high-stakes, real-world vaccine experiment

By William Booth and Karla Adam

More than 100 million virus cases reported worldwide

Today’s WorldViewAnalysis

Biden’s uphill battle to save the Iran nuclear deal

The looming showdown between President Biden and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is made more fraught by domestic pressures within both countries.

By Ishaan Tharoor

In a first, Yemenis seek redress for U.S. drone strikes at international human rights body

Two families in Yemen’s Bayda governorate lost 34 relatives, including nine children, in U.S. military actions, the petition alleges.

By Missy Ryan and Souad Mekhennet

China rolls out anal swab coronavirus tests, saying it’s more accurate than throat method

The new testing protocol comes ahead of the country’s largest holiday, when billions of trips are normally made nationwide.

By Eva Dou

Dubai seemed to have the coronavirus licked. Then it flung open its doors.

Now the pandemic is surging, the city is shuttering and an ambitious vaccine campaign is struggling to keep up.

By Katie McQue

National

As possible teacher strike looms, Chicago suspends in-person learning

The breakdown in negotiations sets the table for what could be the district's fourth strike in a decade.

By Dawn Reiss and Kim Bellware

CDC finds scant spread of coronavirus in schools with precautions in place

Conditions appeared marginal for severe weather, but a deadly late-night tornado struck near Birmingham, Ala.

The quick-hitting twister in Fultondale, just north of Birmingham, killed one person and caused injuries and extensive property damage.

By Matthew Cappucci

A fight broke out between Reps. Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold during the impeachment hearings of Sen. William Blount in 1798. (Library of Congress)

RetropolisThe Past, Rediscovered

The war secretary and the senator who were impeached after leaving office

Can the Senate try Trump for inciting an insurrection after he's left the White House? Consider the cases of Founding Father William Blount in 1797 and Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876.

By Gillian Brockell

TSA detected twice as many firearms per million passengers in 2020 as it did in 2019

By Justin Wm. Moyer and Luz Lazo

Deadly hit-and-runs in Portland were deliberate but not terrorism, police say

By Derek Hawkins

Another Houston officer charged with murder in fatal shooting of couple during 2019 drug raid

By Marisa Iati

D.C., Md. & Va.

Acting Capitol Police chief apologizes for Jan. 6 ‘failings’

Yogananda Pittman offered House lawmakers a wide-ranging apology, saying the department should have been better prepared for the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

By Karoun Demirjian, Aaron C. Davis and Peter Hermann

D.C. sent 850 officers to Capitol during insurrection, spent $8.8 million that week

TODAY IN D.C.

The Maryland Transportation Authority is exploring three potential corridors for adding a third span to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to relieve traffic backups. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Post)

Maryland, citing the pandemic, delays release of draft study for third Bay Bridge span

Public hearings on the findings, scheduled for this winter, also have been postponed.

By Katherine Shaver

Former Carlyle executive Glenn Youngkin joins race for Virginia governor

By Laura Vozzella1 hour ago

Baby panda to make debut — online — at National Zoo

By Dana Hedgpeth

Known coronavirus deaths and cases per 100,000

FAQ: What to know about restrictions and safety

Capital Weather Gang

D.C.-area forecast: A little nicer today, cold and blustery tomorrow; Sunday winter storm?

By Dan Stillman

Going Out Guide

New one-man play aims to dispel myths about the sexuality of the disabled

Actor-playwright Ryan J. Haddad’s ‘Hi, Are You Single?’ streams via Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

By Celia Wren

Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now

A long-running French bistro, a bright and breezy Levantine cafe and more.

By Tom Sietsema

Yasmin Williams puts a fresh spin on finger-style guitar

The Northern Virginia native has a new record, “Urban Driftwood,” out this week.

By John Lingan

Real Estate

Once a rural village, D.C.’s Mount Pleasant now an ‘oasis in the city’

How to determine if your homeowners association’s reserves are too high

Home remodeling projects that will bring you the most return on investment

Business & Technology

Perspective

Figuring out the true cost of Biden’s gigantic coronavirus relief packages

Taxpayers have a right to know how much propping up the economy is really going to cost future generations.

By Allan Sloan

Biden’s commerce secretary pick pledges tough line on China, doesn’t detail how she will deal with Huawei

In her Senate confirmation hearing, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo also pledged to help the American economy recover from the pandemic, expand broadband access and promote manufacturing and clean-energy jobs.

By Jeanne Whalen

Solar panels are stacked in a warehouse in Albuquerque. (Susan Montoya Bryan/AP)

Surge in green financing boosts climate firms

As the cost of renewable energy plummets and climate change awareness grows, renewables, heavy industry efficiencies and novel transport ideas are attracting mainstream investors.

By Steven Mufson

YouTube suspends Rudy Giuliani from its ad revenue sharing program

By Gerrit De Vynck

Twitter bans MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell

Perspective

Many people may not get promised stimulus payments in hand if they owe back taxes

By Michelle Singletary

Market Watch

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Health & Science

Capital Weather Gang

Snow maps are all over social media. How seriously should you take them?

By Zach Rosenthal53 minutes ago

Perspective

One mother’s #BlackMaternalHealth was made better by having a Black doctor

By Courtland Milloy

The Health 202Analysis

CDC-backed research finds schools aren’t big coronavirus spreaders

By Paige Winfield Cunningham1 hour ago

Biden to tap nurse as acting surgeon general

By Dan Diamond

Sports

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With few spectators allowed, live-streaming has become a vital part of high school sports

By Michael Errigo

John Wall gets the best of the Wizards in their first game on opposite sides

Wall, the Wizards’ former franchise point guard, scored 24 points in the Rockets’ 107-88 victory.

By Ava Wallace

Howard’s hopes for a dream basketball season have turned into a nightmare

Following a string of injuries, the loss of a projected starter to the NBA draft and a recent bout with the coronavirus that has prompted the program to pause basketball activities, not much has gone right for the Bisons.

By Tramel Raggs