The debate over COVID vaccine boosters is intensifying after federal health authorities authorized a third dose of the vaccine for immunocompromised people last week. Health experts said the decision made sense, but the move is likely to spur more confusion than clarity about the need for a booster dose. The Centers for Disease Control and … Continued
The Biden administration is expected to announce that Americans who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 should receive a booster shot to ensure continued protection, according to people familiar with the discussions. The booster shot would be administered eight months after the second dose of the vaccine was received, the people said. Senior Biden administration … Continued
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday floated the idea of passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget simultaneously in an attempt to balance moderates and progressives’ mutually exclusive demands. Pelosi asked the House Rules Committee to look into the possibility after nine centrist Democrats vowed to block the budget if it came up for … Continued
President Biden acknowledged Monday the collapse of Afghanistan occurred “more quickly” than his administration anticipated. “Truth is, this unfolded more quickly than we anticipated,” Biden said in a national TV address to Americans from the White House. Over the weekend, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan as the Afghan president fled the country and the … Continued
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met privately with Border Patrol agents in Texas and said in leaked audio that the border crisis is “unsustainable” and “we’re going to lose” if “borders are the first line of defense.” “A couple of days ago I was down in Mexico, and I said look, you know, if, if our borders are … Continued
A Senate budget amendment to preserve the Hyde Amendment and also protect conscience rights for health care providers narrowly passed the Senate by a margin of 50 to 49 late Wednesday. The amendment to the Senate’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget resolution proposed by Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) includes the Hyde Amendment’s prohibition on federal funding … Continued
Matt Thibodeau is a professional packager whose work includes shrink-wrapping, glueing, labeling, bagging, and package assembling. He eats lunch with his coworkers, and he typically gets home before 5:00 p.m. When he gets his check every two weeks his colleagues cheer for him, even though the average take-home pay at his Pennsylvania plant is $3.40 … Continued
The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to needy families–the largest single increase in the program’s history. Starting in October, average benefits for food stamps (officially known as the SNAP program) will rise more than 25 percent above pre-pandemic levels. The increased assistance will … Continued
Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik said Sunday that the Middle East under President Joe Biden has “Islamic terrorists on the march.” The congresswoman tweeted that under former President Donald Trump, the U.S. “crushed the Islamic Terrorists like Soleimani, protected American citizens & embassies around the world, and delivered historic peace to the Middle East.” … Continued
TSA undercover agents on a regular basis, pose as potential terrorists with fake guns and bombs to test security — and get waved through disturbingly often. Leaked data from TSA in 2015 and 2017 shows that attempts by their “Red Team” of covert agents to smuggle in weapons, explosives and banned objects succeeded sometimes up to 95 percent of … Continued
The Senate voted today to advance the behemoth infrastructure bill debated for weeks by Congress. The proposal is a Trojan horse that will pave the way for a far larger, more radical budget reconciliation plan, and its supporters on the left are not even attempting to hide their agenda in ramming it through. Heritage Policy Analyst David Ditch released the following statement Tuesday on both radical plans: “Make no mistake, final passage of this proposal is a necessary first step for approval of Democrats’ radical … Continued
Hackers stole over $600 million in digital assets Tuesday from users of cryptocurrency platform Poly Network in one of the largest digital token heists ever. Poly Network, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that allows users to trade digital currencies with one another, announced the hack Tuesday. Cybersecurity firm SlowMist, which investigated the hack, said the total value of assets … Continued
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