The Biden administration is seeking ways to get more vaccines into more Americans by dividing the current smallpox vaccine, which is being used to prevent monkeypox, into five smaller doses. The administration recently declared a national emergency in response to a growing number of cases. According to The Hill: FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said during a briefing that
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is changing his tune on how many Senate seats Republicans will flip in the midterm elections after a number of Trump-backed candidates beat out more traditionally conservative candidates. President Biden’s poor approval ratings and the historical pattern of the president’s party losing seats in the middle of their first
In a stunning warning sign for Republicans, the overwhelmingly conservative state has voted down an amendment to its state constitution which would have allowed its Legislature to further restrict or ban abortion. The referendum is the first in the country since Roe was overturned by the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs. Dave Wasserman was the first to call
Despite warnings from the Biden administration and threats from China, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly set to visit Taiwan on Tuesday evening. Her office has not made those plans public, but Taiwanese media have been reporting it. According to The Hill: Pelosi’s congressional delegation tour kicked off Monday in Singapore, and her office has confirmed Malaysia, South Korea and
The political newcomer ran an extremely successful campaign to become the first Republican governor of the state since 2009. He now enjoys broad bipartisan support as he largely stays out of national politics to focus on local issues. According to The Hill: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has a 49 percent approval among his constituents just a few
Much like Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden has tested positive with “rebound” COVID after being treated with Paxlovid. Though the President currently feels “fine”, his symptoms could come back much worse as they did in Fauci’s case. White House physician Dr. Kevin C. O’Connor said in a meme released by the White House that
Two Senators introduced a bill meant to give Congress more power to pass legislation directly in response to Supreme Court rulings that interpret federal statues or constitutional rights. According to Law360: The Supreme Court Review Act, introduced by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., would help guarantee that the power to make policy
The pair of black teen girls, 15 and 16, face two hate crime charges in an early July attack that left a 57-year-old woman needing staples in her head. Police are still searching for a third girl. According to the New York Post: Two teenage girls accused of an “anti-white” attack on a Queens woman riding
17 staffers from various offices occupied Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office with large banners, apparently hoping to pressure him to pressure Manchin to continue pursuing climate negotiations. The New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz was live tweeting from the scene, where the staffers held signs and sang together. The sit-in follows a letter signed anonymously by more than
With the Supreme Court poised to reduce or even eliminate affirmative action in college admissions, a recent study has offered a unique window into the magnitude of racial preferences in America’s elite colleges. The paper, part of a series of studies conducted in the wake of high-profile litigation against Harvard and the University of North
