Who could get stimulus checks and how big they might be

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<p>Ten Republican senators are proposing a $600 million plan as an alternative to President Biden&rsquo;s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. The <a href="https://apple.news/APnr_NJJWTguONdk39iROpg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains the debate over stimulus checks. And the <a href="https://apple.news/AlFmh8txuSoyv7UyBN5A-DA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> cites research that says wealthier families barely spent the money they got from the earlier stimulus.</p> <p>The Biden administration is running into early obstacles as it pursues its vaccine-rollout goals. <a href="https://apple.news/A5vRSGUxuQ1SMS7VgJutt3Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> breaks down how those challenges may set back the pandemic response.</p> <p>Myanmar&rsquo;s military has seized power and detained the country&rsquo;s democratically elected leader, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. <a href="https://apple.news/AK_UhNHWMTPiQTXji-h5qBA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> reports on the first foreign-policy crisis of the new Biden administration.</p> <p>Scientists are tracking the synchronized rotation of a group of faraway planets. And it turns out their movements make interesting music. <a href="https://apple.news/AvuEvdK_ZQQ-tDgIGPSPtYA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Forbes</a> explains.</p>