The pandemic isn’t over yet, but Congress seems to have lost interest in funding public health efforts against Covid.
Tag: United States Politics and Government
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Dirck Halstead, Photojournalist Who Captured History, Dies at 85
Shooting for Time magazine and United Press International, he documented presidents, the Vietnam War and more.
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Biden Administration Likely to Offer Older Americans Second Booster Shots
Federal officials appear to be coalescing around a plan to offer people 65 and older — and possibly some younger adults — the option of another booster, in case infections surge again soon.
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Ginni Thomas Texts Expose Rift in House Jan. 6 Panel
There is debate within the committee investigating the assault on the Capitol over whether to seek testimony from the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas about her efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Biden to Ask Congress for 9,000 Fewer Immigration Detention Beds
The administration plans to seek funding for 25,000 beds, down from the 34,000 beds that are currently funded. It also severed a contract with a detention facility in Alabama.