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03.08.2021 / 06:29

Four officers have now died by suicide after responding to the U.S. Capitol riot

U.S Capitol riots: Police who endured insurrection violence testify for 1st time Another MPD officer who responded to the Capitol on Jan. 6, Kyle DeFreytag, was found dead on July 10, Carew said.

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US hits vaccine milestone as 70% of US adults now have at least 1 dose

WASHINGTON - The United States hit a notable milestone on Monday in its urgent vaccination effort against COVID-19: 70% of U.S. adults have now received at least one dose of a vaccine. The U.S.

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Senate unveils $1T bipartisan infrastructure bill after weekend session

WASHINGTON - After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, wrapping up days of painstaking work on the inches-thick bill and launching what is certain to be a lengthy debate over President Joe Biden’s big priority.The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act clocked in at some 2,700 pages, and senators could begin amending it soon. Despite the hurry-up-and-wait during a rare weekend session, emotions bubbled over once the bill was produced Sunday night.

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President Biden's late son Beau awarded presidential medal in Kosovo

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1st evacuation flight of Afghan interpreters arrives in US

WASHINGTON - The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, including scores of children and babies in arms, to resettlement in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden welcomed them home.The evacuation flights, bringing out former interpreters and others who fear retaliation from Afghanistan’s Taliban for having worked with American servicemembers and civilians, highlight American uncertainty about how Afghanistan’s government and military will fare after the last U.S.

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COVID-19 vaccine incentive: Biden calls for $100 payout to newly vaccinated

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden called on local governments Thursday to draw from COVID-19 relief funds to give $100 to newly vaccinated people, hoping to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country. Local governments can pull from their State and Local Recovery Funds issued through the American Rescue Plan, Biden said in remarks on Thursday. The American Rescue Plan has allocated $350 billion to help local governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cash reward for vaccination was one idea in Biden’s latest plan to boost lagging vaccination rates in many parts of the nation.

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Biden urges cash reward to get vaccinated, new rules for federal workers

US President Joe Biden has urged local governments to pay people to get vaccinated against Covid-19, and set new rules requiring federal workers to provide proof of vaccination or face regular testing, mask mandates and travel restrictions.

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Biden, corporate America launch tactics to get more people vaccinated

COVID-19 vaccinations have stalled in the U.S., where cases are resurging.

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Biden calls on states to offer $100 COVID-19 vaccine incentive

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called on states to provide people who get vaccinated with $100, as an incentive to encourage more people to get the shot.

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Biden tells federal workers to get vaccinated or face weekly COVID-19 testing

Speaking on Thursday about the U.S. government’s next steps in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, President Joe Biden said federal government employees would need to “attest to their vaccination status” or face weekly COVID-19 testing.

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Biden says it’s ‘still a question’ whether federal government can mandate vaccines for everyone

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday it is “still a question” whether the federal government could make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for the wider U.S.

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Biden: Federal workers must get COVID-19 vaccine

President Joe Biden today announced all civilian federal workers and contractors need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, or face regular testing, mandatory mask wearing, and limits on travel. The president also announced a new incentive program that calls on states and territories to give the newly vaccinated $100 when they get the shot.

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Biden sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers, directs DOD to do same

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Thursday that millions of federal workers must show proof of having received a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to regular testing, social distancing, masking and restrictions on travel. Biden is also directing the Pentagon to determine how and when the COVID-19 vaccine will be made mandatory for members of the U.S. military.Until now, defense leaders have said that the vaccine will remain voluntary for troops around the world until the Food and Drug Administration gives final approval to the drug.

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White House says ‘we see ourselves as a model for other companies’ as Biden expected to mandate vaccines for federal employees

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday that “we see ourselves as a model for other companies and organizations” after news broke that President Joe Biden is expected the mandate COVID-19 vaccines or regular testing for federal employees.

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Federal eviction moratorium: Biden calls on Congress to extend expiring rule

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration announced Thursday it will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled the moratorium would only be extended until the end of the month.The White House said President Joe Biden would have liked to extend the federal eviction moratorium due to spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.

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Biden plans to require COVID-19 vaccine for federal workers or take regular tests

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Thursday that millions of federal workers must show proof of having received a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to regular testing, social distancing, masking and restrictions on travel. An individual familiar with the president’s plan spoke on the condition of anonymity with the Associated Press. The official emphasized that the new guidance is not a vaccine mandate for federal employees and that those who decide not to get vaccinated aren’t at risk of being fired.On Wednesday, the Biden administration was still reviewing details of the expected guidance, and significant questions about its implementation and scope remained.

