The Report: How Government Got Its Groove Back

The Report: How Government Got Its Groove Back

Plus: Uproar in Georgia, vaccine passports and a safe summer of love

April 2, 2021

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The Report

Measuring government performance

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 30: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) extension in the Oval Office of the White House on March 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. The extension will push the deadline for Paycheck Protection Program loans from March 31 to May 31. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

If Biden can prove that the government can indeed solve problems he'll earn the government sort of credibility he'll need to get much of his agenda passed.

While outrage is high after two mass shootings, so are background checks for potential gun buyers.

The president again accelerated the vaccine distribution schedule, making even a still-bad situation look more hopeful while boosting his poll numbers in the process.

The new spending is aimed at further rehabilitating the economy, creating jobs and addressing inequities. But passing it is going to be a challenge.

As more people get vaccinated and travel ticks upward, some are raising questions about how to prove inoculation, including so-called vaccine passports.

Americans are lusting for a return to normal life – but seizing the sexual moment should come with caution.

With strained access to vaccines, health care leaders in Africa's smallest country are investing in genome sequencing to detect new COVID-19 variants.

U.S. News photo editors curate this month's most compelling images from at home and abroad.

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