March 2021 News
Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative March 2021 news and views
Note: This February has seen lots of news, which is divided into two parts on this site to ease reader uploads.
March 2
Top Headlines
New York Times, Politics Live Updates: Enough Vaccine Will Be Available for Every U.S. Adult by May 31, Biden Says
- Washington Post, Merck will help make Johnson & Johnson vaccine, boosting supply
- Washington Post, FBI Director Wray says bureau is pursuing about 2,000 extremism cases
- Washington Post, Analysis: Wray delivers a big blow to Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, but the GOP keeps feeding them, Aaron Blake
- New York Times, Texas Drops Virus Restrictions Amid a Wave of U.S. Reopenings
- New York Times, Prosecutors Investigating Trump Focus on His Finance Chief
- Washington Post, U.S. announces sanctions on Russia over Navalny poisoning and jailing
U.S. Capitol Riot, Insurrection Followups
- Washington Post, U.S. alleges Proud Boys planned to break into Capitol on Jan. 6 from many different points
- Washington Post, A Capitol rioter said he posed as antifa, feds say, then boasted he beat police who ‘got exactly what they deserved’
- Washington Post, Military reaction was ‘sprint speed,’ top officer says as Pentagon takes heat for Capitol riot response
Washington Post, FBI director faces senators demanding answers about Capitol riot
- Washington Post, Fact Checker Analysis: Trump’s four-Pinocchio claim he ‘requested’ 10,000 troops for Jan. 6, but it was rejected by Pelosi, Glenn Kessler
- Wayne Madsen Report, Opinion: Far-right terrorist leader IDs Republicans in Congress to “get rid of,” Wayne Madsen
Virus Victims, Responses
- Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals, U.S. Deaths: 527,386
Washington Post, 51.8 million vaccinated
- New York Times, Should Your School Be Fully Open? Here’s What the C.D.C. Says
- Washington Post, Live Virus Reporting: Global infection numbers edging back up after weeks of decline, WHO says
Washington Post, U.S.