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President Biden delivering remarks on importance of American manufacturing

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will be trying to connect with blue-collar workers Wednesday when he travels to a truck factory in Pennsylvania to advocate for government investments and clean energy as ways to strengthen U.S. manufacturing.The Democrat will tour the Lehigh Valley operations facility for Mack Trucks, a chance to touch base with the plant's 2,500 workers, a majority of whom are unionized.

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COVID-19 vaccine mandates: Can employers require workers to get the shot?

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Mask mandate returns for high-risk parts of the US

People vaccinated against Covid-19 in high-risk parts of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the country's top health authority has said.

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Cyber attacks: Biden warns of growing threats in 1st visit with US intelligence community

MCLEAN, Va. (AP) - President Joe Biden used his first visit with rank-and-file members of the U.S.

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Biden: COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all federal workers 'under consideration'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden says that requiring all federal workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is "under consideration," as the more infectious Delta variant surges across the United States and a significant chunk of Americans still refuse the shot.Speaking Tuesday after delivering remarks at the office of the Director of National Intelligence, Biden affirmed that his administration was considering the possibility in response to a reporter’s question.RELATED: DOJ: Federal law doesn’t prohibit COVID-19 vaccine mandatesHis comments come the day after the Department of Veterans Affairs became the first federal agency to require its healthcare workers receive the coronavirus vaccine.AdvertisementEarlier Tuesday, White

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News Scan for Jul 27, 2021

Republicans' intended COVID-19 vaccine uptake rose 7% after watching and reading endorsements from elite Republican leaders versus those from Democrat leaders, according to a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The researchers surveyed 1,480 self-identified Republicans from

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Biden extends travel restrictions as Delta variant ravages unvaccinated in U.S.

Joe Biden didn’t mince words Monday when asked whether his administration will be able to convince more holdout Americans to change their minds about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.“We have to,” Biden declared matter-of-factly after a bill signing event at the White House.The bigger question — how to go about it — lacks a clear answer.

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US to keep international travel restrictions for now, citing virus surge

WASHINGTON - The United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now due to concerns about the surging infection rate because of the delta variant, according to a White House official.President Joe Biden earlier this month said that his administration was "in the process" of considering how soon the U.S. could lift the ban on European travel bound for the U.S.

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Biden's 8 US attorney nominations would include historic firsts

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is nominating eight new leaders for U.S. attorney positions across the country, including in the office overseeing the prosecutions of hundreds of defendants charged in the Jan.

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Americans with Disabilities Act: Biden to mark 31st anniversary of landmark law

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday will commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a landmark civil rights law for Americans with disabilities. Biden, who was a co-sponsor of the bill as a senator, is set to give remarks from the Rose Garden at the White House at 11:10 a.m. ET.

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Fauci: US headed in 'wrong direction' on coronavirus

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The United States is in an "unnecessary predicament" of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday."We’re going in the wrong direction," said Dr.

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U.S. moving in ‘wrong direction’ says Fauci, as COVID-19 Delta variant rages on

COVID-19 cases fuelled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday.“We’re going in the wrong direction,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, describing himself as “very frustrated.”He said recommending that the vaccinated wear masks is “under active consideration” by the government’s leading public health officials.

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Local congressman pleads for action to be taken to end gun violence in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - A local congressman sent letters to Mayor Jim Kenney and President Joe Biden pleading for action to put an end to the surge of gun violence in Philadelphia.Kiere, 19, tries to stay cool on a hot July day as he fixes cars. He sees firsthand the violence plaguing his neighborhood. "People just out here doing it just cause ain’t no reason behind it, like alright he said this end it there, alright I’m gonna kill him, I’m gonna shoot him, I’m gonna retaliate.

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White House blames YouTube, Facebook for spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Facebook, on its list of social media platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and are not doing enough to stop it, sources familiar with the administration’s thinking said.The criticism comes just a week after President Joe Biden called Facebook and other social media companies “killers” for failing to slow the spread of misinformation about vaccines. He has since softened his tone.

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Biden to sign bill boosting Crime Victims Fund

WASHINGTON - A long-sought-after boost to the Crime Victims Fund will be signed into law Thursday, shoring up funding for an institution that dates back nearly 40 years.When President Joe Biden signs H.R. 1652, revenues collected from deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements can be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund.

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Biden says pandemic goes on for unvaccinated, shots 'gigantically important'

CINCINNATI - President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Americans to get inoculated against COVID-19 as the U.S. vaccination rate slows while the spread of the delta variant has led to a surge in infections around the country.Biden spoke during a televised town hall in Cincinnati, saying the pandemic has turned largely into a problem for those who are still refusing to get vaccinated."We have a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten the vaccination — it’s that basic, that simple," he said on the CNN town hall. U.S.

