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Jan. 27, 2021 Biden showed his years of Senate experience by winning a filibuster fight without saying a word By Jonathan Allen When the dust settled from the first round of the Senate battle over the filibuster, President Joe Biden had clearly won, writes Jonathan Allen in a news analysis. Biden, a 36-year veteran of the Senate, has long believed in the principle of unlimited debate. But as many of his fellow Democrats clamored to kill the filibuster, silence was Biden's best friend, Allen writes. Read more Controlling the message — from afar: Biden absent in Covid briefings in new, calculated strategy By Shannon Pettypiece | Read more A gerrymandering feat leads to a pandemic stalemate between Wisconsin's leadership arms By Deon J. Hampton | Read more Russia's opposition showed its strength. Biden's response showed a new U.S. approach. By Yuliya Talmazan | Read more He used Twitter to mislead voters. Now he's being charged with election interference. By Brandy Zadrozny | Read more GameStop? Reddit? Explaining what's happening in the stock market By David Ingram and Lucy Bayly | Read more They've been vaccinated. Instead of relief, they wonder: Why them? By Elizabeth Chuck | Read more 'The clouds parted': Trans service members react to end of ban from military By Jo Yurcaba | Read more OPINION Why HBO needs to scrap plans for a new 'Harry Potter' series — immediately By Ani Bundel | Read more Cloris Leachman, one of the most decorated actors in TV history, dies at 94 By David K. Li and Diana Dasrath | Read more Get the NBC News Mobile App Follow NBC News This email was sent by: NBC News 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112   This is an automated email. Do not reply directly to this email. Privacy | Unsubscribe | More NBC Newsletters | Contact View in browser