Image Matthew Thomas received his second dose of the Moderna vaccine in April at Leupp Field Clinic in Leupp, Ariz. Credit... Sharon Chischilly for The New York Times A key federal advisory committee is set to begin two days of meetings that are expected to

An Alaska lawmaker, who was banned from an airline after refusing to wear a mask has tested positive for COVID-19. State Senator Lora Reinbold was quarantining at home Tuesday night, where she told her Facebook friends she was “completely unimpressed” with

Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans' protection against the virus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) U.S. health advisers said Thursday that some Americans

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been one of the left’s favorite targets, especially amid the ongoing COVID-19 saga. Democrats and the activist media have pilloried the governor for refusing to enact the same type of onerous and draconian restrictions that other

President Joe Biden on Thursday is set to address the public on COVID-19 vaccinations as a federal advisory committee meets to discuss the safety and need for a booster shot for people who received Moderna's or Johnson & Johnson's vaccine. The Food and Drug

FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "Astra Zeneca COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo, in this illustration photo taken March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "Astra Zeneca

Jakarta (CNN) — Indonesia's Bali and Riau Islands are reopening to visitors from 19 countries starting Thursday, according to the country's Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan. "We have given permission to 19 countries to be

FILE PHOTO: Passengers stand in line at Ngurah Rai International Airport as Indonesia's resort island of Bali is set to reopen for international flights on October 14 after border closures due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Badung, Bali,

President Joe Biden on Thursday praised the country's progress and vaccination efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic as case and hospitalization rates continue to decline. "It's working. We're making progress," Biden said in a White House address. Daily

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(CNN) Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration are meeting Thursday morning to discuss whether to authorize boosters of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine for some adults. It's the first portion of a two-day Vaccines and Related Biological Products

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin questioning the Department of Defense's vaccine mandate after receiving reports that troops were receiving shots not licensed by the Food and Drug Administration. Johnson

Experts recommend that FDA should authorize Moderna COVID vaccine booster Enlarge this image toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Win McNamee/Getty Images A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously recommended that

U.S. health advisers said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine should get a half-dose booster to bolster protection against the virus. The panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to recommend

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will ask its outside experts to review Merck's pill to treat COVID-19 at a meeting in late November WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will ask its outside experts to meet in late November

The Navy has set a timeline for all sailors to comply with mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations or provide a valid exemption, and it has set punishment for those who refuse to comply. All active-duty sailors must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 28, while those in the

President Joe Biden on Thursday praised the country's progress and vaccination efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic as case and hospitalization rates continue to decline. "It's working. We're making progress," Biden said in a White House address. Daily

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Airline pilots push back on vaccine mandates Most airlines now require employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but some pilots at American and Southwest are fighting the mandate, claiming potential career-ending vaccine side effects. Business Airline pilots push

In a brief, six-minute address to the nation, President Biden on Thursday said that his private-sector COVID-19 vaccine mandate will take effect “soon” to address the “unacceptably high number” of people who don’t want to be vaccinated. But he took no questions

(CNN) President Joe Biden on Thursday will highlight the ongoing work on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots and tout the effectiveness of vaccination requirements as he updates the public on his administration's response to the pandemic, a White House official

While Pfizer, BioNTech and Merck are three of the biggest names in the COVID-19 vaccination race, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Regeneron and GlaxoSmithKline are among the biggest players giving them a run for their money via COVID-19 monoclonal antibody drug treatments. Lab-made

United States commits another 17 million COVID vaccine doses to the African Union Enlarge this image toggle caption Picture Alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty I Picture Alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty I The White House says the United States

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel on Thursday endorsed emergency authorization for Moderna’s half-dose COVID-19 vaccine booster shot when administered at least six months following the two-dose series among people ages 65 and older and

Bali reopens to foreign travelers as COVID-19 surge subsides Enlarge this image toggle caption Firdia Lisnawati/AP Firdia Lisnawati/AP DENPASAR, Indonesia — The Indonesian resort island of Bali reopened for international travelers to visit its shops and white-sand

The National Institutes of Health study found that the J&J shot followed by one of the mRNA vaccines as a booster produced a stronger immune response than two doses of J&J. In response to the study, Johnson & Johnson noted that a booster of its vaccine increased

(CNN) While the rate of Covid-19 infections nationwide is slowing, health care systems in some parts of the country are struggling with hospital wings still packed with patients. In Montana, the state is facing new highs in coronavirus hospitalizations this

Taylor Wilson USA TODAY On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Is there enough data to prove the need and safety of booster shots for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines to the FDA? Plus, at least five people are dead after a suspect allegedly

Texas lawmakers weigh a bill to let workers sue employers over COVID vaccine mandates Enlarge this image toggle caption Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images Texas lawmakers are considering legislation that would give workers legal grounds to

President Joe Biden said that while the U.S. has made “important progress” in battling COVID-19, the country still has to “do more” to reduce the virus’s spread and “put this pandemic behind us.” In a press conference from the White House, Biden touted the

