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By Erin Banco, Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle POLITICO April 23, 2021 The Biden administration has stood by Johnson & Johnson as the vaccine maker struggled to deliver promised doses of its Covid-19 vaccine — but privately, frustrated senior health officials have largely written off the shot, according to seven people with knowledge of the matter. Johnson & Johnson, which has a long history of successful vaccine development, was one of the government’s first and biggest bets in the coronavirus vaccine race. But the company has faced an unrelenting series of setbacks, including a contractor mix-up that ruined 15 million…

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Bush said he wrote in Condoleezza Rice for president in 2020 election By Olafimihan Oshin TheHill April 23, 2021 Former President George W. Bush said that wrote in his former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when he voted for president in 2020. In an interview with People, Bush tells the magazine that he didn’t vote for either Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden in November’s election, but cast his vote for Rice. Bush told Rice that he voted for her, according to People. “She knows it,” Bush said to People. “But she told me she would refuse…

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Stocks sink on worries over higher taxes By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business CNN April 22, 2021 New York (CNN Business)US stocks tumbled Thursday over investors’ worries about higher taxes. All three major indexes closed deep in the red. The Dow (INDU) fell 0.9%, or 321 points. The broader S&P 500 (SPX) and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP) also fell 0.9%. It’s not surprising that Wall Street doesn’t like higher taxes, particularly when it comes to capital gains — the levy investors pay on realized profits after selling a stock, for example. Continue Reading…..

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George W. Bush calls country “divided” under Trump and pushes immigration reform CBS News April 22, 2021 "The country was very divided during that period of time. And, you know, as a result, he wasn’t reelected,” Mr. Bush said of Mr. Trump. Though he accused Mr. Trump of dividing the country, Mr. Bush would not go as far as assigning blame for the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which he called a “terrible moment in our history.” “That made me sick. I couldn’t believe it. Neither could you. Most Americans are sitting there going, ‘What the…

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Pfizer and BioNTech Vaccine Sales Jump $1.4 Billion Thanks to AstraZeneca’s Blunders @themotleyfool #stocks $PFE $AZN $JNJ $BNTX $MRNA By Keith Speights The Motley Fool April 22, 2021 Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) announced Monday that they’re supplying the European Union (EU) with an additional 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty (BNT162b2). The European Commission exercised its option to buy these doses under an existing agreement signed in February. This move brings the total doses the two companies are supplying to EU members to 600 million. Based on the price per dose already previously agreed upon, this…

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By Grace Dean Business Insider April 22, 2021 Mike Lindell urged Fox News to invite him on to discuss the $1.6 billion lawsuit against Dominion. MyPillow advertises on Fox News, but relations between the broadcaster and Lindell have soured. “Why don’t you report? Fox, report, have me on,” Lindell said during a livestream on his new social-media site, Frank. Continue Reading…..

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