The Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration’s signature accomplishment, has survived four years of attempts to gut it. CNN reports on how President Biden, now president, is moving to bolster the law. And Quartz breaks down what Democrats could get done on health care with a slim majority in Congress. GameStop stock rose 1,555% in a month. That is definitely not normal. Vox explains how it happened. Protests in India are escalating as farmers rally against a recent change to agriculture laws. The Wall Street Journal looks at what’s behind these protests and their potential political impact. Soon it won’t just be astronauts in space. NPR covers the first private mission to the International Space Station, which carries a $55 million per person price tag.

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