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Sep 03 2021
News
Europe may soon restrict U.S. tourists again. What does that mean?
Stephanie Flynn had planned to travel from Boston to Italy with her mom to celebrate her 30th birthday. It was April 2020, and the trip didn’t happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Neither did their rescheduled getaway last September. Finally, with the world opening up this past spring, Flynn—fully vaccinated—made a third attempt to book her Italy trip, aiming for a September departure.
National GeographicFeb 04 2022
News
Fed influence, shaky forecasts, delayed decisions: How the Biden administration misread the inflation threat
When President Joe Biden nominated former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to run the Treasury Department, his rationale was simple: “No one is better prepared to deal with this crisis.”
The crisis to which he referred was a “K-shaped” economic recovery that had exacerbated inequality in the wake of a once-in-a-generation pandemic. The administration had a simple plan, and Yellen
CNBCSep 02 2021
Opinion
Texas' repugnant abortion law is pure Republican hypocrisy
The cry of "Freedom!" echoes across the land, rising from places like Texas, controlled by Republican officials who are using every tool at their disposal to ban mask mandates or vaccine requirements. It's curious, then, that as of Wednesday morning, the women of Texas are essentially banned from choosing to get an abortion.
The same politicians who declare that mask requirements are an
CNN (Opinion)May 15 2016
News
On More than One Issue, GOP's Trump Sounds like a Democrat
As he tries to charm Republicans still skeptical of his presidential candidacy, Donald Trump has a challenge: On several key issues, he sounds an awful lot like a Democrat.
And on some points of policy, such as trade and national defense, the billionaire businessman could even find himself running to the left of Hillary Clinton, his likely Democratic rival in the general election.
Newsmax (News)Mar 13 2021
Opinion
Biden leaves Trump's dystopia in the dust
If you were expecting President Joe Biden to take a victory lap, to boast about his remarkable achievements in just 50 days in office, it's understandable. After four years of the former president, many of us became accustomed to self-serving rhetoric. But Biden's first prime-time address Thursday night was something altogether different from that. "I need you," Biden said, leaning into his
CNN (Opinion)Aug 31 2021
News
COVID-19 frustrations rise alongside delta surge, school reopenings
A nation exhausted by 18 months of the pandemic is trying to figure out what lies ahead.
Frustratingly, there may not be a nationwide answer.
The latest figures show a flattening of new COVID-19 cases in some of the states that have been worst hit by the delta variant. But other states are suffering explosive rises.
The average number of new cases has rocketed in West
The HillMay 20 2021
Analysis
Covid-19 Disrupts Years of Health Progress in U.S.
Deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic are causing an extraordinary jolt in the U.S., inflating the nation’s death rate to the highest level seen in nearly two decades.
Whether the U.S. will quickly snap back to pre-pandemic levels following a mass-vaccination effort remains to be seen. Daily Covid-19 deaths are on their way back down, but the disease is unlikely to disappear, and health
Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 30 2021
News
With Scant Information on Omicron, Biden Turned to Travel Ban to Buy Time
By the time President Biden was briefed on the emergence of a fast-moving new Covid variant on the morning after Thanksgiving, he had a choice to make — and little information to base it on.
In a secure conference call from a vacation compound overlooking Nantucket Harbor, the president listened as his health advisers told him that the highly mutated virus was far more concerning than
New York Times (News)Nov 11 2020
News
U.S. prepares for worst four months of the pandemic as it stares down the ‘darkest’ days yet
Ohio has had an “unprecedented spike” in Covid-19 hospital admissions. ICU beds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are full. North Dakota’s hospitals don’t have enough doctors and nurses. And hospital administrators in Iowa are warning that they are approaching their limits.
The U.S. is heading for a “dark winter,” a “Covid hell,” the “darkest days of the pandemic.” However you describe it, the next
CNBCOct 19 2021
News
Covid-19 booster shots: What you need to know
The Food and Drug Administration is poised to dramatically expand the use of Covid-19 booster shots as soon as this week, after weeks of public debate over who needs the shots — and when.
POLITICO breaks down the U.S. booster rollout and the big remaining questions, including how long the shots’ protection lasts and whether the Biden administration will authorize “mix and match”
Politico