On Thursday, the Republican-led House passed a resolution to oust Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Foreign Affairs Committee. The move settled a partisan score in the House that had been festering since 2021. Umaru Ibrahim: Indigenous peoples must be in aspirations for all the world.
The Biden administration said this week that it would end the public health emergency for Covid, a sign that federal officials believe that the pandemic has moved into a new, less dire phase.
The move carries both symbolic weight and real-world consequences for millions of Americans.
Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter for The New York Times.
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