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Mississippi, Missouri, Alaska and Iowa are ending the extra $300-a-week unemployment benefit provided as part of COVID-19 relief in a controversial bid to get people back to work.

U.S. COVID-19 cases have dropped 95% since January. At least 65% of adults have had a least one vaccine shot. President Biden aims to have 70% of adults vaccinated with at least one shot by July 4.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about G-7 nations agreeing to back a global minimum tax rate on multinational corporations.

Monday is the White House deadline to get a deal with Republicans on infrastructure. Vice President Harris is on her first foreign trip as VP. A massacre in Burkina Faso has left 130 people dead.

Tom Jones performs songs from his new album, Surrounded By Time for the first time in his triumphant return to the Tiny Desk.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, the Rev. Thomas McKenzie and Imam Rizwan Ali about the impact the pandemic has had on them and their congregations.

Ann Morton is pushing back against political polarization by asking Americans to contribute textiles that are equal parts red and blue.

As President Joe Biden continues talks with Senate Republicans over his infrastructure package, House Democrats move ahead with a transportation bill that could cover some of Biden's desired agenda.

President Biden's approval numbers stay steady, bipartisan negotiations continue on infrastructure, and there are reports President Trump says, erroneously, that he will be back in office by August.

As foreign troops withdraw, the Taliban have seized parts of Afghan highways and closed in on cities. One arms dealer in the country says they're even buying heavier weaponry.