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Plus the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and a new "Diary of a Song." View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story February 26, 2021 Your Friday Evening Briefing By Remy Tumin and Jeremiah M. Bogert, Jr. Good evening. Here's the latest. Oliver Contreras for The New York Times 1. Democrats are scrambling to salvage a minimum wage proposal ahead of a House vote on President Biden's stimulus plan. A day after a key Senate official ruled that a provision to increase the federal minimum wage would need to be removed from the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, Democrats were exploring how to codify their push to gradually raise the wage to $15 by 2025 without violating Senate rules. Two new provisions under consideration: penalizing corporations that don't pay workers at least a $15 minimum wage, and imposing tax penalties on companies if any workers earn less than a certain amount. A vote on the relief bill is expected late tonight. Unemployment ben...

Skimm'd while reading about Black women changing the beauty industry February 26, 2021 Read in Browser Skimm'd while reading about Black women changing the beauty industry Quote of the Day "We apologize for the inconvenience" – A University of Michigan spokeswoman after three venomous spiders caused the library to close down. That's scarier than any midterm exam will ever be. Qatar The Story Thousands of migrants have reportedly died while preparing for the World Cup . Explain. The soccer tournament is one of the most popular sporting events in the world (think: over 3.5 billion people watched in 2018). And next year,...