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What's the price of Biden’s plan? Democrats drive for zero

26 September, 2021

ABC News - WASHINGTON -- What will it cost to enact President Joe Biden’s massive expansion of social programs? Congress has authorized spending up to $3.5 trillion over a decade, but Biden is prodding Democrats to fully cover the cost of the legislation — by raising taxes on corporations and the we...

GOP-led review of Arizona ballots reaffirms Biden's win

25 September, 2021

ABC News - Nearly 11 months after Joe Biden was elected president, the GOP-led review of Arizona's Maricopa County ballots has found no substantial deviation from the vote count reported by the county that helped clinch the win for Biden.

CDC director overrules panel on Pfizer boosters for frontline workers

24 September, 2021

ABC News - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed an independent advisory panel's recommendation for seniors and other medically vulnerable Americans to get a booster shot of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, six months after their second dose.

FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots for seniors and others at high risk

23 September, 2021

CBS News - The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization Wednesday for a third dose of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to be given to three groups — those 65 and older, those at high risk of developing severe COVID-19 and those at risk of developing "serious complicatio...

Worst May Be Over Modelers Predict A Steady Decline In COVID Cases Through March

22 September, 2021

NPR - Americans may be able to breathe a tentative sigh of relief soon, according to researchers studying the trajectory of the pandemic. The delta surge appears to be peaking nationally, and cases and deaths will likely decline steadily now through the spring without a significant winter surge, acc...

World leaders return to UN and face many escalating crises

21 September, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — World leaders will be back at the United Nations for the first time in two years on Tuesday with a formidable agenda of escalating crises to tackle, including the still raging COVID-19 pandemic and a relentlessly warming planet.

The AP Interview: UN chief warns China, US to avoid Cold War

20 September, 2021

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Warning of a potential new Cold War, the head of the United Nations implored China and the United States to repair their “completely dysfunctional” relationship before problems between the two large and deeply influential countries spill over even further into the rest of the p...

Explainer: Australia's nuclear-powered submarine deal is fueling anger in the co…

18 September, 2021

(CNN)The US and UK will be sharing technology and expertise with Australia to help it build nuclear-powered submarines as part of a newly-announced defense pact between the three countries. The move has sparked fury in France, which has lost a long-standing agreement to supply Australia with diesel-...

FDA's vaccine advisers meet to decide whether Americans need boosters

17 September, 2021

(CNN)Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration started meeting Friday morning to discuss whether many Americans need to start getting booster doses of coronavirus vaccine.

China fumes over U.S. nuclear sub pact with Britain, Australia

16 September, 2021

WASHINGTON/CANBERRA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - China on Thursday denounced a new Indo-Pacific security alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia, saying such partnerships should not target third countries and warning of an intensified arms race in the region.

ANALYSIS: California Gov. Gavin Newsom romps based on twin fears of COVID-19 and…

15 September, 2021

ABC News - California Gov. Gavin Newsom would probably never have faced a recall election had it not been for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also might not have survived the recall had it not been for that very same reason.

Nicholas slams into Texas as Category 1 hurricane, power knocked out in Houston …

14 September, 2021

ABC News - Tropical storm Nicholas is pounding the Houston area after roaring ashore in Texas early Tuesday as a Category 1 hurricane.In the Houston area 410,000 customers were without power Tuesday morning. In Harris County all public health testing and vaccination sites have stopped operations and...

Allegations fly as recall vote looms for California’s Newsom

13 September, 2021

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a blitz of TV ads and a last-minute rally, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom urged voters Sunday to turn back a looming recall vote that could remove him from office, while leading Republican Larry Elder broadly criticized the media for what he described as double standar...

Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals' Connections To 9…

12 September, 2021

NPR - The Biden administration has declassified a 16-page FBI report tying 9/11 hijackers to Saudi nationals living in the United States. The document, written in 2016, summarized an FBI investigation into those ties called Operation ENCORE.

