As Biden announces the coming end of the Covid Public Health Emergency in the US, the new majority in Congress appear to not be letting agencies off the hook. The past three years of remarkably poor public healt
He said, however, this demands “a drastic and uncompromising increase in vaccine sharing across borders,” saying vaccines must be provided to everyone across Europe and beyond. Scientists have repeatedly warned that unless the majority of the world’s population is vaccinated, any opportunitie...
But older populations in lower and middle income countries experienced the highest mortality rates and accounted for the majority of global COVID-19 death estimates. More than 5.4 million COVID-19 deaths were reported worldwide in 2020 and 2021, but WHO estimates...
While Trump remains popular within the GOP, hislegal troubles loom large over his candidacy. In March 2023, he became thefirst ex-president to be charged with a crimewhen Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted him on charges related to a "hush money" payment to adult film star ...
In the final sprint to Election Day, Johnson stressed that the road to the House majority runs through the suburban stretch east of New York City. He praised the energy at the Nassau GOP-hosted gathering, saying it was second only to that at Trump’sMadison Square Garden rallylast Sund...
In May 2021, Ellis and his sister Viola Fletcher, 109, who also survived the massacre, testified in front of Congress, sharing their story about living through one of America’s most tragic moments in history. “I will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home,”...
The chair of Senate Republicans’ campaign arm predicted Monday the GOP would win the majority this fall and outlined an offense strategy across a number of purple and blue states. Appearing at the CNN-POLITICO Grill, Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, who chairs the National Republican Senat...
As the Vice President holds the tiebreaking vote in the upper house of Congress and Vice President Kamala Harris is a Democrat, the Democratic Party controls the Senate. How Are Senators Elected? The American people determine who is elected into the Senate, thus giving the public power over de...
“Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that some spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe, one that is vastly superior to that of man.” - Albert Einstein
candidates.12His goal in making those donations was to help Democrats gain a majority in the House of Representatives. "I've never thought that the public is well-served when one party is entirely out of power, and I think the past year and a half has been evidence of that," Bloomberg...