Harris to move into official VP residence next week
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
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1of3Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to leave following a virtual meeting with community leaders to discuss COVID-19 public education efforts in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Washington.Andrew Harnik/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Vice President Kamala Harris departs following a virtual meeting with community leaders to discuss COVID-19 public education efforts in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Washington.Andrew Harnik/APShow MoreShow Less
Dems aim for July vote as Congress digs in on infrastructure
KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
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1of3Construction workers work in Wheeling, Ill., Wednesday, March 31, 2021. President Joe Biden will unveil his $2 trillion infrastructure plan and the plan aims to revitalize U.S. transportation infrastructure, water systems, broadband and manufacturing, among other goals.Nam Y. Huh/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3A driver navigates orange cones used to route traffic through a project to replace old water lines under Main Street as part of a work to update water and sewer systems as well as prepare the road for the expansion of a street car line in Kansas City, Mo. Wednesday, March 30, 2021. Looking beyond the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another of his top legislative priorities with a long-sought boost to the nation s roads, bridges and other infrastructure that could meet GOP resistance t
EXPLAINER: Questions remain about conditions of migrant kids
ELLIOT SPAGAT and NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press
March 31, 2021
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1of30Young minors lie inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in Donna, Texas, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The minors are housed by the hundreds in eight pods that are about 3,200 square feet in size. Many of the pods had more than 500 children in them. The Biden administration on Tuesday for the first time allowed journalists inside its main detention facility at the border for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 kids and families were crammed into pods and the youngest kept in a large play pen with mats on the floor for sleeping.Dario Lopez-Mills/APShow MoreShow Less
Stiff adoption scheme term sought for Arizona ex-politician
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JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019, file photo, then-Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen, right, and his attorney, Kurt Altman, leave a court hearing in Phoenix. Petersen is scheduled on Friday, March 19, 2021, to receive the second of three prison sentences for convictions stemming from his acknowledged operation of an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands.Jacques Billeaud/AP
PHOENIX (AP) Arizona prosecutors are seeking the stiffest possible prison sentence for a former metro Phoenix politician convicted in an illegal adoption scheme one that could land him behind bars for as many as 18 years.