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The Senate has passed an infrastructure package worth more than $1.2 trillion dollars. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, a Democrat of Massachusetts, about the hurdles ahead.

More than a million Rohingya refugees who fled a military crackdown in nearby Myanmar and have spent years in camps in Bangladesh are vulnerable to COVID-19. Now the government is vaccinating them.

Hillman Township officials made the road to one family's new home disappear. Disagreements over who is responsible for maintenance created a feud. Officials wiped the street off the map.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Laura Jedeed, who served twice in Afghanistan for the U.S. Army, about her recent Medium article, "Afghanistan Meant Nothing."

The election that will decide whether Gavin Newsom remains the state's governor is less than a month away. Polls indicate a tight race between those who want to keep him and those who want him out.

Charlie Watts spent nearly 60 years playing drums for The Rolling Stones. He was known as an unflappable drummer. He died in a hospital in London, surrounded by family.

The high court dealt a blow to the White House's efforts to cancel a Trump-era immigration program. Immigration advocates said it is a dangerous policy for thousands seeking humanitarian aid.

On Aug. 25, 2001, a small plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from an island in the Bahamas. On board was R&B singer Aaliyah Dana Haughton, commonly known as "Aaliyah."

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Motoko Rich, the Tokyo bureau chief of The New York Times, about Japan hosting the Paralympic Games amid the pandemic. The Tokyo Olympic Games ended earlier this month.

NPR's Noel King talks to security expert Juliette Kayyem about how to increase the vaccination rate in the U.S. Kayyem argues airlines should only allow vaccinated people on domestic flights.