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2y ago
Vice President Kamala Harris received a third dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday as the booster program expands to millions more Americans.
Ms. Harris told everyone to get an extra dose of the vaccine once they are eligible as she rolled up her sleeve in the South Court ..read more
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2y ago
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday deflected questions on allegations that Dr. Anthony Fauci lied to Congress about gain-of-function research in China.
Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, claims a letter released last week by the NIH proves that Mr. Fauci lied to Congress when he said that the agency was ..read more
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2y ago
President Joe Biden on Saturday acknowledged frustrations as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled-back version of his $3.5 trillion government-overhaul plan and salvage a related public works bill after frantic negotiations failed to produce a deal.
"Everybody's frustrated, it's part of being in government, being frustrated," Biden told reporters before ..read more
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2y ago
Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin is urging Virginia voters to cast ballots early, but some county GOP officials are sounding alarms on the security of the early voting system — a narrative that in the past has proved dangerous for the party.
Arguments that early voting can lead to lost ..read more
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2y ago
Top U.S. military leaders have sought clarification from Moscow about an offer to use Russian military bases in Central Asia as a launching pad for counterterrorism missions in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday.
Mr. Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Gen. Mark. A. Milley, chairman of ..read more
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2y ago
Self-inflicted crises are piling up for President Biden.
His leadership suffered serious blows on multiple fronts in rapid succession Friday. From the acknowledgment of a misguided and deadly U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan to mounting chaos on America’s southern border, Mr. Biden tangled with emergencies foreign and domestic as he ..read more
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2y ago
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Thursday called for creating a system or agency that would ensure the continuity of government's legislative, executive and judicial branches in the event of a catastrophe.
In a letter to House and Senate leaders, nearly 50 Republican and Democratic lawmakers raised concerns over ..read more
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Sens. John Cornyn and Rand Paul on Wednesday called for Gen. Mark Milley to answer questions on Capitol Hill and face possible consequences over a report he secretly communicated with China’s top general.
Sen. Cornyn, a Texas Republican on the Select Committee on Intelligence, told The Washington Times that Gen ..read more
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2y ago
Cybersecurity researchers discovered a large-scale, pro-China digital influence campaign that stoked Asian American anger over alleged racial injustice in the U.S. and shifted the blame to the U.S. for the origins of COVID-19.
Cybersecurity firm FireEye’s Mandiant division uncovered the operation that used at least 30 social media platforms and ..read more
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2y ago
A September slowdown in the economy and President Biden's plummeting poll numbers are threatening to derail Democrats' big-government spending plans.
Instead of anticipated economic gains, a resurgence of COVID-19 outbreaks, concerns about inflation and a persistent labor shortage have stalled employers’ plans to reopen workplaces and expand operations.
The uncertainty ..read more