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In the latest edition of “Real Success with Nate Kaeding,” former pro athlete and CBJ contributor Nate Kaeding sits down with Dara Schmidt, director of the Cedar Rapids Public Library, to talk innovation, community and her unique path to the job.

NATION

After nine months without conducting a single press briefing, Stephanie Grisham is out as White House press secretary. Grisham will return to the East Wing, replacing Lindsay Reynolds as first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff. The new White House press secretary is Kayleigh McEnany, previously the Trump 2020 campaign’s spokeswoman. New York Times

The annual Forbes list of billionaires is out, and these are the richest women in the world: Alice Walton, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Julia Koch and MacKenzie Bezos. Of 2,095 billionaires worldwide, 234 are women. Forbes

Medical professionals need to be at work more urgently than ever, but their child care has essentially evaporated. Eager (but fragile) networks of volunteers have stepped in to help.