In Washington: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that gym users should wear masks when exercising, even if they are more than six feet apart, and gyms need to improve ventilation. A new agency report...more
2/26/2021
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In Washington: The Senate adjourned Friday evening after former President Trump’s defense lawyers rested their case on day four of Trump’s second impeachment trial. The defense used under three hours of their 16 allotted...more
2/15/2021
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In Washington: House managers finished presenting their case against former President Trump at his impeachment trial on Thursday. They argued that Trump's statements prior to and at the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally...more
2/12/2021
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In Washington: House committees continue drafting the next COVID-19 relief package, which must pass before March 14, to prevent many Americans from losing their increased unemployment benefits. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says...more
2/9/2021
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In Washington: The White House is reportedly considering mailing masks directly to Americans. The plans have been discussed but no formal proposal has been delivered to Biden, a White House official told NBC News. Discussions...more
2/5/2021
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In Washington: On Wednesday, President Biden told House Democrats that he is willing to compromise on the individual stimulus payments’ income eligibility limits but remained firm on the checks’ size being $1,400. Biden said...more
2/4/2021
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In Washington: Moderna is accelerating its testing on booster shots to vaccinate against the different variants and mutations in strains of COVID. Alarm bells have sounded after research shows the Moderna vaccine was six...more
1/26/2021
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In Washington: The incoming Biden administration will reverse President Trump's last-minute order to lift COVID-19 related travel restrictions, Jen Psaki, the incoming White House press secretary, tweeted. Trump lifted for...more
1/21/2021
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In Washington: The House voted 232-197 to impeach President Trump for a second time on a charge of inciting insurrection over the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol that left five people, including a Capitol Police officer,...more
1/14/2021
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In Washington: The Trump administration will no longer hold back the second dose of a coronavirus vaccine in order to speed up inoculations. The changes are a departure from current policy and align with a plan unveiled by...more
1/13/2021
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In Washington: The White House Coronavirus Task Force is warning that there may be a new fast-spreading U.S.A. variant of the coronavirus. "This fall/winter surge has been at nearly twice the rate of rise of cases as the...more
1/12/2021
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In Washington:
In a statement on Monday, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn and Peter Marks, director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, responded that it was...more
1/6/2021
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In Washington:
The House and Senate both passed the $900 billion coronavirus stimulus bill on Monday with overwhelming bipartisan majorities: 359-53 in the House and 92-6 in the Senate. ...more
12/23/2020
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In Washington:
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine advisory panel voted to recommend that the FDA authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...more
12/11/2020
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In Washington:
Congress continues to debate a new coronavirus relief package, possibly as part of a government spending bill due December 11. Here are the latest developments...more
12/3/2020
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In Washington:
Congressional interest in a coronavirus relief legislation has been revived after months of the stalled negotiations. Tuesday, a bipartisan group of senators held a press conference to introduce a broad...more
12/2/2020
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In Washington:
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is finalizing new guidelines to shorten its recommended coronavirus quarantine period from 14 days to between 7 and 10 days. The agency hopes more people...more
11/25/2020
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In Washington:
The Senate headed out for the Thanksgiving recess with no coronavirus stimulus bill is in sight. During a press conference Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) suggested that there might be...more
11/20/2020
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In Washington:
Wednesday, the House held its leadership elections reelecting Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as Speaker of the House by her caucus. Other top Democratic leaders, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Majority...more
11/19/2020
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In Washington:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance on face masks to say that masks not only protect others around you but also protects the wearer. The guidance clarifies that masks reduce...more
11/12/2020
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In Washington:
An internal review obtained by NPR reveals that Centers for Disease Control (CDC) officials knew that early COVID-19 tests were faulty but released them anyway. This made it difficult for cases to be...more
11/9/2020
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In Washington:
The federal government’s role in physically distributing COVID-19 vaccines remains unclear. President Trump said last month that the military would distribute vaccines. But a spokesman for Operation Warp...more
11/6/2020
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In Washington:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who have not agreed on much related to the COVID-19 response in recent months, differed again Friday when asked about when...more
11/3/2020
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In Washington:
The possibility of a lame-duck session coronavirus relief deal remains shaky. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds out hope, telling reporters Thursday that she wants “as clean a slate as possible” for an...more
11/2/2020
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In Washington:
State public health officials are urging Congress to provide at least $8.4 billion in emergency funding for distributing a coronavirus vaccine, warning that they lack enough money to carry out the immense...more
10/19/2020
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