Tag: COVID-19

House passes resolution condemning hate crimes against Asian Americans

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2021 12:00 am

Top Republican to force vote on ending House mask mandate

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2021 12:00 am

Fourth grader who spoke out against school mask mandate said he ‘wanted to take a stand’

Kaelan Deese · May 19, 2021 12:00 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom called the blackouts "unacceptable and unbefitting" of the nation's largest state.

Beltway Confidential

Democratic governors defying the CDC by keeping mask mandates in place

Zachary Faria · May 18, 2021 9:16 pm

N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Monday banning state employees from using taxpayer funds to travel to North Carolina on nonessential work.

Beltway Confidential

Andrew Cuomo earned $102 per book sold while he covered up his coronavirus crimes

Tiana Lowe Doescher · May 18, 2021 9:09 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

California settles lawsuits over COVID worship restrictions

Washington Examiner · May 18, 2021 8:00 pm

Biden warns people who refuse vaccine will end up ‘paying the price’

Michael Lee · May 18, 2021 6:18 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during his inauguration ceremony, in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Texas governor joins 18 states to end federal unemployment benefits

Washington Examiner · May 18, 2021 6:00 pm

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions at a news conference at an emergency management warehouse about the spread of the corona virus Friday March 13, 2020 in Tallahassee, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t ‘follow the science,’ follow DeSantis

Eddie Scarry · May 18, 2021 4:49 pm

A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys.

Texas reports zero COVID deaths and 20 million vaccines administered

Washington Examiner · May 18, 2021 1:00 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 18, 2016, file photo, a woman passes a "We're Hiring!" sign while entering a clothing store in the Downtown Crossing of Boston. On Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for July.

Pizza delivery brings sharp taste of labor shortages and economic squeeze

Zach Halaschak · May 18, 2021 10:23 am

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

The lab leak hypothesis was always the most likely. Only politics, not new evidence, changed the narrative

Tiana Lowe Doescher · May 18, 2021 7:44 am