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Jul 21 2021
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Perspectives: Some Mask Mandates Return as Delta Variant Surges
The rise of the highly transmissible Delta variant, which the CDC says now accounts for over 83% of U.S. COVID-19 cases, has spurred a renewed discourse around vaccines and face masks. State and local governments have taken divergent approaches to renewing mask mandates; as Los Angeles County reinstated its indoor mask mandate, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed that there would “be no mask mandate
Los Angeles Times The Hill New York Post (Opinion)Jan 18 2023
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DeSantis Proposes Permanently Banning Mandates on COVID-19 Vaccine, Masks
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday proposed permanently banning COVID-19 mask mandates and vaccine requirements in the state.
Key Quotes: "It required us over the past few years to stand against major institutions in our society: The bureaucracy, the medical establishment, legacy media and even the President of the United States who, together, were working to impose a biomedical
Fox News Digital CNN Digital Tallahassee DemocratOct 14 2021
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Joe Rogan Discusses Vaccines and Ivermectin with CNN’s Sanjay Gupta
In a 3-hour podcast episode released Wednesday, podcast host Joe Rogan talked with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta about COVID-19 vaccines, ivermectin, and more. Rogan said CNN “outright lied” when it said he had taken “horse dewormer”; Rogan says he's taken a prescribed dose of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin, rather than the veterinary form of the drug, which some people
Fox News Digital Daily Beast The HillDec 05 2023
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US Students' Math Scores Drop in First PISA Report Since COVID-19
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released the results of its 2022 PISA report, revealing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic performance across the globe.
For Context: The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests 15-year-old students around the world on reading, mathematics, and science literacy. The 2022 test was the first
Axios Wall Street Journal (News) The Daily CallerMar 15 2021
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Biden Meets With Leaders of Indo-Pacific Democracies in ‘Quad’ Summit
President Joe Biden met virtually with leaders from Australia, India and Japan on Friday in the first meeting of heads of state from the “Quad,” an informal grouping of Indo-Pacific democracies. At the meeting, the four countries launched an effort to tackle Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 vaccine shortage, agreed to cooperate on technological development and discussed “aggression” from China. Biden
South China Morning Post NBC News Digital Washington ExaminerMay 19 2020
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Report Says CARES Act Off to Slow Start; Treasury Defends Response
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is facing scrutiny for his allegedly unneeded deliberation in allocating the $500 billion being managed by the Treasury as part of the $2.2 Trillion CARES Act; a Congressional Oversight Committee (COC) report released Monday suggested the Treasury's actions on the legislation were slow to get off the ground. The $500 billion is meant for emergency lending to
New York Times (News) NPR (Online News) Associated PressFeb 11 2021
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White House Purchases 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
President Joe Biden’s administration announced Thursday it secured the purchase of an additional 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The administration said in January it was looking to purchase an additional 100 million doses each from Pfizer and Moderna. The additional doses bring a 50% increase in available vaccine doses, which will help the Biden administration meet the number of
New York Times (News) CNET The Daily CallerSep 19 2020
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House, Senate Democrats Call for Investigation of Barr, Durham
Four Democratic House committee chairs called for Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to investigate Attorney General William Barr and U.S. Attorney John Durham for their investigation of the Trump-Russia investigators Friday; their request comes one day after Senate Democrats made the same request. Democrats claim Barr and Durham made several public comments on the
The American Spectator The Hill PoliticoJun 03 2021
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Biden Offers $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Funded by Corporate Tax Hike, 15% Tax Minimum
President Joe Biden offered to lower his infrastructure deal to $1 trillion in an attempt to reach a bipartisan compromise on Thursday, the Washington Post reported. In the meeting with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), Biden also proposed a 15% minimum tax on corporations, as well as possible revenues from increased IRS enforcement. The new proposal by Biden is significantly lower than
Associated Press Washington Examiner Washington PostFeb 08 2021
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Rep. Ron Wright Becomes First Sitting Member of Congress to Die After Contracting COVID-19
Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX 6th District), 67, died Sunday night, becoming the first sitting member of Congress to die after contracting COVID-19. Wright, who first announced he had tested positive on Jan. 21, had also battled multiple bouts of lung cancer since 2018. A statement released after Wright's passing did not specify his cause of death. The news prompted condolences from politicians on
Politico Fort Worth Star-Telegram Washington Examiner