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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito: Ron Johnson’s vaccine comments not helpful

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said Sunday that vaccine comments from fellow Republican Sen. Ron Johnson "hurt" the effort to get America sufficiently immunized against COVID-19.

April 25, 2021

VP Kamala Harris: American people want a result in George Floyd reform effort

Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday increased pressure on the Senate to pass legislation that would overhaul policing policies in the wake of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin's murder conviction, saying the "American people, in a bipartisan way," are demanding a shake-up.

April 25, 2021

VP Kamala Harris: Migrant surges ‘not going to be solved overnight’

Vice President Kamala Harris said Sunday a mix of aid and diplomacy will make progress in stemming the migrant surge.

April 25, 2021

HHS launches celebrity-driven, COVID-19 vaccine campaign to fight looming hesitancy

The Biden administration on Thursday launched a vaccine-education campaign that links Ryan Seacrest, Kelly Ripa, Mark Cuban and other notable figures with doctors who can answer people's questions about the COVID-19 shots.

April 22, 2021

Biden to employers: Offer coronavirus vaccination incentives

President Biden said Wednesday the government will reimburse small employers who give paid time off to workers who step out for a COVID-19 vaccine and need time to recover from any side effects.

April 21, 2021

European regulators on Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine: Blood clots are ‘rare side effects’

Unusual blood clots should be listed as "very rare" side effects of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, European regulators said Tuesday, swiftly replicating the warning it put on a similar vaccine while the U.S. waits days for federal advisers to plot a way forward.

April 20, 2021

COVID-19 cases rising despite half of adults in U.S. receiving their first vaccine

Half of U.S. adults have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but cases are still rising, driven by fast-moving variants and spread among younger people who haven't been vaccinated in hot spots such as Michigan.

April 19, 2021

Donald Trump: GOP candidates must adopt ‘MAGA’ agenda to win

Former President Donald Trump said House and Senate Republicans should flock to his "Make America Great Again" agenda if they want to retake congressional power in 2022 cycle and set the tone for the next presidential cycle.

April 19, 2021

White House: Russia will be punished if Navalny dies in custody

The Russian government will face consequences if Alexei Navalny dies in custody, the White House said Monday, as the opposition leader was transferred to a hospital for prisoners amid his hunger strike.

April 19, 2021

Biden celebrates widespread vaccine eligibility: ‘You need to be protected’

President Biden on Monday pleaded with Americans to get vaccinated now that every state is offering the vaccine to any adult, meeting his goal of widespread eligibility by April 19.

April 19, 2021

Yoshihide Suga, Japanese prime minister: Olympics on track as ‘symbol of global unity’

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he is committed to holding the Summer Olympics Games this summer "as a symbol of global unity this summer."

April 16, 2021

CDC panel to meet April 23 on J&J pause

A key advisory panel will meet on April 23 to discuss a path forward for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as it investigates rare blood clots in several recipients, all but ensuring the pause in its rollout will last for at least 10 days.

April 16, 2021

White House announces $1.7B for coronavirus sequencing

The Biden administration said Friday it is investing $1.7 billion in genomic sequencing of the coronavirus to detect fast-moving variants, as only half of the current cases are of the original strain.

April 16, 2021

Steve Scalise: Two sets of COVID-19 rules for migrants, citizens

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise highlighted the disconnect Thursday between stringent rules on Americans who attempt to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic and conditions at the southern border, where migrants are crossing the border illegally and traveling deeper into the country without being tested.

April 15, 2021

Biden officials tell House panel: Greatest risk is COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

President Biden's health officials lobbied Americans to maintain their faith in available COVID-19 vaccines as regulators work to resolve questions about blood clots and the Johnson & Johnson version, saying the public cannot succumb to hesitancy at this point in the pandemic effort.

April 15, 2021

CDC advisory panel holds off on J&J vaccine vote for now; will reconvene within 10 days

A federal panel said Wednesday it wants to gather more data on extremely rare blood clots tied to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and see if new cases arise from recent shots, likely prolonging the U.S. pause in deploying the one-dose option against COVID-19.

April 14, 2021

Trump slams Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause as ‘terrible disservice’

Former President Donald Trump slammed the Biden administration's decision to pause the Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout Tuesday as a "terrible disservice" that will dent the vaccine's credibility amid the coronavirus fight.

April 13, 2021

CDC, FDA recommend pause on J&J COVID-19 vaccines to investigate clotting reports

Vaccinators scrambled to reschedule COVID-19 appointments Tuesday after President Biden's team stopped using the Johnson & Johnson shot at federal sites and advised states to do the same because six recipients out of nearly 7 million experienced serious blood clots.

April 13, 2021

White House: Near-term vaccination isn’t the way out of Michigan COVID-19 crisis

The Biden administration defended its decision to surge personnel and therapeutics to Michigan instead of offering it extra vaccines, citing the weeks it would take to get an immune response amid the emerging crisis.

April 12, 2021

Tariffs sparked by Airbus, Boeing subsidy fight suspended for four months

The Biden administration and European Union agreed in March to suspend the tariffs for four months as they seek a "fresh start" in resolving a long-running fight over government subsidies to Airbus and Boeing.

April 11, 2021