Tag: COVID-19

National Security

Pentagon to support FEMA COVID-19 vaccination sites with 1,100 troops to start

Abraham Mahshie · February 5, 2021 6:12 pm

Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., implored President Obama to not select Larry Summers to take over as head of the Federal Reserve. (AP File)

Democrats hit back at Larry Summers after he says they’re going too far on relief spending

Tyler Van Dyke · February 5, 2021 5:26 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden takes the stage to speak to the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, amid growing expectations he'll soon announce he's running for president.

Beltway Confidential

Why won’t Biden listen to the science?

Kaylee McGhee White · February 5, 2021 5:22 pm

House Democrats meet with Biden on COVID-19 aid after Senate passes key budget measure

Susan Ferrechio · February 5, 2021 4:44 pm

Arizona lawmakers move to make to-go cocktails permanent

Washington Examiner · February 5, 2021 3:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

Biden steps up his mask obsession

Eddie Scarry · February 5, 2021 2:40 pm

Vehicles move along a section of Interstate 70 in Foristell, Mo. Missouri voters will decide on Aug. 5 whether to allow the state's first general sales tax for transportation projects, such as the proposed widening of I-70 to three lanes from St. Louis to Kansas City. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Kansas allocates $84.6M in federal COVID-19 funds to transportation projects

The Center Square · February 5, 2021 2:30 pm

Apprentice Nursing's Associate Ellie Bull injects the AstraZeneca vaccine to a homeless person in Romford, east London, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The British health service has started to vaccinate "vulnerable" homeless people. In a study by Oxford University, the AstraZeneca vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission of the virus.

Beltway Confidential

Why won’t the FDA approve this promising COVID-19 vaccine?

Garett Jones · February 5, 2021 2:00 pm

Economy struggled in January, with just 49,000 jobs added and unemployment down to 6.3%

Tyler Van Dyke · February 5, 2021 1:30 pm

A group of people dismantle a tent at a homeless encampment being cleared Monday, May 4, 2020, at Ballard Commons Park in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington homeless advocates say shelters no place for police

Washington Examiner · February 5, 2021 1:04 pm

A health care worker, gives a coronavirus vaccine to a patient at a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Aqueduct Race Track, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday, Jan. 21, that the city will run out of first doses of COVID-19 vaccine sometime Thursday without fresh supplies.

Beltway Confidential

The surprising group skeptical of coronavirus vaccines

Sally Pipes · February 5, 2021 12:00 pm

Biden and Democrats maneuvering to check box on $2,000 checks pledge

Tyler Van Dyke · February 5, 2021 11:30 am