Democrats are moving forward to pass a COVID-19 relief bill through a process known as “budget reconciliation.” NPR explains how it works. 

On the campaign trail, Biden promised a major overhaul of Trump’s immigration policies. But L.A. Times reporter Molly O’Toole writes that Biden’s early actions on immigration focus on reviewing Trump policies, and don’t yet undo all of them.

A new analysis by counterterror experts in the Atlantic finds the Capitol riot was the product of a new kind of American extremism.

Nobel Peace Prize nominations are in the news. CNN explains why it’s surprisingly easy to get nominated.