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The pandemic, migration crisis, and Congressional gridlock continue to create stumbling blocks for the Biden administration.

Congressional Republicans hope to pass a sweeping tax overhaul before Christmas, but first they'll have to resolve some major policy differences that could derail the bill.

The results mirror an earlier USA Today coaches poll that also put the Crimson Tide in the No. 1 spot. The team is going for a third-straight national title.

Also: Tensions remain high on the Korean Peninsula; President Obama reportedly plans to propose some cuts in projected spending on social programs; building collapse in India kills and injures dozens of people.

Also: Survivors have harrowing tales after Brazilian nightclub fire; unrest continues in Egypt; Toyota regains No. 1 spot among auto companies; French and Malian forces move into Timbuktu.

Barbara Bodine, the U.S. official assigned to govern central Iraq, will leave her post and return to the United States to take a position at the State Department. The move comes just days after the top civilian administrator in Iraq, retired Gen. Jay Garner, is replaced by L. Paul Bremer, a longtime State Department official. Bodine and Garner have been criticized for being slow to restore services and form an interim government. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

NPR's Steve Inskeep revisits some of the biggest business stories of 2002 with our financial experts Tom and David Gardner, co-hosts of NPR's The Motley Fool Radio Show.

The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions and they took the hardest path possible to the title. The Panthers won the first three games of the series, then lost the next three before Monday's win.

The list of nominees for the 80th Academy Awards are announced. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood both earn eight nominations, leading the field.

The last time the monument's height was measured was in 1999. And with scaffolding in place for earthquake repairs, engineers have a rare opportunity to take official measurements of the iconic obelisk.