The CDC and FDA recommended an immediate pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine this morning after six people developed a rare and severe type of blood clot after receiving the shot politico.com/news/2021/04/1…
All those affected were women between the ages of 18 and 48, and their symptoms developed 6-13 days after vaccination. One person died and another is hospitalized in critical condition. politico.com/news/2021/04/1…
Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said the agency expects the pause on administering the J&J vaccine to last "a matter of days" politico.com/news/2021/04/1…
Meanwhile, J&J said it would delay the rollout of its shot in Europe while safety data is reviewed, and several U.S. states said they would immediately halt use of the vaccine politico.com/news/2021/04/1…
More than 6.8 million doses of the J&J single-shot vaccine had been administered in the United States as of Monday, the CDC and FDA said politico.com/news/2021/04/1…
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U.S. policymakers have spent trillions of dollars to mitigate the effects of Covid-19. But the answer to preventing the next pandemic altogether lies elsewhere. politi.co/3t2FS2D
Government spending on pandemic prevention has been on the decline for 15 years, but there's interest in changing that after Covid-19 politi.co/3t2FS2D
Lawmakers hope to put more early alert systems in place, up real time data and testing, and train more first responders politi.co/3t2FS2D
Biden's first budget request calls on Congress to provide $769 billion for non-defense programs and $753 billion in national defense funding for the upcoming fiscal year politico.com/news/2021/04/0…
Biden's budget request amounts to a 16% increase over current funding levels for domestic programs and a roughly 1.5% increase for the Pentagon politico.com/news/2021/04/0…
The Capitol complex went into lockdown today after a reported shooting outside the building and amid reports of a vehicle that crashed into a barricade. politico.com/news/2021/04/0…
The Capitol Police said a suspect was in custody following reports of the car crash into two officers on Constitution Avenue. Both the injured officers and the suspect were transported to a nearby hospital. politi.co/3sNJOUC
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National Guardsmen ran to barricades around the Capitol, many carrying riot shields that had been stocked at the Capitol since the riot. The Capitol Police closed several blocks around the building as law enforcement responded to the scene. politi.co/3sNJOUC
Biden is using his infrastructure plan to take aim at Trump's signature economic achievement: His corporate tax cuts.
The plan calls for $2 trillion in new spending, and to defray its cost, his plan would roll back Trump’s cut in the corporate tax rate. politico.com/news/2021/03/3…
Biden's proposals also call for hundreds of billions of dollars for investments in clean infrastructure, though some environmental advocates say it's too modest to address a global emergency politico.com/news/2021/03/3…
In today's hearing, Mark Zuckerberg offered his most detailed proposal to date for tweaking the tech industry’s liability protections, while the Twitter and Google CEOs have urged lawmakers to show restraint politico.com/news/2021/03/2…
Sen. Raphael Warnock said today that the man suspected of killing 8 people in attacks on 3 separate Atlanta-area spas — including 6 people of Asian descent and 7 women — was driven by “hate” to commit the acts of violence. politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
Warnock added that he was “more interested in hearing the stories of the victims” killed in the attacks Tuesday on Young’s Asian Massage Parlor, Aromatherapy Spa and Gold Spa. “That’s really what we ought to be amplifying, their humanity,” he said. politi.co/2OZTJaN
Lawmakers convened a hearing today on violence against Asian Americans that quickly devolved into partisan politics.
“My concern about this hearing is that it seems to want to venture into the policing of rhetoric in a free society,” said Rep. Chip Roy. politi.co/2OZTJaN