
White House officials mull over life after the pandemic, but there's still no clear plan
CNN
The Covid-19 crisis is nearing the second anniversary of the pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization, on March 11 -- and many people are now ready to know both when and how society can return to what we used to think of as normal.
In the United States, the White House has told CNN that federal officials are "thinking about" what comes next, after the United States transitions out of the current Covid-19 emergency and into a greater state of normalcy -- but officials still have not released a plan for that transition.

Cuba is going dark under US pressure. How the crisis unfolded and why its troubles are far from over
Almost three months after the US effectively imposed an oil blockade on Cuba that worsened its energy crunch, nearly every aspect of Cuban society has been feeling the strain.

The Department of Homeland Security has been ensnared by a partial government shutdown as Congress did not act to fund the agency by the end of Friday. But nearly all DHS workers will remain on the job — even if many won’t get paid until the lapse ends — and the public probably won’t notice much of a change.











