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‘A four-week window’: Biden aims to learn from Obama’s mistakes with quick moves to deter Putin from invading Ukraine By Natasha Bertrand CNN December 19, 2021 (CNN)When the US intelligence community first picked up signs in the fall that Russia could be preparing a new attack on Ukraine, President Joe Biden directed his administration to act — and fast. Wary of repeating mistakes made in 2014, when the US and Europe were caught off guard by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Biden directed his national security team to use every tool possible to try to deter Russian President Vladimir…
Trevor Noah Files Lawsuit Against N.Y.C. Hospital and Doctor Alleging Botched Surgery in 2020 PEOPLE.com December 19, 2021 Trevor Noah has filed a lawsuit against a New York City hospital and doctor after they allegedly botched a surgery the comedian underwent in 2020. Last month, the 37-year-old The Daily Show host sued Dr. Riley J. Williams III and the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, according to the legal complaint obtained by PEOPLE. Per the suit, Noah was a patient between Aug. 25, 2020, and Dec. 17, 2020, and he underwent surgery with the hospital and doctor on…
Biden admin eyes a potentially stark shift in messaging around ending the pandemic By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond CNN December 18, 2021 (CNN)President Joe Biden’s top health officials came to an afternoon briefing at the White House Thursday with a warning — and a request. Sitting at the head of his long conference table surrounded by top members of his Covid response team, Biden listened intently as the officials laid out the contours of a looming coronavirus surge that could accelerate rapidly, swamp hospitals and send the country into another bleak winter. Continue Reading…..
Netherlands ‘going into lockdown again’ to curb omicron | AP News AP NEWS December 18, 2021 LONDON (AP) — Nations across Europe moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant, with the Netherlands leading the way by imposing a nationwide lockdown. All non-essential stores, bars and restaurants in the Netherlands will be closed until Jan. 14 starting Sunday, caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte said at a hastily arranged press conference Saturday night. Schools and universities will shut until Jan. 9, he said. Continue Reading…..
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Liz Cheney might be onto something with criminal charges for Trump, legal experts say By C. Ryan Barber Business Insider December 17, 2021 Rep. Liz Cheney has made multiple references to a criminal statute discussing Trump in recent days. Cheney raised a law against “corruptly” obstructing or impeding an official congressional proceeding. Her comments came days after a judge upheld the use of that statute against January 6 defendants. Continue Reading…..
Mitch McConnell Hated Donald Trump More than He Loved Being Majority Leader By William M. Arkin Newsweek December 16, 2021 In this daily series, Newsweek explores the steps that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot. On December 15, the day after the Electoral College affirmed Joe Biden as the next president, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky quietly told White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows that he planned to acknowledge that former Vice President Biden had won the presidency. That was before he had an epic conversation with Donald Trump. Continue Reading…..
CDC vaccine advisers to revisit Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine recommendation By Jamie Gumbrecht and Elizabeth Cohen CNN December 16, 2021 (CNN)The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisers will meet on Thursday to revisit the benefits and risks for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to vote on “updated recommendations for use,” according to an agenda for the meeting posted online Wednesday. The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine is authorized for use in people age 18 and older, and can be used as a booster shot for…
Analysis: How the January 6 committee finally exposed Trump’s empire of lies By Analysis by Stephen Collinson CNN December 16, 2021 (CNN)If politics still turned on truth and facts, this would be the week when the lie-filled foundations of Donald Trump’s movement imploded, destroying his apparent dream of a return to power after the 2024 election. But it is the ex-President’s greatest, most subversive victory that his empire of falsehoods will surely survive new disclosures that lay bare his own abuses of power and the voter-mocking deceit of his political and media enablers. Continue Reading…..
How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccine juggernaut amid COVID-19 | AP News AP NEWS December 15, 2021 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. strode onto the stage at a Southern California church, radiating Kennedy confidence and surveying the standing ovation crowd with his piercing blue Bobby Kennedy eyes. Then, he launched into an anti-vaccine rant. Democrats “drank the Kool-Aid,” he told people assembled for a far right conference, branded as standing for “health and freedom.” “It is criminal medical malpractice to give a child one of these vaccines,” Kennedy contended, according to a video of the…