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The executive order signed by President Biden Thursday also includes interstate travel on trains, buses and cruise ships, in a sharp reversal of the Trump administration's lax mask culture.
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A six-figure contract was awarded to a Virginia cleaning company, according to government data seen by Newsweek.
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Florida had given 40,965 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to non-residents despite limited supplies before limiting doses to residents and health care workers on Thursday.
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He orders increased vaccinations, more testing and expanded production of essential equipment.
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President Biden moved to undo many of the Trump administration's signature policy initiatives while pushing his own agenda, including a $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue package.
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 Following news reports that out-of-state residents — including Canadians — are flocking to Florida to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the state is now requiring proof of residency for vaccine recipients.
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The U.S. House plans to fast-track the next coronavirus relief package, aiming to have the proposal up for a vote in early February, after Democratic leaders rearranged the schedule to make way for President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion priority proposal.
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An initial wave of arrests was based on news accounts and social media. Proving a conspiracy could be a lot tougher.
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Here's what you need to know at the end of the day.
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The arrest is the latest in a growing number of prosecutions against people accused of attacking law enforcement officials in the storming of the Capitol.
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The social network referred its decision to revoke the former president's posting privileges to its Oversight Board, an independent panel of experts.
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As developed countries race to roll out Covid-19 jabs, poorer nations fear they are missing out
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Will Sommer of The Daily Beast about the sentiments among QAnon conspiracy believers after the inauguration of President Biden.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Nick Clegg of Facebook about the company's decision to refer questions on the suspension of former President Donald Trump's account to its independent Oversight Board.
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The curbs may even continue until Easter, in an attempt to drive down Covid-19 case numbers.
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A poet laureate, a fist bump and lots of winter clothing - all the things you might have missed.
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President Joe Biden sent out a flurry of executive orders tackling issues from the U.S.-Mexico border wall to the Paris climate accord. The one issue he didn't address is stimulus checks and people are wondering why.
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Twin suicide bombings at a Baghdad market — unheard of in recent years — are raising security concerns as the Biden administration looks at the U.S. troops still in the country.
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Such attacks, once common in the Iraqi capital, have become rarer in recent years as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have largely defeated the Islamic State.
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Speaking after the rebuke from Washington, China's foreign ministry said Thursday that "if both countries work together, better angels in the U.S.-China relations could defeat evil forces."
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World leaders have breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under President Joe Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunned
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President Biden must stand firm on Secretary of State Pompeo's genocide determination.
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The start of Joe Biden's presidency has been met with a mix of relief, optimism and trepidation.
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Beijing targets former US secretary of state and 27 others for violating its sovereignty
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Even if the vaccines are less effective against new variants, they'll still likely provide enough protection to make them worth getting, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
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When President Biden quoted Gene Scheer's song in his inaugural address, it solidified its transformation from art song to Norah Jones tune on a Ken Burns soundtrack to patriotic hymn.
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Now that there's a new administration in town, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he feels free to "let the science speak."
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If a Biden relief package isn't open-ended, and tied to a full recovery, America is doomed to repeat last-minute partisan fights over aid.
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 The former head of the Vatican bank, Angelo Caloia, has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for money laundering and aggravated embezzlement.
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The maternal uncle of Kamala Harris says he is confident she will be the most active vice-president America has ever had.
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The ruling by the Vatican court signaled the church's desire to get its financial house in order following past scandals.
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Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez will put two of the four world titles at super-middleweight on the line against Turkey's Avni Yildirim.
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FBI was able to identify Michael Joseph Foy as the individual who was seen in videos "aggressively" swinging a hockey stick at an officer on the ground.
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"While China spread misinformation so it could hoard medical supplies, the WHO parroted China's lies denying human to human transmission of the virus and Tedros praising them for their transparency," claimed Representative James Comer who is on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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Almost three quarters of Republican voters said the president's inaugural address was good.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she is "ready" to send the Trump impeachment article to the Senate, but is waiting for answers on how a trial would work.
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"After years of Trump putting Americans in harm's way by decimating international agreements, we can all breathe a bit easier now that he cannot start a nuclear war within minutes," Peace Action senior director for policy and political affairs Paul Kawika Martin told Newsweek.
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 When U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order revoking the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney suggested the project could still be up for negotiation, if only the federal government would get tough. What's the best strategy?
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The organization had filed for bankruptcy and said it would reincorporate in Texas.
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In a showdown with New York State, the National Rifle Association is trying an unusual strategy. Legal experts doubt it will work.
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President Biden's plan to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline is welcome news to Native American governments and activists in Montana — but disappointing to many elected officials.
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"I do believe very strongly that we cannot just accept what happened here," the Democratic congressman told CNN.
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Civil rights groups are celebrating President Joe Biden's swift revocation of a Trump administration order that had banned federal agencies, contractors and recipients of federal funding from conducting certain diversity training
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The House normally has no role in Cabinet nominations, but because Austin, a retired Army general, has been out of uniform for less than seven years, both chambers of Congress must approve a waiver.
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That treaty "is manifestly in the national security interests of the United States and our allies," according to an internal memo obtained by NBC News.
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The new board will decide whether the former president can use Facebook and Instagram again.
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A New York judge on Thursday denied the National Rifle Association's bid to throw out a state lawsuit that seeks to put the powerful gun advocacy group out of business
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The US has its first female vice-president in history. Here's what she did on day one.
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An ambitious reversal of Donald Trump's anti-science approach is marked by several firsts
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Resurgence of virus threatens to plunge eurozone into double-dip downturn
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The retail giant makes the offer in a letter to the new US president Joe Biden.
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All-rounder Ben Stokes and fast bowler Jofra Archer return to the England squad for the first two Tests of the tour of India.
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"Do you also believe the Geneva Convention was about the views of the citizens of Geneva?" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez retorted.
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Incoming administration warns of shortage of vaccine syringes, N95 masks and testing components
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Kremlin warns protests planned for weekend breach law as fears of opposition crackdown grow
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 U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people, including rap stars and former members of Congress.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris start their four-year term in the White House on Jan. 20.
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New commander-in-chief declares ‘democracy has prevailed' after tumultuous transfer of power
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"Trump is dead but the nuclear deal is still alive," Iranian President Rouhani said.
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England's historic Salisbury Cathedral was transformed into a Covid-19 vaccination center on Saturday, with patients vaccinated while organ music was played in the picturesque building.
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