Once the agency authorized a booster from Pfizer-BioNTech last month, “the die was cast,” said John Moore, a virologist at Weill Cornell Medicine. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are by far the most used in the United States, with more than 170 million people

FDA panel backs lower-dose Moderna COVID booster A U.S. health advisory panel endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, voting to recommend a lower-dose shot for seniors and other high-risk groups. But it stressed there's no evidence it's time

Former President Donald Trump has been ordered to give a videotaped deposition in response to allegations that his security guards assaulted a group of Hispanic protesters at a 2015 rally outside Trump Tower. The four protesters allege that Trump’s security

Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on May 18, 2021 in New York City. Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be deposed next week in New York City for a lawsuit filed by protestors who allege they were "violently attacked"

Steve Bannon is “not required to respond” to a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol because former President Donald Trump says their communications are protected by executive privilege, his lawyer claimed in a

Former President Donald J. Trump is expected to testify on Monday at Trump Tower as part of a lawsuit brought by a group of activists who said that they were violently attacked by his bodyguards in 2015. Less than a week after the incident in September 2015,

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to a former Justice Department lawyer who positioned himself as an ally of Donald Trump and aided the Republican president's efforts to challenge the results of the

(CNN) Some Republicans worry that Donald Trump's persistent false claims of voter fraud could depress GOP voter turnout and turn off moderates and independents, potentially setting the party up for another Georgia-style disaster in the midterms. As the defeated

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has expanded its probe of former Trump officials as it mulls legal recourse for those who don’t cooperate. Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie G. Thompson on Wednesday issued a subpoena

A Republican group is using billboards to send a blunt message to Donald Trump and his supporters who are still pushing for endless election audits based on debunked claims of election fraud. “TRUMP LOST,” the billboards from Republicans for Voting Rights

Even more alarming, the fact that so many Republicans in Washington still think it is a possibility that he might go away after the past five years only proves they still have yet to learn a damned thing from the Trump tsunami that hit them. It is so obvious,

The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has slapped another ally of former President Donald Trump with a subpoena ― and this time, it’s Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who helped push Trump’s election fraud lies. Clark’s

The House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol issued a subpoena Wednesday to a former Justice Department official who allegedly aided former President Donald Trump in his bid to overturn last year’s election results citing

(CNN) A New York judge has ordered former President Donald Trump to sit for a video deposition next week in a case involving an alleged assault during a 2015 demonstration outside of Trump Tower. State Supreme Court Judge Doris Gonzalez has ordered Trump to

Former President Donald Trump is slated to return to New York City to provide a videotaped deposition in a case about his security team’s crackdown on a protest during the early days of his presidential campaign in 2015. Trump is expected to record the deposition

(CNN) Donald Trump is, ostensibly, a Republican. But he has shown time and again -- both in the White House and now out of it -- that he cares little about helping the party and its other candidates. The latest example came Wednesday night when Trump issued

DENVER — Attorneys for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, its onetime attorney Rudy Giuliani and conservative media figures asked a judge Wednesday to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems who argues he lost

Former President Donald Trump is slated to return to New York City to provide a videotaped deposition in a case about his security team’s crackdown on a protest during the early days of his presidential campaign in 2015 NEW YORK -- Former President Donald

Former President Donald Trump is ordered by a New York judge to appear for a deposition in connection with a lawsuit stemming from a 2015 protest where demonstrators clashed with Trump’s security guards. New York Supreme Court Justice Doris Gonzalez on Thursday

His new statement may be one Republicans can't ignore. The TAKE with Rick Klein It's easy enough and may be tempting for rank-and-file Republicans to ignore yet another statement from former President Donald Trump making false claims about an election that

FILE PHOTO: Acting Assistant U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Clark speaks next to Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Pool/File Photo FILE PHOTO:

A waxwork of Donald Trump typing on his cellphone was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds museum in Dubai, which opened Wednesday. Presumably, though, his favorite platform Twitter isn’t on the screen. The former president has been banned from social media following

FILE PHOTO: An American flag flies outside of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner FILE PHOTO: An American flag flies outside of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner October

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol set a vote next week to recommend that Stephen K. Bannon, a former top adviser to President Donald J. Trump, face criminal contempt charges for refusing to comply

A New York City panel this week approved a new management company for a public golf course in the Bronx that was previously run by former President Donald Trump’s company, The City reports. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced earlier this year the city would cancel

A second witness called for a deposition Thursday, former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel, also would not appear, according to two people familiar with the confidential negotiations who were granted anonymity to discuss them. But Patel is still engaging

The demands for documents and testimony from Clark reflect the committee’s efforts to probe not only the deadly insurrection but also the tumult that roiled the Justice Department in the weeks leading up to it as Trump and his allies leaned on government lawyers

78 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail Summary: President Joe Biden will receive two briefings, provide a COVID update, have lunch, then meet with he president of Kenya. 9:30 AM Receive daily briefing 10:30 AM Attend COVID briefing 11:30 AM Provide

President Biden will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Oct. 29 ahead of his two-day summit with leaders of the 20 largest economies, the White House said Thursday. Mr. Biden, who is Catholic, will speak with the pope about ending the COVID-19 pandemic,

