An overhaul of voting laws was blocked by Republicans. An effort to strike a bipartisan deal on police reforms has lost all momentum. A plan to provide a path to legal residency for millions of immigrants is now all but dead.
According to Johnson & Johnson’s study, efficacy was 100 percent against severe or critical cases of covid-19 for two weeks after the booster shot. Regulators would have to authorize the boosters before the public could receive them.
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“Peril,” by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, reveals how far the two Republicans went in examining the president’s fraud claims.
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The data, eagerly anticipated by many parents and pediatricians, is a crucial step toward the two-shot coronavirus vaccine regimen becoming available for children, perhaps close to Halloween.
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Thomas Renz, once a little-known attorney in Ohio with limited litigation experience, boosted his profile with lawsuits challenging coronavirus vaccines.
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The mayor said all teachers and school staff and early child-care workers in the city must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Nov. 1, eliminating a testing option for these professionals who regularly interact with children.
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The governor is wrapping up his four-year term with waning popularity, a potential drag on his Democratic Party with six weeks left before the November statewide elections.
The Adams Morgan plaza has been at the center of a years-long battle over whether the parcel belongs to a corporation or the public. Now the bank that owns it is warning people to leave by Wednesday.
Arena Stage teams up with the Washington Nationals for a simulcast of the baseball play ‘Toni Stone’
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Rodgers was back to looking like the reigning league MVP. Green Bay, after trailing at halftime, regrouped during a rainy second half to resemble the team that reached the last two NFC championship games.
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Josh Bell was charged with interference, ending a 10th-inning rally as the Nationals fumed. The Marlins prevailed, 8-7, in the bottom half.
After the D.C. tournament was canceled in 2020, the presence of star Rafael Nadal drove sell-out crowds this summer.
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Sales of electric bikes are up. But riders of the fast, heavy bicycles need to watch out for pedestrians and other cyclists on the trail, and for cars on the road.
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