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U.S. to Lift Travel Ban on Vaccinated Visitors — The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions starting in November on those from abroad who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, ending a travel ban implemented to limit the spread of disease and reopening the United States …
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US to relax travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign passengers — Biden administration announces new travel policy effective from November — Passengers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to travel to the US from anywhere in the world from November …
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Biden administration to lift travel ban for fully vaccinated international travelers — White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients announced on Monday that the Biden administration will allow fully vaccinated travelers from around the world to enter the U.S. beginning in November.
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Biden administration easing travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign visitors — The Biden administration on Monday said it plans to ease restrictions on fully vaccinated international visitors beginning in early November. — All foreign visitors must be vaccinated …
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White House announces new system allowing fully vaccinated foreign nationals to fly to US — The Biden administration announced Monday a new system to allow all fully vaccinated foreign nationals to once again fly to the United States after months of debate surrounding America's COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Scoop - Manchin: Delay Biden plan to '22 — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is privately saying he thinks Congress should take a “strategic pause” until 2022 before voting on President Biden's $3.5 trillion social-spending package, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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Senate parliamentarian deals blow to Dems' immigration push
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Sinema tells White House she's opposed to current prescription drug plan
Sinema tells White House she's opposed to current prescription drug plan
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Kathleen Rice's Questionable Rationale for Voting Down Drug Pricing Reform
Kathleen Rice's Questionable Rationale for Voting Down Drug Pricing Reform
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Peter Thiel's Origin Story His ideology dominates Silicon Valley. It began to form when he was an angry young man. — Sometime around the spring of 1988, several members of the Stanford University chess team traveled to a tournament in Monterey, California, in an old Volkswagen Rabbit.
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Lindsey Graham and Mike Lee personally vetted Trump's fraud claims, new book says. They were unpersuaded. — “Peril,” by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, reveals the lengths the two Republicans went to in examining the president's baseless claims. — Sen. Lindsey O. Graham agreed to hear Rudolph W. Giuliani out.
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My Going Maskless Is Different, Says San Francisco Mayor, Because ‘I Was Feeling the Spirit’ — The Mayor of San Francisco says that she shouldn't be criticized for breaking her own COVID rules, because, and I quote, “I was feeling the spirit and I wasn't thinking about a mask.” CBS reports:
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Haitians on border: We're not going anywhere. CBP: Yes you are — On Saturday, we learned that the White House was finalizing a plan to begin flying the roughly 14,000 Haitian illegal aliens camped out under an overpass near Del Rio, Texas back to their home country.
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The Washington Post announces the addition of 41 editing roles, including 2 masthead positions … Announcement from Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, Managing Editor Cameron Barr, Managing Editor Tracy Grant, Managing Editor Krissah Thompson, Managing Editor Kat Downs Mulder: — Dear Colleagues,
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This $100,000 Donation by Matt Gaetz Raises All the Eyebrows — Rep. Matt Gaetz' largest political donation ever went to a Chris Christie group for a very strange reason that's caught the attention of election law experts. — On the day Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began in the Senate …
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The Indictment of Hillary Clinton's Lawyer is an Indictment of the Russiagate Wing of U.S. Media — The DOJ's new charging document, approved by Biden's Attorney General, sheds bright light onto the Russiagate fraud and how journalistic corruption was key. — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton's …
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Bill Barr's Still Making a Mockery of Justice. Merrick Garland's Letting Him.
Bill Barr's Still Making a Mockery of Justice. Merrick Garland's Letting Him.
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Threats against members of Congress are skyrocketing. It's changing the job — A few months ago Rep. Norma Torres (D-Pomona) received an anonymous video of someone following her car. The camera pans down to a 9mm handgun on the seat as a male voice says: “I see you. I got something for you.”
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The Case Not Made: A Response to Anne Applebaum's “The New Puritans” — All social relations create vulnerabilities and dependencies that are subject to abuse. This is a fundamental fact about the social nature of humanity, a baseline from which all specific arrangements need to be judged.

This Doc Stoked the COVID Crisis. These Women Are Paying the Price — Here's what happens when you need hospital care but live in a misinformation wasteland, and sick anti-vaxxers are taking up all the beds. — Even as the coronavirus pandemic ravages her state of Idaho …
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Both sides should support Marjorie Taylor Greene's primary challenger — Jennifer Strahan wants to do the country a favor. — The Georgia businesswoman recently announced that she plans to primary Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia's 14th Congressional District.

Covid Vaccine Prompts Strong Immune Response in Younger Children, Pfizer Says — Vaccinated kids aged 5 to 11 showed evidence of protection against the virus, the company said. The data must be reviewed by the F.D.A. before children can be inoculated. — The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine …
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Twitter lashes out over celebrities at 2021 Emmys going maskless — Mask on, mask off. — The 2021 Emmy Awards were full of colorful ensembles, moving speeches and coveted gold statuettes — but no masks in sight. — While 2020's coronavirus had awards shows very scaled down, the party only got bigger this year.

Tate Reeves and the high cost of covid incompetence — When naming the poster child for irresponsible leadership on covid-19, there are plenty of governors to choose from. You could make a strong case for South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
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'It's spreading': Phony election fraud conspiracies infect midterms — It started as one big, false claim — that the election was stolen from Donald Trump. — But nearly a year later, the Big Lie is metastasizing, with Republicans throughout the country raising the specter of rigged elections …
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Body ‘consistent with description’ of Gabby Petito found in Bridger-Teton National Forest — Her boyfriend, named a person of interest, has not been seen since Tuesday. — A body “consistent with the description of” Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing while on a cross-country road trip …
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Public Pans Texas Abortion Law — Most say leave Roe v. Wade as is — West Long Branch, NJ - Key aspects of the new Texas law restricting access to abortions receive a thumbs down from a broad majority of Americans, especially the so-called “bounty” payment provision.
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Trump's coercion and role in Jan. 6 warrant a special prosecutor — In August 2020, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turned a diplomatic mission to the Middle East into a political event when he addressed the Republican National Convention in a video from Jerusalem with the Western Wall in the background.
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Stock Market Falls on Chinese Property Fears — Dow, S&P 500 open lower as concerns over indebted property developer China Evergrande spur broad retreat — A recent selloff in the stock market intensified on Monday as worries about China's indebted property sector rippled into global markets.