Tag: COVID-19

Federal government will help cover COVID-19 funeral costs up to $9K

Cassidy Morrison · April 12, 2021 8:05 pm

A nurse administers a flu shot, manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. Senate in both political parties say they've reached agreement on fixes to stabilize Obamacare just two weeks before Americans start signing up for 2018 coverage.

West Virginia surpasses 1 million vaccine doses administered

Washington Examiner · April 12, 2021 8:00 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019.

Bipartisan bill calls for Biden to declassify intel on COVID-19 origins in China

Jerry Dunleavy · April 12, 2021 7:59 pm

Tom Cotton leads push to bar federal funding to localities financing illegal immigrants

Mica Soellner · April 12, 2021 7:51 pm

Rand Paul takes aim at ‘petty tyrant’ Fauci for advising vaccinated people not to dine indoors

Michael Lee · April 12, 2021 7:02 pm

Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) speaks to the press at the Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Kentucky restaurants get court win over COVID-19 orders

Washington Examiner · April 12, 2021 7:00 pm

In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

Federal deficit soars to $660 billion in March, third-largest deficit for a single month in history

Zach Halaschak · April 12, 2021 6:59 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as President Joe Biden speaks during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth COVID-19 shot, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Washington.

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If I had believed Dr. Fauci, I wouldn’t have gotten vaccinated

Madeline Fry Schultz · April 12, 2021 6:22 pm

Michigan needs to ‘close things down’ amid surge, CDC director says

Jake Dima · April 12, 2021 6:05 pm

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Teachers union reverses course and now supports CDC 3-foot rule on social distancing

David Hogberg · April 12, 2021 5:44 pm

FILE - In this May 24, 2016 file photo, House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. DeSantis announced Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, heâll join a crowded field seeking to succeed Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who leaves office in early 2019 to term limits. DeSantisâ entry comes after President Donald Trump tweeted last month that DeSantis is "a brilliant young leader" who "would make a GREAT governor.â

60 Minutes slammed for repeating defense of ‘deceptively edited’ DeSantis segment

Michael Lee · April 12, 2021 4:38 pm

Rambo Islas, 8 months, is held by his mother Maria Islas, as he gets a shot for a vaccine administered by RN, Nicole Ives at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019.

Arizona congressman introduces federal ban on COVID-19 vaccine passports

Washington Examiner · April 12, 2021 4:00 pm