'A message of resilience': Americans reflect on 20th anniversary of Sept. 11

11 September, 2021

NEW YORK, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Twenty years after hijacked airliners smashed into New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon outside Washington, Americans came together on Saturday to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and reflect on how the attacks have shaped the country'...

Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

10 September, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as well as health care workers and federal contractors — in an all-out effort to curb the surging C...

Biden to order all federal workers be vaccinated as part of new strategy to comb…

09 September, 2021

ABC News - President Joe Biden is set to speak to the nation Thursday at 5 p.m. to lay out what the White House said is a new six-part strategy to combat the delta variant, but it was unclear whether he would call for more vaccination mandates in the private sector and for the nation's schools.

Biden's muscle questioned amid falling polls

08 September, 2021

The Hill - President Biden's sagging approval ratings, especially among independents, are raising questions about his ability to move his agenda through a House and Senate where centrist and liberal Democrats are battling one another.

Jobless Americans will have few options as benefits expire

07 September, 2021

ABC News - NEW YORK -- Millions of jobless Americans lost their unemployment benefits on Monday, leaving only a handful of economic support programs for those who are still being hit financially by the year-and-a-half-old coronavirus pandemic.

Why We Celebrate Labor Day And Other Facts About The Holiday You Might Not Know

06 September, 2021

NPR - Happy Labor Day weekend, America.The very first Labor Day in the country was celebrated in 1882, and it became an official federal holiday in 1894. The holiday falls on the first Monday of September. The day typically celebrated with picnics and parades has more to it than that, though. To mar...

Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving but unclear why

05 September, 2021

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday, with conflicting accounts emerging about why they flights weren’t able to take of...

Hurricane Ida evacuees urged to return to New Orleans

04 September, 2021

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With power due back for almost all of New Orleans by next week, Mayor LaToya Cantrell strongly encouraged residents who evacuated because of Hurricane Ida to begin returning home. But outside the city, the prospects of recovery appeared bleaker, with no timeline on power restorati...

The worst of times for Democrats

03 September, 2021

(CNN)Both the premise and promise of Joe Biden's presidency and a possibly brief Democratic grip on Washington are suddenly on the line, as the legacy of past electoral disappointments and harsh realities of power suddenly converge.

Ida updates: 8 dead across New York City in historic flooding

02 September, 2021

ABC News - A flash flood emergency was declared for the first time in New York City as subway stations were turned into waterfalls and Midtown streets became rivers. New York City also declared a state of emergency, and as of Thursday morning, at least eight people have died due to the extreme flood...

Ida will unleash deadly and damaging flash flooding in Mid-Atlantic and Northeas…

01 September, 2021

(CNN)Significant flash flooding and heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Depression Ida will lead to life-threatening flash floods on Wednesday for portions of the northern Mid-Atlantic, the National Weather Service warned.

After 20 years, US ground troops leave Afghanistan, but Americans left behind

31 August, 2021

ABC News - When it came to announcing that all U.S. troops had left Afghanistan, concluding America's military ground presence there -- and after 20 years the end to America's longest war -- word came not from President Joe Biden, who set the deadline, but from the top general overseeing the rushed ...

Pentagon gives briefing amid Afghanistan crisis, withdrawal deadline: ABC News L…

30 August, 2021

ABC News - Afghanistan updates: Multiple rockets fired in attack on Kabul airportFull list of US service members killed in attack at Kabul airport

Hurricane Ida live updates: Ida may be 1 mph short of being Category 5 hurricane

29 August, 2021

ABC News - Ida, which became a Category 1 hurricane Friday afternoon has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane with 150 mph winds. The latest forecast track has Ida coming ashore in southeast Louisiana on Sunday late afternoon/early evening. Ida will be a tropical storm nearing the border of Miss...

Taliban largely seal off Kabul airport as airlift winds down

28 August, 2021

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban deployed extra forces around Kabul’s airport Saturday to prevent large crowds from gathering after a devastating suicide attack two days earlier, as the massive U.S.-led airlift wound down ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline.

