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THE HARROD REPORT: For March 19, 2021

 First Black Transgender Woman to Appear in SI Swimsuit Issue

Leyna Bloom is making history in Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue, becoming the first Black and Asian transgender woman to appear in the magazine. 


A member of the World Health Organization investigative team says wildlife farms in southern China are the most likely source of the COVID-19 pandemic. 


A dozen years into its fight with the Islamic insurgent group Boko Haram, Nigeria is getting some new weapons: a pair of Wing Loong II drones from China. 

A man was arrested Wednesday afternoon near the Naval Observatory and charged with several counts related to weapons and ammunition, according the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department. The Naval Observatory is the vice presidential residence, though Vice President Harris and her family do not live at the estate yet. 


U.S. Postal Service investigators found no evidence to support a Pennsylvania postal worker's claims that his supervisors had tampered with mail-in ballots, according to an inspector general report -- allegations cited by top Republicans to press baseless claims of election fraud. 

The House passed a bill Wednesday to honor the Capitol Police officers who protected the building during January 6 riots with Congressional Gold Medals. The vote passed 413 to 12. 


John Magufuli, who presided over an increasingly authoritarian regime as president of Tanzania and, during the final year of his reign, rejected scientific evidence of the coronavirus pandemic, urging his citizens to raise their voices in prayer rather than cover their faces with masks, died March 17 at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. He was 61. 


If you think the national GOP has embraced fringe figures, wait until you meet their colleagues in statehouses. 


Some swing voters are concerned President Biden isn't doing enough to discourage a surge of migration to the southern border -- and they're worried about the buildup of child migrants in detention facilities. 


A US warship has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the United States navy said, in the first such voyage since the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer on Thursday conducted a routine transit through the waterway separating the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, the US Seventh Fleet said in a statement. 


A search warrant was executed Wednesday morning at the home of former Florida Sen. Frank Artiles as part of the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office's investigation into whether he illegally funded a planted candidate in the November election. 


The House has renewed the Violence Against Women Act. It now faces major hurdles in the Senate. The House once again passes the Violence Against Women Act in the face of NRA opposition. 


My house is packed with video game consoles, phones, and computers hosting a world of shiny AAA games and quirky indies, yet my 8-year-old daughter spends the bulk of her time in a free-to-play game called Roblox on whatever screen is in front of her. She even spends a chunk of her allowance on a Roblox Premium subscription. 


Racially motivated extremists pose the most lethal domestic terrorism threats to the US, according to an unclassified intelligence report that warned that the threats could grow this year.

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