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Pandemic continues to impact public finances: VAT down 13%, Excise by 15%, Social Protection spending up €1.8bn – @Paschald  & @DeputyMcGrathTD  Read more:

Now 6 Dr. Seuss books are cancelled too? When history looks back at this time it will be held up as an example of a depraved sociopolitical purge driven by hysteria and lunacy

Senate Democrats are working to quickly pass the American Rescue Plan and deliver urgent, bold COVID relief to Americans across the country.

Getting rid of the filibuster isn’t just about a $15 minimum wage. It’s about voter protection, immigration reform, gun safety – it’s about getting rid of Mitch McConnell’s veto to do the things the American people strongly support.

Is anyone else sick of hearing that we can’t afford COVID relief from the exact same people who passed a $1,900,000,000,000 tax cut for corporations and the super-rich?

Vernon Jordan was a wonderful friend to Hillary, Chelsea, and me, in good times and bad. We worked and played, laughed and cried, won and lost together. We loved him very much and always will.

China is the greatest geopolitical threat to the United States for the next century. That’s why we must take steps to counter the Chinese Communist Party.

Houston becomes first US city to find every major Covid variant

LIVE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic Caucus Representative Hakeem Jeffries speak ahead of the Democrats' two-day issues retreat

The @ScotTories  are to call a vote of no confidence in first minister @NicolaSturgeon  - accusing her of lying to parliament, which she denies