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Biden pleads with Americans to get COVID-19 vaccines: ‘It’s gigantically important’

Joe Biden expressed pointed frustration Wednesday over the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. and pleaded that it’s “gigantically important” for Americans to step up and get inoculated against the virus as it surges once again.Biden, speaking at a televised town hall in Cincinnati, said the public health crisis has turned largely into a plight of the unvaccinated as the spread of the delta variant has led to a surge in infections around the country.“We have a pandemic for those who haven’t gotten the vaccination — it’s that basic, that simple,” he said on the CNN town hall.

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Biden pushes ahead on infrastructure plan after GOP blocks vote

CINCINNATI, Ohio - President Joe Biden aimed to rev up support for his economic agenda with a visit to Cincinnati Wednesday.The trip comes as the fate of his infrastructure proposal remains unclear after Senate Republicans rejected a $1 trillion blueprint in a key test vote Wednesday.

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White House welcomes Tampa Bay Bucs to celebrate Super Bowl title

President Joe Biden holds a jersey alongside Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians and quarterback Tom Brady during a ceremony honoring the Super Bowl LV champions on the South Lawn of the White House.

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Cancel culture claimed Chrissy Teigen. Is this a pandemic backlash against celebrity?

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Former Maryland police chief Thomas Manger selected to lead US Capitol Police after insurrection

WASHINGTON - A police official who has run large departments in Maryland and Virginia has been selected as chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in the aftermath of the Jan.

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Biden to host King Abdullah II of Jordan amid Middle East tensions

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to host King Abdullah II of Jordan during one of the most difficult moments of the Jordanian leader's 22-year rule and at a pivotal time in the Middle East for Biden.Abdullah arrives Monday afternoon at the White House. Last week a Jordanian state security court sentenced two former officials to serve 15 years in prison over an alleged plot against the king uncovered earlier this year that involved Abdullah's half-brother.Meanwhile, Biden, who has put much of his foreign policy focus on China and Russia in the early going, faces some difficult issues in the Middle East.

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YouTube revamps videos on health as Biden chides social media

YouTube will start adding fact-check labels and re-order its ranking system for videos about health with help from a nonprofit group just days after President Joe Biden tore into social media for “killing people" by spreading falsehoods about vaccines.

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1st Capitol rioter to be sentenced Monday for felony

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Protesters supporting U.S. President Donald Trump break into the U.S.

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Facebook says it’s ‘not the reason’ U.S. is failing to meet COVID-19 vaccine goals

Facebook on Saturday defended itself against U.S. President Joe Biden‘s assertion that the social media platform is “killing people” by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to proliferate, saying the facts tell a different story.“The data shows that 85% of Facebook users in the US have been or want to be vaccinated against COVID-19,” Facebook said in a corporate blog post by Guy Rosen, a company vice president.

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Olivia Rodrigo reads vaccine tweets with Dr. Fauci

WASHINGTON - Pop singer and songwriter Olivia Rodrigo made a trip to the White House Wednesday, where she met with the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, to encourage people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The "Drivers License" singer and multi-platform recording artist met with President Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci Wednesday, assisting in the administration’s efforts to get more youth vaccinated.Video shared by the White House shows Rodrigo and Fauci reading vaccine tweets aloud.One social media user tweeted, "I’m taking an immunology course and I got an A on my last exam.

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Biden says social media sites like Facebook ‘are killing people’ by spreading COVID-19 disinformation

Speaking on Friday while departing the White House, U.S.

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Biden: Social media 'killing people' with misinformation

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are "killing people" by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines.Biden’s comments came a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about the vaccines a threat to public health, and as U.S.

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Social media disinformation is 'killing people' - Biden

US President Joe Biden has said that social media disinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations is "killing people".

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Biden says US may lift travel restrictions with Europe

US President Joe Biden has said the United States is reviewing when it can lift restrictions that ban most-non US citizens from traveling to the US from much of Europe.

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US surgeon general calls COVID-19 misinformation ‘serious threat’

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden’s surgeon general issued his first formal advisory to the public Thursday, warning Americans of the urgent threat of health misinformation during the ongoing pandemic, calling for a new approach to addressing the falsehoods swirling around the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines."Amid all this information, many people have also been exposed to health misinformation: information that is false, inaccurate, or misleading according to the best available evidence at the time," U.S. Surgeon General Dr.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0