Will live stream oral hearing audio for the general public. The Supreme Court announced early this week that access to the courtroom would be restricted due to the…
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Travel Mask Mandate Extended Two Weeks
CDC orders the extension. The Transportation Security Administration will extend the federal mask mandate for all transportation networks through May 3, 15 days after it had been set…
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State Department Pulls Some Personnel from Shanghai
Advises travelers to postpone trips to Shanghai until after outbreak. On Monday, the State Department ordered non-emergency U.S. government employees and their family members to depart from the…
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Additional COVID Funding Delayed by Senate Recess
Negotiations stall over Title 42. The Senate has left town for two weeks for its spring recess without acting on the $10 billion deal on pandemic relief. The White…
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FDA Says Current Vaccines Don’t Suit New COVID Strain
Raises question of what to do with additional variants. This week, a panel of outside experts gathered at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters to discuss how…
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President’s Administration Plans Aid for Long COVID Effects
Strategizing interagency research to address long-term unknowns. This week, President Biden and other administration officials briefed reporters on a federal plan to help care for citizens with long…
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Speaker Pelosi Plans Trip to Taiwan
Testing positive for COVID may delay departure. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly has plans to travel to the island nation of Taiwan on Sunday. Her trip is seen…
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Bipartisan Bill Asks for Title 42 Ending Delay
A plan is needed to avoid a massive border surge. Eleven senators introduced a bipartisan bill Thursday requesting President Biden’s administration to delay the end of enforcing the…
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State Governments Sue to Retain Border Health Directive
President’s administration plans to end Title 42 in late May. The attorneys general of Arizona, Louisiana, and Missouri have filed suit against President Biden’s administration challenging the plan…
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President Extends Payment Pause on Student Debt
Resumption of payments moved from May 1 to August 31. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the extension of the repayment freeze on federally held student loans through August…
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