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Sep 23 2021
News
FDA authorizes booster dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for people 65 and older, high-risk workers
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people 65 and older and those whose jobs put them at high risk for exposure to COVID-19.
Individuals 18 and up who are at high risk for severe COVID-19 were also included in the authorization, which only covers those who are at least six months out from their second dose of the
USA TODAYOct 20 2020
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Federal violent crime initiative results in more than 1,500 arrests across US over last 3 months
A Drug Enforcement Administration initiative to combat violent crime has resulted in more than 1,500 arrests across the U.S. over the last three months, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Since the operation launched in August, law enforcement agents have arrested 1,521 suspects in both state and federal cases — including almost 40 fugitives — seized 2,135 firearms, and seized
The BlazeApr 30 2013
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Obama Seeks Syria Consensus
President Obama raised the bar for stepping up U.S. involvement in Syria's civil war, saying that not only the U.S. but the "international community" must concur in the judgment that chemical weapons were used by the regime.
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 12 2021
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Federal Judge Grants Injunction Against NY COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of 17 New York state healthcare workers who object to religious reasons to getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
The judge said defendants, state officials, failed to adequately explain why workers were denied from religious exemptions to a vaccine mandate imposed in August.
“There is no adequate explanation from defendants about why the ‘
The Epoch TimesOct 21 2015
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Syria's Assad Visits Moscow To Discuss Military Plans With Putin
In his first known international trip since civil war began in Syria, President Bashar Assad has just returned from a quick visit in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Assad reportedly briefed Putin on Syria's current and future military operations.
NPR (Online News)Apr 14 2021
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Biden Seeks $670M to End HIV/AIDS Epidemic
President Joe Biden is seeking $670 million from Congress in his discretionary proposal to end HIV/AIDS permanently, a total activists say is not enough.
"The last year of unfathomable human loss and health system collapse during colliding pandemics should have taught us the importance of investing in the human right to health, including making life-saving medicines available to all
Newsmax (News)Nov 20 2020
Analysis
Journalism Professors Demand Iowa State University Disband the College Republicans Over Offensive Tweet
Iowa State University has reaffirmed the free speech rights of conservative students initially under fire for tweeting an edgy comment—thus provoking the ire of several ISU journalism professors who demanded the students be punished.
A few days after the 2020 election, the Twitter account of ISU's College Republicans made this statement: "Everyone, you must arm up, expect these people
ReasonMar 25 2021
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Biden press conference: Legislative impasses will depend on Republicans
President Joe Biden signaled he was prepared to blame Republicans if his legislative agenda addressing immigration, gun control, climate change, and voting rights stalls in Congress.
"I think my Republican colleagues are going to have to determine whether or not we want to work together," he said Thursday, claiming they were embroiled in "politics of division."
"I'm going to move
Washington ExaminerMay 03 2021
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Menthol Cigarettes
“U.S. health regulators pledged again Thursday to try to ban menthol cigarettes… The FDA said it aims to propose regulations banning the flavor in the coming year and declined to speculate on when the rule would be finalized.” (AP News)
The right opposes banning menthol cigarettes, arguing that the ban is arbitrary and will disproportionately impact African American consumers.
The Flip SideOct 28 2021
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Billionaire Tax
“Senior Democrats in the U.S. Congress were at odds on Wednesday over a proposal to tax billionaires' assets to help pay for President Joe Biden's social and climate-change agenda… The Senate's top tax writer, Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, unveiled the idea early on Wednesday, but by afternoon his House of Representatives counterpart, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal,
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