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As the debate over the bipartisan infrastructure package continues, some Democrats have turned their attention to the climate actions the deal left behind.

Including a clean electricity standard.

What will it take to clean up our electric grid? And how long will it take?

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All 50 states have reported an increase in Covid-19 vaccination rates. That means, at least 70 percent of American adults have now received at least the first shot of the vaccine.

New York Attorney General Letitia James released a report this week that found that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed and assaulted women during his time in office. Democrats have pressured Cuomo to resign, but so far he's stayed put.

The World Health Organization called for a moratorium on vaccine booster shots in developed nations through September to allow for poorer countries to have access to doses. The White House says there's enough supply for boosters and to increase access for poorer countries.

Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya refused orders to fly home early from the Olympics after criticizing her coaches on social media. She's now in Poland where she has been given a humanitarian visa.

Protesters in Lebanon have taken to the streets to mark the one-year anniversary of the Beirut port explosion.

We cover all these headlines and more during the News Roundup.

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By 2025 over 1.1 billion people will be postmenopausal, but if you ask the average person on the street, they'll likely say no one talks about it.

We get into the nitty-gritty of what happens during menopause, why, how to deal with the symptoms with our panel of experts, and why don't we talk more about The Change.

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President Joe Biden announced last week that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will end this year. The news follows a similar notice earlier this year that U.S. troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by Aug. 31. Together, they mark the looming conclusion of what Biden has called "the forever wars."

However, many question whether the end of the Iraq mission is just rebranding rather than an actual change. The 2,500 troops currently in Iraq will stay in place.

We discuss why the U.S. combat mission in Iraq is ending, what was accomplished, and what its conclusion really means for the future of Iraq and the region.

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Pandemic lockdowns didn't change our shopping habits. But it did change where many consumers wanted to buy clothes.

Instead of spending time and money at the mall, many turned to online retailers for their fashion fix.

Chinese clothing giant Shein had its biggest year of sales during the pandemic. The company is following in the cheaply made, quickly produced footsteps of competitors H&M, Zara, and Forever 21.

And just like traditional fast fashion, the ethical implications and low costs are hard for consumers to reconcile. What defines ultra-fast fashion? And how will it redefine how we think about buying our clothes?

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Covid-19 is surging in largely unvaccinated parts of the country. Parts of the South are being hit especially hard by the Delta variant.

But the danger has been slow to translate into policy or action.

What will it take to get the unvaccinated vaccinated? We speak to two doctors living and working in places with some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country.

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As the Delta variant continues its rapid spread in the U.S., the CDC released updated guidelines recommending that vaccinated citizens wear masks indoors in areas where Covid-19 transmission is high. Currently, about two-thirds of all U.S. counties qualify.

The House committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection met for the first time this week. It heard testimony from four Capitol police officers present the day of the attack. Committee members have signaled they are ready to begin issuing subpoenas for further witnesses and may meet again in August.

Meanwhile, the U.S. has pledged to remove its forces from Iraq by the end of the year — a goal that presents some huge challenges, logistical and otherwise.

The U.S. is also facilitating the return of some 17,000 Iraqi archaeological treasures, the oldest of which dates back 4,000 years.

The first person to be tried under Hong Kong's new, restrictive security law has been found guilty of secessionism and terrorism. Tong Ying-kit's conviction is being condemned by human rights groups.

We cover all this and more during the News Roundup.

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It wasn't without controversy, but the House managed to put together a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

And this week, Capitol police officers who were present for the insurrection testified before the committee, detailing their experiences on the day.

Aside from the committee's investigation, the criminal investigations into finding those who broke into the Capitol are still underway.

Where do these hearings and these investigations go from here? We discuss all that and more.

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More than 30,000 people have been shot in Chicago over the past decade. Of them, five out of six survived.

A new series from The Trace investigates the impact of gun violence on survivors and communities, specifically in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago.

We talk about the toll of gun violence in the neighborhood.

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As the pandemic rages worldwide, opioid overdose deaths in the US rose, with deaths up 29 percent in 2020 compared to 2019. The 93,000 deaths are attributed to isolation, disruption of addiction services, and other consequences of the pandemic.

At the same time, a $26 billion settlement between states and some of the biggest manufacturers in the opioid industry is being finalized, but not everyone is on board.

We talk about how we got to where we are and the details of the biggest settlement since the tobacco agreement in 1998.

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