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Month: February 2021

The US is in an ‘absolute race’ with new coronavirus strains as experts differ on vaccine strategy

With multiple new coronavirus strains spreading across the country, the US is in an “absolute race” to vaccinate Americans before those variants overwhelm the country, health experts say. “What concerns me most is that we already know that they’re more transmissible, which means it’s much easier for them to infect people,” said emergency physician Dr.

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Here’s what budget reconciliation is (and why it matters for Biden’s stimulus)

As President Joe Biden pursues a bipartisan Covid-19 relief deal, Senate Democrats are laying the groundwork for passing relief without any Republican votes using a procedural shortcut known as budget reconciliation. Reconciliation could allow Democrats to fast track key aspects of Biden’s agenda, from Covid-19 relief to infrastructure, but the process comes with a strict

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Biden and Netanyahu’s decades-long friendship faces new test after Israel’s Prime Minister went all in for Trump

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been friends, allies and partners in a relationship that has spanned nearly four decades. When they first met, Biden was a junior senator in his early 40s; Netanyahu was a fledgling diplomat nearly a decade younger. Now with their first phone call expected imminently,

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Eric Holder Fast Facts

Here is a look at the life of former US Attorney General Eric Holder. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1951 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Eric Himpton Holder Jr. Father: Eric Himpton Holder, realtor Mother: Miriam (Yearwood) Holder Marriage: Sharon (Malone) Holder (1990-present) Children: Maya, Brooke and Eric Education: Columbia College, B.A., 1973;

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