Biden’s infrastructure and climate plan emerges as congressional wrangling begins

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Biden’s infrastructure and climate plan emerges as congressional wrangling begins

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Plus, ‘I stay up nights apologizing to George Floyd,’ says teen who documented his death for the world, and Gretchen Whitmer asks White House to surge vaccines to virus hot spots as cases climb.

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