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A White House official and a senior aide in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office

A White House official and a senior Pelosi aide, both fully vaccinated, have tested positive for Covid-19

By Kaitlan Collins, John Harwood and Annie Grayer, CNN A White House official and a senior aide in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, who are both fully vaccinated, have tested positive for Covid-19, CNN has learned. A White House official confirmed that the White House staffer tested positive off campus. “In accordance with our rigorous

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The Department of Homeland Security mandates additional cybersecurity measures for critical US pipelines

DHS escalates cybersecurity mandates for key US pipelines in wake of ransomware attack

By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security mandated additional cybersecurity measures this week for critical US pipelines, a move meant to protect against ransomware and other known threats months after a crippling cyberattack on one of America’s most important pipelines. On Monday, the Transportation Security Administration, a component of DHS, issued its second

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President Joe Biden speaks in Washington

White House reviewing Section 230 amid efforts to push social media giants to crack down on misinformation

By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is reviewing whether social media platforms should be held legally accountable for publishing misinformation via Section 230, a law that protects companies’ ability to moderate content, White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said Tuesday. The Section 230 debate is taking on new urgency in recent days as the

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‘We’ve come up against the brick wall’: Southwest Ohio fights vaccine hesitancy ahead of Biden town hall

By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Dena Cranley and Barbara Lynch have a blunt reality check for President Joe Biden: His repeated pleas for vaccinations are going largely unheeded and unheard. As Biden asked Americans once again on Monday to get vaccinated to slow the resurgence of Covid-19 cases across the country, the two

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