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Aug 31 2022
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FDA Authorizes Updated COVID-19 Booster Shots for Expected Fall Omicron Wave
The FDA updated its emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to include updated booster shots designed to fight the highly contagious BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.
The updated booster shots came ahead of an expected fall or winter wave of COVID-19 cases. The U.S. currently has a seven-day average of about 90,000 daily new cases, but last
Fox News (Online News) STAT The VergeJun 22 2021
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Senate Prepares to Vote on Voting Rights Legislation
Senate Democrats are working to convince Republicans to support voting rights legislation that is scheduled for a vote on Tuesday. Known as the "For The People Act," it passed the House in March mostly along party lines, but it is not expected to pass in the Senate.
The legislation would expand early voting, relax voter ID requirements, and allow for voter registration on election day
Associated Press Fact Check Washington Times USA TODAYJul 11 2017
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NY Times Versus Donald Trump Jr.
A lawyer for Donald Trump Jr. late Monday dismissed a New York Times report that the president's eldest son knew that potentially damaging information on Hillary Clinton was offered as part of a Russian government effort to assist his father in last year's election.
New York Times (News) Fox News (Online News) NPR (Online News)Aug 29 2022
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As School Year Begins, Book Bans and Curriculum Laws Spark Controversy
As schools return from summer break, many classrooms are finding themselves in the middle of a culture war waging throughout the nation. As Republican-governed states such as Florida and Texas pass new laws prohibiting select books and topics of discussion from schools, educators are navigating new legal waters with trepidation and uncertainty.
At the forefront of new education
Reason 538 (ABC News) New York Times (News)Feb 08 2022
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‘Freedom Convoy’ Blocks Busiest US-Canada Border Crossing
As Canadian truck drivers continued to protest in Ottawa, some trucks and private vehicles blocked traffic across the busiest border crossing between the U.S. and Canada.
Starting Monday evening, the “Freedom Convoy” protesters prevented traffic from entering Canada across the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. The blockade caused traffic to back up in
Fox News (Online News) BBC News New York Times (News)Sep 28 2023
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Media Divided on Coverage, Causes of New York City's Migrant Crisis
New York City’s struggle to grapple with an influx of migrants is spawning commentary and criticism over immigration policy, media coverage, and more.
“Scapegoats”: A writer in Mother Jones (Left bias) described the Roosevelt Hotel, NYC’s main asylum intake center, as “nothing like the imagery of an ‘invasion’ or ‘national emergency’ evoked by politicians and the anti-migrant protests
Mother Jones The Hill Washington ExaminerJun 01 2022
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Biden's Comments on 9mm Handguns, 2nd Amendment Draw Scrutiny
President Joe Biden's recent remarks about handguns and gun laws sparked criticism from fact-checkers and conservative voices.
Speaking to reporters at the White House Monday after meeting with Uvalde shooting victims' families, Biden said that when he visited a New York trauma hospital 20-25 years ago and asked why the death rate had gone up, a trauma doctor told him that "a 9mm
Washington Post Newsweek New York Post (News)Feb 25 2020
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President Trump Suggests Sotomayor, Ginsburg Recuse Themselves From His Cases
President Trump has called on Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg to recuse themselves from cases involving him or his administration.
Trump's comment came after Sotomayor criticized conservative justices for consistently ruling in favor of the president. Ginsburg had previously called Trump a "faker" during the 2016 election.
New York Times (News) NPR (Online News) Breitbart NewsJun 02 2021
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Democrats Retain US House Seat in New Mexico
Democrats held off a Republican challenge in New Mexico's 1st Congressional District special election, helped with money and support from the Democratic National Committee.
Melanie Stansbury won a four-way race to fill a vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. The 42-year-old beat her Republican rival by over 30,000 votes; her campaign priorities matched closely
NPR (Online News) Fox News (Online News) PoliticoAug 25 2022
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California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously approved new rules on Thursday that would effectively ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles in the state by 2035.
The decision would not ban the use of gas-powered cars, but it would significantly change transportation in the country’s most populous state. The new rules would incrementally require higher percentages of new
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