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  • The Daily 202Analysis

    Biden enters 2022 with many progressive goals unmet

    Realism? Or lack of imagination? Or Manchin?

    By Olivier Knox and Caroline AndersDecember 17, 2021
  • The Early 202Analysis

    BBB negotiations stall in the Senate, could drag into next year

    President Biden on Thursday said he's "determined to see the bill successfully on the floor as early as possible."

    By Theodoric Meyer and Jacqueline Alemany and Tobi RajiDecember 17, 2021
  • The Daily 202Analysis

    America faces outbreak of covid-frustration variants

    The reaction to a winter outbreak, overwhelmingly among vaccinated, is exhaustion.

    By Olivier Knox and Caroline AndersDecember 16, 2021
  • The Technology 202Analysis

    Big Tech critics mustered their forces in 2021

    Aggressive new enforcers and looming legislative threats piled up over the course of the year.

    By Cristiano Lima and Aaron SchafferDecember 16, 2021
  • The Health 202Analysis

    Nursing homes are scrambling to get residents boosted

    Just 55 percent of vaccinated residents have been boosted.

    By Rachel Roubein and Alexandra EllerbeckDecember 16, 2021
  • The Climate 202Analysis

    America's biggest city is ditching fossil fuels in new buildings

    The Big Apple is rounding out a banner year for building electrification.

    By Maxine Joselow and Alexandra EllerbeckDecember 16, 2021
  • The Cybersecurity 202Analysis

    It's unclear whether Russia is cracking down on cyber attacks

    It's been six months since Biden pressured Putin, but progress is hard to see.

    By Joseph Marks and Aaron SchafferDecember 16, 2021
  • The Early 202Analysis

    Biden raises the stakes for quick voting rights action

    But even if the will to pass voting rights exists, the way is much, much harder.

    By Theodoric Meyer and Jacqueline Alemany and Tobi RajiDecember 16, 2021
  • The Daily 202Analysis

    President Biden has a new(ish) weapon in inflation and covid wars: Local TV.

    After months of disuse, the president picks up a traditional tool.

    By Olivier Knox and Caroline AndersDecember 15, 2021
  • The Technology 202Analysis

    Biden’s Commerce chief is under fire from Warren, progressives for defending U.S. tech giants

    The senator and advocacy groups are calling on Raimondo to clarify remarks on European tech rules.

    By Cristiano Lima and Aaron SchafferDecember 15, 2021
  • The Climate 202Analysis

    Air pollution still disproportionately harms communities of color, study says

    But Biden's environmental justice plan aims to address that.

    By Maxine Joselow and Alexandra EllerbeckDecember 15, 2021
  • The Health 202Analysis

    It was a year of both good and bad pandemic news

    Lots of people got vaccinated but the virus kept mutating.

    By Rachel Roubein and Alexandra EllerbeckDecember 15, 2021
  • The Cybersecurity 202Analysis

    Ransomware and election security fights rocked 2021

    Expect more of the same in 2022.

    By Joseph Marks and Aaron SchafferDecember 15, 2021
  • The Early 202Analysis

    Some Democrats are turning their attention to passing voting rights

    The hour to pass BBB is getting late, and Democrats are urgently trying to score a win before Washington closes shop for the holidays.

    By Theodoric Meyer and Jacqueline Alemany and Tobi RajiDecember 15, 2021
  • The Daily 202Analysis

    The Meadows texts and the weird PowerPoint take Jan. 6 inside the White House

    Fox News personalities knew who could stop the riot.

    By Olivier Knox and Caroline AndersDecember 14, 2021
  • The Technology 202Analysis

    Facebook’s latest defense: Social media doesn’t hurt people. People hurt people.

    The company is "saying the quiet part out loud" on how it views misinformation, one senator said.

    By Cristiano Lima and Aaron SchafferDecember 14, 2021
  • The Health 202Analysis

    Biden's FDA pick faces questions about his tobacco response

    Robert Califf's confirmation hearing is today.

    By Rachel Roubein and Alexandra EllerbeckDecember 14, 2021
  • The Climate 202Analysis

    COP26, global emissions gaps, and extreme weather disasters: These are the top climate change stories of 2021.

    As 2022 approaches, here's where we are on climate change so far.

    By Alexandra Ellerbeck and Maxine JoselowDecember 14, 2021
  • The Cybersecurity 202Analysis

    The Postal Service secretly built a risky mobile voting system

    Outside researchers found many security problems.

    By Joseph Marks and Aaron SchafferDecember 14, 2021
  • The Early 202Analysis

    All roads lead back to Mark Meadows. Says the Jan. 6 panel.

    The panel paints Meadows as an integral participant and witness to Trump's effort to delay and overturn the results of the election and propagate the message of widespread voter fraud.

    By Jacqueline Alemany and Theodoric Meyer and Tobi RajiDecember 14, 2021
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