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Pfizer pulls FDA request for Covid vaccine for kids under 5 — Pfizer-BioNTech is postponing its rolling application to the Food and Drug Administration to expand the use of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 4 years. — The move means that vaccines for this age group …
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Covid Live Updates: In Reversal, F.D.A. Delays Decision on Shots for Children Under 5 — The agency will wait for data on whether three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid vaccine are effective in that age group before deciding whether to authorize a two-dose vaccine.
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Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Rolling Submission for Emergency Use Authorization of Their COVID-19 Vaccine in Children 6 Months Through 4 Years of Age
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Pfizer delays FDA consideration of coronavirus vaccine for children under 5
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Follow the Science? — If only it were so easy. — The C.D.C. describes medium-rare hamburgers as “undercooked” and dangerous. The agency also directs Americans to avoid raw cookie dough and not to eat more than a teaspoon or so of salt every day. And the C.D.C. tells sexually active women …
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EXCLUSIVE U.S. to send 3,000 additional troops to Poland, officials say … The United States will be sending 3,000 additional troops to Poland in the coming days to try and help reassure NATO allies, four U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus …
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White House warns Russia could invade Ukraine during Olympics, urges Americans to leave — Any Americans still in Ukraine should leave “immediately,” the White House said. — Russia could potentially launch an invasion of the country “any day now,” President Joe Biden's national security advisor Jake Sullivan said.
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U.S. says ‘distinct possibility’ that Russia could invade Ukraine during the Olympics


Putin could attack Ukraine on Feb. 16, Biden told allies — With help from Jacopo Barigazzi, Lili Bayer, Erin Banco and David Herszenhorn — National security adviser JAKE SULLIVAN said a full Russian invasion of Ukraine could come before the end of the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 20 …
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Taliban Are Holding Westerners in Afghanistan, Including One American
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Spurning Demand by the Taliban, Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds
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A New Version Of The Mueller Report Reveals That Mueller Declined To Charge Donald Trump Jr. And Roger Stone With Computer Crimes — Copy — The Department of Justice released a new version of the Mueller report Friday afternoon that reveals for the first time that former special counsel …


The Moment Sarah Palin's Testimony Fell Apart — At the New York Times trial, the former governor was impressive at first. It didn't last. — Sarah Palin took the stand this morning—on day six of her libel trial against the New York Times—clad in a black pencil skirt, cream boucle blazer, and megawatt smile.
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The existential dread of journalists watching the Sarah Palin trial
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Mark Meadows's absurd spin for Trump shows right-wing media's power — One big advantage Republicans have right now is their massive network of right-wing media spinners. They spend hours each day communicating a wholly alternate narrative of the moment — one comprehensively purged …
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I Used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband's Every Move — A vast location-tracking network is being built around us so we don't lose our keys: One couple's adventures in the consumer tech surveillance state. — In mid-January, my husband and I were having an argument.
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Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram — Before dawn on January 30, Regina Anne Bateson, a resident of Ottawa, Canada, loaded her skis into her car and headed out to one of her favorite cross-country trails.
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Congress is passing a wave of bipartisan bills as Biden's big plans stall — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's signature Build Back Better Act has stalled and his voting rights ambitions have fizzled. But Congress is suddenly racking up modest yet consequential victories …
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CNN: Incumbent Dems feeling inflation heat — and wonder where Biden is
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Jan. 6 rioter from Beverly Hills has second thoughts on her guilty plea — WASHINGTON — A Beverly Hills cosmetologist who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in support of the man she calls “Trumpy Bear,” recently told fellow supporters that she only pleaded guilty “to stay out of jail …
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Fox News Channel original Jim Angle dead at 75 — Angle joined Fox News during its inaugural year in 1996 — Fox News Channel original Jim Angle died Wednesday at his home in Arlington, Virginia. He was 75. — “Jim was a FOX News original and a top Washington correspondent whose talent and fearless reporting was unmatched.
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Here's How Republicans Have Been Justifying the Censure of Cheney and Kinzinger — With hypocrisy, insinuations, and excuses. — As the Republican party continues to degenerate into a cult, its leaders are stepping forward to do what they do best: rationalize the party's mounting corruption.
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Dismantling the Wisconsin Elections Commission was on agenda for Ron Johnson meeting at state Capitol, text messages show — MADISON - When U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson paid a rare visit to the Wisconsin State Capitol last fall to meet with legislative leaders, the expected agenda was to discuss dismantling …
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EU investigates reports of menstrual disorders after mRNA COVID shots … The European Medicines Agency's safety committee said on Friday it was reviewing reports of heavy menstrual bleeding and absence of menstruation from women who had received COVID vaccines from Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE)and Moderna (MRNA.O).
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White father and son charged for chasing and shooting at Black FedEx driver — (CNN)Two White men are facing criminal charges after a Black FedEx Express driver alleged that he was chased and shot at while delivering packages in Brookhaven, Mississippi. — When he called police to report …


Why Josh Hawley is being slammed as ‘grossly unfit’ for office — As international crises intensify, Josh Hawley is blocking Pentagon nominees. No wonder the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called him “grossly unfit” for office. — As 2021 got underway, Sen. Josh Hawley did not find himself in a good position.
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GOP Congressman Fined $125,000 For Financial Violations — Self-proclaimed fiscal conservative, Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), agreed to pay a $125,000 fine as part of his campaign making good on a number of violations. — The other shoe has dropped for Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ).
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White House aides weigh deficit reduction as way to revamp economic plan for Manchin — Administration officials rethink approach as West Virginia senator renews push for tax bill to reduce federal deficit. — White House aides have in recent days discussed revamping President Biden's economic package …
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