UPDATE (9:35 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23): SpaceX scrubbed this mission a few minutes before liftoff due to inclement weather at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The next attempt is set for no earlier than 10 a.m. Sunday. Watch live above and follow our real-time chat below as SpaceX targets 9:40 a.m. Eastern time for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in...
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health has updated Tennessee’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan as the state continues to prioritize Tennesseans most at risk of illness and death from COVID-19. Protecting Medically Fragile Children and Adults Tennessee has added people living in households with medically fragile children to Phase 1c of the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan. Vaccination of their...
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine in Harlem on Friday. The C.D.C. has updated its guidelines on vaccine doses from multiple manufacturers.Credit…James Estrin/The New York Times The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly changed its recommendations for coronavirus immunizations to allow patients to switch the authorized vaccines between the first and second...
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close Video Antifa militants cause destruction in protest of Biden inauguration Journalist Nancy Rommelmann reacts to anti-fascist protesters rampaging through Portland, Seattle on ‘FOX News Primetime’ Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Thursday night called on President Biden to condemn Inauguration Day protests that turned into violent riots in Portland and Seattle. More than a dozen...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed delaying former President Trump‘s impeachment trial until February so the former president’s new legal team will have time to prepare his defense. The Democrat-led House rushed a vote last week to impeach Trump for “incitement of insurrection” after a violent mob stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 and delayed the certification of...
Video Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said the United States would remain in the World Health Organization and pledged commitment to international Covid-19 response.CreditCredit…Hilary Swift for The New York Times A day after President Biden reinstated American ties with the World Health Organization, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci told the organization that the...
39m ago Biden signing ceremonial documents at the Capitol Mr. Biden is signing three documents in the President’s Room at the Capitol: an Inauguration Day Proclamation, nominations to Cabinet positions and nominations to lower-level positions. Mr. Biden will also conduct a review of the armed forces on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol. He will be hosted by the commander of Joint Task...
Washington — The Senate is holding confirmation hearings for five of President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominees on Tuesday, as Democrats rush to approve key officials soon after Mr. Biden’s becomes president on Wednesday. Senators reconvened for the first time since Mr. Trump was impeached for a second time. They are holding confirmation hearings for five crucial nominees: Janet...
President-elect Joe Biden is heading to Washington on Tuesday following a farewell event in Wilmington, Del, where he has been conducting his transition. On the final full day of his White House tenure, President Trump is expected to release a video and could issue scores of pardons. Senate confirmation hearings will be held for five of Biden’s Cabinet nominees throughout the day on a heavily...