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Senate Votes Against Biden Vaccine-or-Test Mandate, Thanks to Manchin and Tester
The Republican-led repeal push comes amid the rapid spread of the COVID-19 variant Omicron.
Fuel-Contaminated Water From Aging Navy Facility Sickens Pearl Harbor Families
Hawaii Congressman Kaialii Kahele called the recurring contamination a “crisis of astronomical proportions.”
Where Are the Damn PCR Tests Already? It’s Been 21 Months!
The staggering lack of easily available testing remains a glaring national crisis.
Biden Administration Is Approving Oil and Gas Drilling at Faster Rate Than Trump
The Biden administration has approved more permits per month on average than Trump did in 2017, 2018 or 2019.
Continuing Vaccine Apartheid Could Herald “Wave After Wave of Variants”
While disastrous for the global poor, Omicron’s rise has been a major boon for top investors in Pfizer and Moderna.
Republicans Blame Biden’s Modest Climate Agenda for Gas Prices. They’re Wrong.
Most of Biden’s climate agenda has not even been enacted. Industry is partly responsible for the price increase.
An Obscure Agency Is Threatening to Hand Medicare Over to Wall Street
30 million seniors who thought they were free of insurance companies may find their health care managed by corporations.
With Omicron in US, GOP Hard-Liners Are Still Trying to Thwart Vaccine Mandates
A government shutdown over COVID protections looms -- even as a concerning new variant spreads.
My Daughter Was Exposed to COVID. Thank Goodness She Was Vaccinated.
Everyone deserves to know what it’s like to be able to worry just a little bit less because they are vaccinated.
Republicans Are Threatening to Shut Down Government Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
It's a last-ditch attempt by the GOP to deny funding for enforcement of Biden's vaccine mandate for large businesses.