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How Capitol security failed to stop the insurrection

How Capitol security failed to stop the insurrection

Apple News Today
Feb 24, 2021 9 min
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<p>For the first time since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, key officials who were in charge of security that day have testified before Congress. The <a href="https://apple.news/Anb2rImDcS5mfBIhH7Bpfxw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports that one big question raised at the hearing was whether domestic terror is taken as seriously as foreign threats.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AueB5Yp45QJKspmix75akPA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> reports on Democratic claims of a double standard for Biden cabinet nominees that affects women and people of color.</p> <p>Online coaches are pushing the idea that positive thinking can help people &ldquo;manifest&rdquo; their way into making more money. <a href="https://apple.news/A6z-DCmWLSzyvHsgik73t7g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Cosmopolitan</a> reports that women, who&rsquo;ve been hit especially hard by the pandemic, are the main target.</p> <p>Fast-food companies are cutting less-popular items to streamline their menus during the pandemic. The <a href="https://apple.news/AVqBmMOIJRpKMDWVTJNEpiA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> highlights the elaborate campaigns people are mounting online to bring back personal favorites.</p>

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