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Oct 21 2021
Analysis
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rising In North, Falling In South, And The Media Is Silent
The states with falling COVID-19 hospitalizations are mostly in the south, and the states with rising hospitalizations are mostly in the north. All the while, the media is ignoring the change, when they spent all summer blasting Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Greg Abbott (R-TX) for supposedly mishandling the pandemic.
National Review’s Jim Geraghty noted the trend on Thursday, while
The Daily WireDec 23 2021
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First doses of Paxlovid, Pfizer's new COVID pill, are released to states
A federal agency has released the first allocations of Paxlovid, the new COVID-19 treatment from Pfizer, to states and territories. The federal government has a contract for 10 million courses of the treatment and is providing the medicine free to state and territorial health departments.
The government acknowledges that supplies will be tight to start.
"An initial 65,000 courses
NPR (Online News)Feb 07 2022
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Manchin, Murkowski endorse each other during rare joint TV appearance
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorsed each other Sunday during a joint TV interview — as Manchin defended his opposition of President Biden’s $2 trillion social spending bill, saying he’s “not a Washington Democrat.”
The lawmakers put up a bipartisan front during their appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” ahead of their upcoming re-election races.
New York Post (News)Apr 03 2022
Analysis
Jackson Vote Poses a Political Dilemma for Murkowski
When President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to a prestigious appeals court last year, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a centrist known for her willingness to break with her party, was one of only three Republicans to vote to confirm her.
Now Ms. Murkowski, who is in a challenging re-election race in the state she has represented for two decades, faces a difficult
New York Times (News)Mar 30 2022
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Planned Parenthood Sues To Block Idaho's Texas-Style Abortion Ban
Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Wednesday to block Idaho’s new abortion ban, which is modeled after a law in Texas that was designed to evade court challenges.
The health care provider’s petition asks the Idaho Supreme Court to block the state law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, which is before many people even know they’re pregnant, before it goes into effect on April
HuffPostFeb 15 2022
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Judge says he'll dismiss Palin's landmark libel lawsuit against NYT
The New York Times was handed a small victory on Monday, after a New York district judge said he would dismiss a landmark defamation case brought against it by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Driving the news: In an unusual decision ahead of the jury vote Monday, Judge Jed S. Rakoff said Palin failed to prove the New York Times acted with "actual malice," per NPR's David Folkenflik.
AxiosSep 25 2021
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Covid Hospitalizations Dip, But More Than Half Of States Have Almost No ICU Beds Open
A slight decline in Covid-19 cases nationwide has masked spikes in infections and hospitalizations that have hit mostly Southern states in recent weeks, filling their intensive care units to dangerously near full capacity.
Nationally, 80.1% of ICU beds are occupied, and 27.18% of all ICU beds are filled with Covid-19 patients, according to data from the Department of Health & Human
ForbesOct 21 2021
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COVID cases and deaths keep falling
America’s coronavirus outbreak is rapidly improving as the Delta wave recedes, and vaccines for kids — which could become available within weeks — will help the situation improve even further.
By the numbers: Nationwide, the U.S. is now averaging about 79,000 new cases per day — a 22% drop over the past two weeks.
COVID-19 deaths have fallen by 14% over the same period, to an
AxiosMar 30 2022
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Susan Collins to give Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson first GOP vote
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday she plans to vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, giving her the first Republican vote for the role and all but ensuring her place on the court.
Collins made her decision following a second personal meeting with Jackson on Tuesday after the judge met with other swing-vote Republicans, though the Maine senator was the
Washington ExaminerNov 15 2021
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Biden signs executive order to improve safety for Native Americans
President Biden signed an executive order Monday directing several federal agencies to figure out how to improve public safety for Native Americans and investigate the fates of hundreds of missing or murdered indigenous people.
The president signed the order after addressing the virtual tribal nations summit from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.
In a call
New York Post (News)