Biden’s big spending bill is still stuck. Here’s why.

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<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AfQmTHP4HSaCjz7pjFL9WBw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains why it&rsquo;s looking unlikely that Democrats will pass the president&rsquo;s nearly $2 trillion spending package ahead of the holidays.</p> <p>Waves of star athletes are testing positive for the coronavirus, disrupting games. ESPN reports on new COVID protocols being introduced by the <a href="https://apple.news/AaO3NDoUZRJuwcYKBO9czzw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NFL</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/A7HhY6c5iRTilHOQSB45lxw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBA</a>.</p> <p>Claudette Colvin was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat for a white person &mdash; nine months before Rosa Parks&rsquo;s act of defiance. Nearly 70 years later, Colvin&rsquo;s record has finally been cleared. She talks to <a href="https://apple.news/Akmjbm0DFSO2UETFY9IFERg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS News</a>.</p> <p>Are brain surgeons and rocket scientists smarter than the rest of us? Not necessarily, according to a new study. The <a href="https://apple.news/ACDwKNoBiSPmEbt42ZQA_iw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> has the story.</p>