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Takeaways: AP investigation of Catholic Church and US aid

By REESE DUNKLIN and MICHAEL REZENDES - Associated Press
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When the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into freefall, the federal government hastily knit a safety net for small businesses called the Paycheck Protection Program. The idea was to keep Main Street alive and workers paid even as the public health emergency shuttered shops and offices. An investigation by The Associated Press found that the Roman Catholic Church was perhaps the program’s biggest beneficiary. Catholic dioceses collectively had billions in cash and other readily available funds when they received at least $3 billion from the small business emergency relief program. Instead of suffering financially, many dioceses are reporting that their available assets grew amid the broader economic downturn.

Colorado governor: Space Command, US lands agency must stay

By JAMES ANDERSON - Associated Press
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is urging the Biden administration to keep the headquarters of two key U.S. government agencies in Colorado, arguing that the U.S. Space Command and the Bureau of Land Management serve the nation’s interests better if they stay where they are. The Democratic governor is urging Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to review the Trump administration’s announcement that the new U.S. Space Command headquarters will be in Huntsville, Alabama, home to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal. The command provisionally is located at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Polis also urged President Biden to keep the BLM headquarters in Grand Junction. The Trump administration moved those headquarters from Washington.

Biden to Visit State Dept. as US Reengages With Allies

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Syrian refugee Mahmoud Mansour, 47, helps his youngest daughter Sahar, 8, with her homework  (AP Photo/Omar Akour) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is sending a message to his messengers, using a visit to the State Department to underscore his promise to restore a multilateral approach to U.S. foreign policy and reengage with the international community. White House press secretary…

Defend or rebuke? House GOP Faces Difficult Vote Over Greene

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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., attends a ceremony memorializing U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick ((Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool) WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans will be forced to go on the record defending or rebuking congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican has drawn bipartisan condemnation over her embrace of far-right conspiracy theories, as well as her…