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Joe Biden plans to nominate former Florida senator Bill Nelson to be the next administrator of NASA, according to the Washington Post
Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, is a long-time friend and supporter of Biden. He oversaw NASA’s space programs during his time in Congress. In 1986, while he was a US representative, he became the second sitting member of Congress to go into space, spending about 6 days on the space shuttle.
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A new Pew Research poll shows that most Americans believe the prosecution of those who took part in the US Capitol insurrection on 6 January is very important, but partisan divides still remain.
Nearly 70% of poll respondents said it is important to prosecute the Capitol rioters, and 47% believe that rioters will receive punishments that are less severe than they should be. The vast majority of Democrats (86%) believe the prosecution of rioters is important, while 50% of Republicans believed the same.
About a month after former President Donald Trump was acquitted in his second impeachment trial in the Senate, 52% of Americans say Trump’s conduct surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was wrong and that he should have been convicted by the Senate. https://t.co/C1o115uUmF pic.twitter.com/Hyl1mP864W