U.S. on alert for more attacks, death toll rises from Kabul airport carnage

27 August, 2021

Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee new Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after an Islamic State attack killed 92 people including 13 U.S. service members just outside Kabul airport.

West warns of possible attack at Kabul airport amid airlift

26 August, 2021

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Western nations warned Thursday of a possible attack on Kabul’s airport, where thousands have flocked as they try to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the waning days of a massive airlift. Britain said an attack could come within hours.

In private, Qatar warn US officials of 'growing crises' at bases housing Afghans…

25 August, 2021

ABC News - Tens of thousands of Americans, Afghans and other foreigners have been evacuated from Kabul's international airport to U.S. military installations in Qatar, a key U.S. partner in the Middle East that has received public shout-outs from President Joe Biden and his top officials.

Crews work to restore power for tens of thousands as Henri drenches the Northeas…

23 August, 2021

(CNN)Utility crews are working to restore power to more than 56,000 customers throughout the Northeast after Tropical Storm Henri tore through the region Sunday, causing more than 100,000 customers to lose power at its peak. Henri brought storm surge that flooded streets and powerful winds that to...

Henri live updates: System weakens from hurricane to tropical storm

22 August, 2021

ABC News - Henri continues to churn toward the Northeast after weakening from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday morning. The system is currently located 50 miles south-southeast of Montauk Point, New York, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, as of 7 a.m. Sunday. Dangerous storm surge, hurri...

In Kabul, a fearful wait for US to deliver on evacuation vow

21 August, 2021

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan waited nervously on Saturday to see whether the United States would deliver on President Joe Biden’s new pledge to evacuate all Americans and all Afghans who aided the war effort. Meanwhile, the Taliban leader arrived in Kabul for ...

Vaccine checks beginning at San Francisco eateries, bars

20 August, 2021

ABC News - SAN FRANCISCO -- Anyone who wants to eat, drink or exercise indoors in San Francisco must show they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 when one of the nation's most stringent restrictions on unvaccinated people takes effect.

Biden defends policy decisions as Afghanistan, booster shot fallout builds

19 August, 2021

ABC News - When President Joe Biden marked his 100th day in office, both the pandemic and the American occupation of Afghanistan seemed like they would soon be in the rearview mirror. Just over a hundred days later, the sudden resurgence of the coronavirus and the Taliban are twin crises with the po...

Evacuations from Afghanistan gather momentum as Taliban promise peace

18 August, 2021

KABUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) - More than 2,200 diplomats and other civilians have been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights, a Western security official told Reuters on Wednesday, as efforts gathered pace to get people out after the Taliban seized the capital.

'Dunkirk moment': U.S. has obligation to Afghans it abandoned, Congress says

17 August, 2021

NBC News - While the Taliban were tightening their grip Monday on Afghanistan, a Chicago-area lawyer was struggling to reassure two terrified women trapped in Kabul via text message that all was not lost. "I don't have answers for them," said the lawyer, whom NBC News is not identifying so as not to...

Afghanistan updates: Chaos at Kabul airport, world responds

16 August, 2021

ABC News - United States troops have taken control of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, as chaos continues after the Taliban seized control of the country. A U.S. official told Reuters that U.S. troops have fired shots into the air to prevent civilians from running onto the tarmac at Hamid Karzai I...

Consumer sentiment measure falls to pandemic-era low, sees one of largest drops …

14 August, 2021

CNBC - A key consumer sentiment reading saw a dramatic drop in early August as the delta variant of Covid-19 increased fears about the path of the economy, the University of Michigan said Friday.

Afghanistan updates: Thousands of US troops to help with US Embassy departures

13 August, 2021

ABC News - The State Department will begin reducing its staff levels at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and the Pentagon will send troops in to help facilitate those departures, as Taliban forces advance on more provincial capitals.

Census data kicks off effort to reshape US House districts

12 August, 2021

Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide — potentially helping determine control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections and providing an electoral edge for the next deca...

Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T budget in latest win for Biden

11 August, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate early Wednesday, advancing President Joe Biden’s expansive vision for reshaping federal priorities just hours after handing him a companion triumph on a he...

