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Some Biden Cabinet nominees face a difficult confirmation path; vaccine corruption is causing scandals in Argentina and Peru.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. TOP NEWS Tanden nomination unlikely, Becerra and Haaland face opposition Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The path to 50 confirmation votes for Biden's Office of Management and Budget nominee Neera Tanden is looking unlikely after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (WV) said he would oppose her confirmation. [ Vox / Ella Nilsen ] Tanden, who ran the center-left think tank Center for American Progress, has come under fire in the confirmation process for her hundreds of since-deleted "mean" tweets against both Republicans and further-left Democrats, including Sen....

Vaccine administration will soon overtake vaccine supply as the country's inoculation challenge; Biden reengages Iran on a nuclear deal.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. TOP NEWS America's vaccine supply surges Eddie Seal/Bloomberg/Getty Images Enhanced production among manufacturers and officials means the American Covid-19 vaccine supply should double within a month. [ Bloomberg / Drew Armstrong and Tom Randall ] The US is currently administering 1.6 million vaccine doses per day. That should rise to 4.5 million by the summer — and White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients's estimate that all Americans can get vaccinated by the end of July could happen even sooner. [ Axios / Caitlin Owens ]...