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House Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal said Sunday that the $1.5 trillion figure for the economic bill was “too small,” but wouldn’t say whether she would accept the $2.1 trillion dollar price tag that is being floated. Source: CNN

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin warns CNN’s Dana Bash of the potential economic repercussions if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell applies the filibuster to the debt ceiling debate. Source: CNN

In January 1980, Mary McCarthy appeared on Dick Cavett’s talk show to promote her latest novel. When the conversation drifted to “overpraised” writers, McCarthy trained her fire on playwright Lillian Hellman, whom she had disliked for at least three decades. Source: CNN

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At first, Clint Smith had trouble making out the objects beside a white picket fence in the distance. Then he drew closer; what he saw made him shudder. Source: CNN

San Jose formally apologized for its “role in acts of discrimination against the Chinese immigrant community and its descendants” through an unanimous resolution that city leaders announced this week. Source: CNN

A pill has cut the risk of hospitalization or death from Covid-19 by half in a study, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said Friday. Source: CNN

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CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta reacts after Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said a pill has cut the risk of hospitalization or death from Covid-19 for patients by half in a study. Source: CNN