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com. In 2020, Joe Biden campaigned on a singular premise: that Donald Trump was too reckless to be president, and that he was the one who could restore

President Joe Biden, dogged by concerns from Roman Catholic leaders at home about his support of abortion rights, will meet with Pope Francis on Oct. 29 before attending a two-day summit of G-20 leaders in Rome, White House officials said Thursday. On the

Amid a new Hunter Biden bombshell report that the 51-year-old businessman-turned-artist shared a joint bank account with his then-vice presidential father, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, questioned why Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is touting the IRS' plan to monitor-in-bulk

Amid a sharp rise in inflation and supply chain bottleneck that have fed both a scarcity of goods and hike in prices for consumers, as well as a worsening border crisis, President Biden is sending 13 senior administration officials and cabinet members to next

A year after Big Tech companies and media outlets worked to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story broken by the New York Post, the implications of the astonishing episode are still being felt in American political and cultural life. "I don't think there's

President Biden on Thursday warmly welcomed to the White House Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, whose family — like Biden’s own — is accused of shady overseas business ventures. Kenyatta and six relatives recently were exposed in the so-called Pandora Papers

A San Diego-area school district may ban the teaching of critical race theory this week, according to a report. The San Dieguito Union High School District in North County San Diego would be the first in the county to ban the controversial teaching practice,

A conservative watchdog group is looking for information that it believes could lead to a conflict of interest in Attorney General Merrick Garland's Oct. 4 memo that directs the DOJ and FBI to investigate parents "threatening" school board meetings over critical

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) released a statement Wednesday defending the cover-up of an alleged rape while attacking the alleged victim’s father. Here’s a quick rundown of what happened in Loudoun County, Virginia… On May 28, the 15-year-old daughter

Parents in Loudoun County, Virginia, were livid Tuesday night over an alleged coverup of sexual assault as debate rages over a transgender policy allowing male students to use female facilities such as restrooms and locker rooms. Tuesday’s Loudoun County school

A conservative government watchdog is seeking information related to reports that Attorney General Merrick Garland 's son-in-law is the co-founder of a company that promotes critical race theory (CRT) in the classroom. America First Legal (AFL) filed a Freedom

Loudoun County Public Schools responded to allegations that it covered up two separate instances of sexual assault at two different high schools in a statement provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation on Wednesday. “Loudoun County Public Schools is aware

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) took to Twitter following the bow and arrow attack in Norway to claim that attacks stem from people, not certain weapons. The New York Times reported that a man with a bow and arrow killed five people in Oslo, Norway, on Wednesday. Boebert

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish man who is in custody in Norway suspected of a bow-and-arrow attack on a small town that killed five people and wounded two others is a Muslim convert who had previously been flagged as having being radicalized, police said Thursday. The

Police have confirmed that the man suspected of having killed five and injured two with a bow and arrow in Kongsberg, Norway, was a convert to Islam who had been flagged by authorities over radicalisation concerns before the attack. During a press conference

Durst was never charged with any crimes related to his wife’s disappearance — but Los Angeles County prosecutors told the jury this summer that he killed the 29-year-old college student in their South Salem, N.Y., home, and “disposed of her body,” likely in

1982 Missing: Kathleen McCormack Durst “VANISHES! Search for beautiful wife of developer” screamed the headline in The New York Post. That developer was Robert A. Durst, heir to a real estate empire whose towers helped shape the Manhattan skyline. His wife,

CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta sought to explain the reasoning behind his appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience" this week, claiming he felt he "needed to go into the lion's den" to communicate to people about public

Joe Rogan confronted CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta over his network's claims that the podcast host took "horse dewormer" as a COVID treatment. On Wednesday's installment of "The Joe Rogan Experience," Rogan grilled the doctor on why someone

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about global transportation supply chain bottlenecks from the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about global transportation

A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here (CNN) Former President Donald Trump's effort to block Congress from investigating the January 6 insurrection has entered a new phase of obstruction. Follow

Kaiser Permanente workers In California And Oregon vote to authorize a strike NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jane Carter, a labor economist negotiating on behalf of Kaiser workers, who says the struggle to recruit and retain workers will only worsen under the

New York (CNN Business) About 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union went on strike against farm and construction equipment maker John Deere early Thursday morning. The UAW had reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contact with the company

Murdaugh told Satterfield’s sons at her February 2018 funeral that he would get insurance settlements for her death and take care of them, according to a lawsuit filed by the sons. Murdaugh managed to secure more than $4 million from his insurers, but he only

According to a report, Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving does not oppose the coronavirus vaccine. He opposes mandates forcing him to take vaccines and feels that he is a voice for those who think similarly. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported on Tuesday that

London (CNN Business) Prince William has criticized billionaires who are focused on space tourism, saying they should instead be investing more time and money in saving Earth. The Duke of Cambridge spoke about the current rush for space travel in an interview

Dozens killed in Southern Taiwan building fire The death toll from a fire in southern Taiwan that engulfed a building overnight is at least 46, according to officials Thursday who said at least another 41 people were injured. (Oct. 14)