As the highly transmissible Covid-19 Delta variant has spread to 74 countries in just six months since its discovery, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is warning Americans that the strain will become the “predominant variant in the months ahead” in the United States. The …
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The House voted on Thursday to repeal a nearly two-decade-old war powers measure that expanded presidential authorities following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The House passed the bill by a bipartisan 268-161 vote that included 49 Republicans. If the bill gets through the Senate, it would end the 2002 …
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Senate Republicans unveiled a $928 billion infrastructure counter-proposal to President Biden’s $1.7 trillion plan on Thursday. But the majority of the funding for their bill will come from funds already allocated toward Covid-19 relief. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va), who has led the Republican effort, said their proposal is “a …
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will review the constitutionality of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, which is a direct challenge to the protections codified by Roe v. Wade in 1973. The decision to hear the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is a victory for anti-choice …
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Those who have been fully vaccinated do not need to wear masks or maintain social distancing in most indoor and outdoor settings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday. “We have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy. If …
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To guard against political influence in science within the government, the White House announced the official launch of the Scientific Integrity Task Force. The new initiative, announced Monday, includes 46 members from more than two dozen government agencies whoare tasked with looking back through 2009, to find where political partisanship …
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After their party’s 2020 presidential election loss, Republican-led legislatures across the country are scrambling to exclude more people from voting and make it more difficult to cast a ballot. In Texas, conservatives have been pushing a voting bill that included language from the state’s constitution that was used to justify …
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Rudy Giuliani appears to be in a bit of legal trouble. Maybe even a lot of it. On Wednesday morning, investigators executed a search warrant on the Manhattan apartment of the former New York City mayor and chief legal henchman for former President Donald Trump, The New York Times reported. …
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Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced that he’s co-sponsoring labor reform legislation, saying it will “level the playing field” for union workers. First reported by Politico, the Senator from West Virginia made the announcement that he will support the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act, at a virtual …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci was asked about Republican bomb-thrower Rep. Jim Jordan’s extended congressional hearing rant against protective measures meant to save lives during a pandemic. Jordan’s attention-seeking attack against Fauci as he testified before Congress went viral this week when Jordan made baseless accusations claiming the government censors medical professionals …
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