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Major Amtrak expansion in Cleveland and Ohio included in Biden infrastructure plan  cleveland.com ‘Every step of the way’: McConnell pledges battle over Biden infrastructure plan  Yahoo News Republican senators line up against Biden’s massive $2T spending bill: ‘Far cry’ from infrastructure  Fox News

In another blow to the city’s democracy, seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy leaders were convicted of unlawful assembly on Thursday and could face up to five years in jail. Nick Schifrin focuses on three of those convicted and

(CHICAGO) — A 13-year-old fatally shot this week by Chicago police in what the department called an “armed confrontation” was identified Thursday. Adam Toledo, of Chicago, died of a gunshot wound to his chest early Monday, the Cook County Medical

Trump Calls On Biden to Let Global Capital Dictate U.S. Tax Policy  New York Magazine

Donald Trump launches new website for personal office after social media bans  CNN Facebook removes Donald Trump interview from daughter-in-law’s page, citing ban from the platform, report says  KPRC Click2Houston Donald Trump uses new website to rewrite history of his presidency  The Guardian

Edtech unicorns have boatloads of cash to spend following the capital boost to the sector in 2020. As a result, edtech M&A activity has continued to swell. The idea of a well-capitalized startup buying competitors to complement its core business

Tiger Global closes a $6.65 billion fund, Facebook gives users more tools to encourage COVID vaccination and iPhone app spending continues to grow. This is your Daily Crunch for April 1, 2021. The big story: Tiger Global raises one of

Microsoft is experiencing a major outage, so that’s why you can’t get any work done. Besides its homepage, Microsoft services are down, log-in pages aren’t loading, and even the company’s status pages were kaput. Worse, Microsoft’s cloud service Azure appeared

For a decade, a Trump operative worked as a foreign agent without filing the required disclosure forms. “A former spokesperson for Donald Trump’s private legal team in the Russia probe registered as a foreign agent acting on behalf of a

Religious Zionism leader Smotrich said refusing to answer premier’s calls to discuss government backed by Ra’am, as Labor chief urges potential kingmaker Abbas to join anti-PM bloc