Topline A back-and-forth between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) over Covid-19 restrictions quickly devolved into chaos on the House floor Thursday, with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) yelling at Jordan to “respect the chair” and to “shut” his “mouth.” Key Facts Jordan, one of former President Donald Trump’s fiercest allies, grilled Fauci over…
Topline Chelsea Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump should do “the right thing” and release photos of himself getting vaccinated against coronavirus, which, she argued, would encourage Republicans, who are disproportionately hesitant to be immunized, to get the shot. Key Facts During an appearance on ABC’s The View, Clinton said, “Given that we…
Topline Nearly 100 days into his presidency, Joe Biden has maintained a remarkably steady approval rating despite the tenuous state of the economy and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic—marks far better than his predecessor during the same period, but a few ticks below other modern presidents. Key Facts Biden’s approval rating hit 60% in an April…
Topline The Biden Administration will allow patients to be prescribed and sent medicine that induces abortion without visiting a doctor in-person through the remainder of the pandemic, reversing a Trump-era curb on accessing abortion services. Key Facts Food and Drug Administration acting commissioner Janet Woodcock shared the changes Monday in a letter to the American…
Topline Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a pair of bills Monday to legalize recreational marijuana in New Mexico and expunge some criminal records for related offenses, joining a wave of states that have done so in the face of budget shortfalls and complaints that drug policies have disproportionately targeted minority communities. FILE – In this…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man receives a Pfizer COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a COVID-19 … [+] vaccination center in Jerusalem Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ASSOCIATED PRESS The novel mRNA vaccines of Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech are among the most effective of all the developed vaccines at preventing…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Jack Ma, former chairman of Alibaba Group, appears at a forum in Tokyo, Japan, on December 6, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg Alibaba Group was hit with the highest-ever antitrust fine imposed in China when the country’s regulator announced on Saturday that it had slapped a fine of 18.2 billion…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinBitcoin has suddenly surged higher, climbing firmly above $60,000 per bitcoin for the first time since mid-March. The bitcoin price hit highs of $61,222 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange before falling back slightly, a rise of 5% on the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency after bitcoin,…
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