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President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 response and vaccinations in the State Dining Room of the White House

Biden receives his Covid-19 booster shot: Vaccines ‘can save your life and … can save the lives of those around you’

By Kate Sullivan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN President Joe Biden received his Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on Monday afternoon at the White House just days after booster doses were approved by federal health officials. “We know that to beat this pandemic and to save lives … we need to get folks vaccinated,” Biden said during

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People hold signs during a rally in support of the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program

Biden administration takes new steps to preserve Obama-era DACA immigration program

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration Monday morning took steps to save the Obama-era DACA program that shields hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has been the subject of ongoing litigation since it was established in 2012. President Donald

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The road to Aduhelm: What one ex-FDA adviser called ‘probably the worst drug approval decision in recent US history’ for an Alzheimer’s treatment

By Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Dr. Aaron Kesselheim had been on an advisory committee for the US Food and Drug Administration for a half-dozen years, but he had never been to a meeting like this one. The FDA establishes advisory committees to assist the federal agency with one of its most important duties: deciding whether to

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A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20

The road to Aduhelm: What one ex-FDA adviser called ‘probably the worst drug approval decision in recent US history’ for an Alzheimer’s treatment

By Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Dr. Aaron Kesselheim had been on an advisory committee for the US Food and Drug Administration for a half-dozen years, but he had never been to a meeting like this one. The FDA establishes advisory committees to assist the federal agency with one of its most important duties: deciding whether to

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A file photo of a US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress on final approach to Nellis Air Force Base

Russian fighter jets escorted US Air Force bomber after it reportedly approached Russian airspace

By Manveena Suri and Olga Pavlova, CNN Russian fighter jets were scrambled to escort a US Air Force plane that reportedly approached Russian airspace over the Pacific Ocean, Russian state news agency TASS said Sunday. There were no violations of Russia’s state border during the episode, according to TASS, which, citing Russia’s National Defense Command

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Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said that he opposes a Democratic plan to combine a temporary government funding bill with a suspension of the debt ceiling.

GOP senator says he ‘will certainly be voting no’ on Democrats’ plan to combine debt ceiling suspension with government funding bill

By Devan Cole, CNN Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said Sunday that he opposes a Democratic plan to combine a temporary government funding bill with a suspension of the debt ceiling. “So I will certainly be voting no if the Democrats insist on combining the debt ceiling increase or suspension with the continuing operations of the

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GOP senator says he ‘will certainly be voting no’ on Democrats’ plan to combine debt ceiling suspension with government funding bill

By Devan Cole, CNN Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said Sunday that he opposes a Democratic plan to combine a temporary government funding bill with a suspension of the debt ceiling. “So I will certainly be voting no if the Democrats insist on combining the debt ceiling increase or suspension with the continuing operations of the

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Crews clear an area used by migrants

Mayorkas: About 4,000 migrants in Del Rio have been expelled under Covid-19 public health rule

By Priscilla Alvarez and Chandelis Duster, CNN About 4,000 migrants apprehended by US Customs and Border Protection in Del Rio, Texas, over the last weeks have been expelled under a public health authority, known as Title 42, and 10,000 to 12,000 migrants have been released into the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said

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