The pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. agreed to help manufacture Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine, in a deal partly brokered by the White House. As coronavirus cases fall, states are rescinding mask mandates and reopening businesses and schools, prompting people to emerge after months of isolation despite uncertainty about the pandemic’s future. The White House had insisted that it would stand by Neera Tanden as President Biden’s top budget official, but it became clear that she did not have the Senate votes to be confirmed. President Biden and top Democrats are working to ensure that frustration over the exclusion of the minimum wage increase in the stimulus plan does not overshadow the success of the package. The action came as the administration declassified an intelligence finding that the F.S.B., one of Russia’s leading intelligence agencies, was responsible for the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny. Christopher A. Wray condemned the Capitol riot and told the Senate Judiciary Committee that agents had opened 2,000 domestic terrorism inquiries in recent years. As jockeying begins for 2024, rank-and-file Republicans say they are most drawn to leaders who both pledge fealty to the former president and appear to showcase a distinct political identity. Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced more calls for his resignation, and a Republican congressman and Trump backer, Lee Zeldin, said he was exploring a challenge to him next year. A truck slammed into an S.U.V. crowded with 25 people in an agricultural region where migrant smuggling is common. The collision of an S.U.V. and a tractor-trailer on the outskirts of Holtville, Calif., left at least 13 people dead. A priest who was hospitalized last year with Covid-19 offered funeral Masses for two victims. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. As the Senate prepares to vote on President Biden’s first major piece of legislation, we look at the partisan debate that has erupted around it. The Times would like to hear from readers who want to share messages and materials with our journalists. We may be witnessing a major realignment of the Middle East. Livestreaming your life to a devoted audience is big business. A new short film explores what happens when the cameras are off. A century ago, another pandemic terrorized the world for over a year — until it didn’t. Is the coronavirus finally going the way of the 1918 flu? The court is being asked how hard it should be for states to pass what might be voter-suppression laws. I spent my life covering wars, but this battle was fought at home. Yes, veterans were involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. But this isn’t just the military’s problem to solve. A policy that sustains people in joblessness is not ultimately anti-poverty. 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The pandemic has prompted some builders to reconsider open plan apartments to include an entry space, a de facto “airlock” between the outside world and the rest of the apartment. But there are ways to prepare to face it. At Sunday’s ceremony, a whole host of British winners and nominees got their training in the theater before they made it to the screen. Once you master the technique, every outfit becomes more interesting. Tying a wrap becomes an everyday celebration of Blackness. Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Every month, streaming services add a new batch of titles to their libraries. Here are our picks for March. M.I.T. researchers have devised a virtual-reality technique that lets them read old letters that were mailed not in envelopes but in the writing paper itself after being folded into elaborate enclosures. The young woman’s account follows two separate accusations that Gov. 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