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Patrick Harker, president & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, is helping to set U.S. monetary policy. Washington Post economics correspondent Heather Long will address with Harker the debate over increasing interest rates to keep the post-COVID-19 economy from overheating, and investing in education and skill programs to bolster the U.S. workforce. Join Washington Post Live on Friday, May 21 at 12:00pm ET.

The cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline has shown the vulnerability of energy infrastructure in the United States. We talk with supply chain expert Prof. Robert Handfield of N.C. State University and Gary Harris of the N.C. Petroleum Marketers Association about how we can keep our infrastructure safe.

Amid spiraling violence sparked by clashes in Jerusalem, a familiar sound has returned to southern Israel: the blare of rocket sirens and the explosions of Iron Dome interceptors.

Want to know where this money is heading, as the US federal government has invested billions of dollars in taxpayers to run technology programs? A new study identifies ways to reduce federal spending on the implementation of these taxpayer-funded technology programs.

In a first, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids ages 12 to 15 — terrific news for adolescents (and their parents) who have been waiting anxiously for this cohort to be eligible for the shot.