Bipartisan infrastructure bill set for final Senate passage

10 August, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of fits, starts and delays, the Senate is on track to give final approval to the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, with a growing coalition of Democrats and Republicans prepared to lift the first phase of President Joe Biden’s rebuilding agenda to passage.

UK health chief sees 'unfair' pricing for COVID travel tests

09 August, 2021

ABC News - LONDON -- Britain’s competition watchdog said Sunday it will look into the cost of COVID-19 testing for travelers after Health Secretary Sajid Javid complained that high prices for the government-mandated tests were preventing some people from going on vacation.

Fireworks light up Tokyo as it prepares to douse Olympic flame

08 August, 2021

TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Fireworks lit up the night sky above Tokyo on Sunday as Japan prepared to douse its Olympic flame and close a Games that were nearly unravelled by the pandemic and were transformed by the drama of politics, dazzling sport and deeply personal turmoil.

Senate edges toward vote on Biden's $1T infrastructure bill

07 August, 2021

ABC News - WASHINGTON -- Edging toward a vote, senators are convening for a rare weekend session on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which could wrap up swiftly with passage of the $1 trillion package or drag out for days by opponents trying to slow President Joe Biden's big priority.

After months of vaccine incentives, nation changes course

06 August, 2021

ABC News - Life may be about to get tougher for the unvaccinated -- and it's not only because of their significantly increased risk of getting COVID-19 and becoming very sick.

Facebook Boots NYU Disinformation Researchers Off Its Platform And Critics Cry F…

05 August, 2021

NPR - Facebook has blocked a team of New York University researchers studying political ads and COVID misinformation from accessing its site, a move that critics say is meant to silence research that makes the company look bad.

Biden is ready for drastic action on Covid

04 August, 2021

(CNN)Even President Joe Biden doesn't know whether his new federal eviction moratorium for renters is legal and sustainable. But crushing humanitarian and political pressure left him no choice but to take a chance on an emergency move.

Are Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates for Employees Legal?

03 August, 2021

USA News - With vaccination coverage in the U.S. at rates too low to fend off the delta coronavirus variant, several employers – including the federal government – are turning to vaccine requirements for their workers. For some, it begs the question: Is that legal?

U.S. Senate works to push $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to passage

02 August, 2021

WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will try to complete work this week on a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill that would bring long-awaited improvements to roads, bridges and mass-transit systems and deliver a rare bipartisan victory to President Joe Biden.

Front-line workers in Florida say current COVID-19 surge 'feels like it's an imp…

30 July, 2021

ABC News - A jarring reality check is taking place in intensive care units across the country as thousands of COVID-19 positive patients, nearly all of them unvaccinated, are streaming into hospitals in need of care.

Experts turn to antibody treatment following swarm of breakthrough COVID-19 infe…

29 July, 2021

ABC News - While authorized vaccines have proven safe and effective in holding the line against COVID-19, they are not 100% effective. Reports of uncommon breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated Americans, coupled with the delta variant tearing through the country, threaten to undermine the fierce...

NYC, California turn to COVID testing mandate to boost vaccination numbers -- wi…

28 July, 2021

ABC News - As contentious debates over vaccine mandates continue with new coronavirus cases on the rise among the unvaccinated, elected officials are starting to fine-tune the idea of a new incentive by requiring public employees to get a coronavirus test until they get their shots.

Decision on mask guidance is imminent, source says

27 July, 2021

Washington (CNN)Top federal health officials have debated whether to issue new guidance on masks and are close to announcing their decision as the highly contagious Delta variant fuels new outbreaks in the United States.

Symptomatic breakthrough COVID-19 infections rare, CDC data estimates

26 July, 2021

ABC News - Although reports of breakthrough COVID-19 cases occurring among fully vaccinated Americans are garnering much attention, as the country experiences a viral resurgence, new data illustrates just how rare these breakthrough infections are likely to be, and further shows that the vast majori...

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