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In a move designed to directly challenge Amazon, Walmart today announced it’s dropping the $35 minimum order requirement for its two-hour “Express” delivery service, a competitor to Amazon’s “Prime Now.”  With Walmart Express Delivery, customers can order from Walmart’s food,

The Turkish fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a UN rapporteur both called on Washington on Monday to punish Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder. The United States on Friday declassified a report that publicly accused

The Senate is expected to vote on President Joe Biden’s pick for education secretary, Miguel Cardona, on Monday.

The Senate is expected to vote on President Joe Biden’s pick for education secretary, Miguel Cardona, on Monday.

California announces school reopening deal, offers $6.6B to districts that open by this date  Fox News Newsom strikes deal to reopen California schools amid COVID  Los Angeles Times Calif. schools deal made. How kids could be in class by March.  SF Gate Newsom,

Election fraud conspiracy theories find a friendly audience at CPAC  NBC News Trump unleashes new threat to American democracy  CNN The GOP is trapped in Trump’s rendezvous with yesterday  The Washington Post Trump still has the Republican Party by the throat  The Week Opinion

On a recent episode of Extra Crunch Live, Bain Capital Ventures’ Matt Harris said that if you had asked him a year ago what would happen to venture capital during a pandemic lockdown, he would have replied “it would have

How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot  The New York Times Trump says he requested 10K National Guard troops at Capitol on day of riot  Fox News Former Trump Homeland Security secretary on Capitol riot security failures  CNN

One dose reduces the risk of hospitalization among people over 70 years old by 80% compared with those of a similar age who weren’t vaccinated, according to new data from a large study in Britain.

Buzzy mega-rounds and high-profile IPOs often dominate headlines. But many of those companies were once early-stage and scrapping to raise a seed round. Today, Chicago Ventures, a VC firm that often leads seed-stage rounds, announced the close of its third