More than two-thirds of the corona vaccines distributed in the United States remain unused so far, US health officials said Monday. Governors of New York and Florida have already announced that they will punish hospitals for not using the available vaccines quickly enough. The federal government has now distributed […]
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Pelosi Re-Elected As Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Nancy Pelosi was re-elected as President of the US House of Representatives on Sunday. The 80-year-old Democrat won by a narrow majority in the new US Congress’s first session because five Democratic party members did not support her. Still, it was enough to beat her Republican opponent Kevin McCarthy. […]
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Growing Concern in the US About British Variant Coronavirus
The spread of a new variant of the coronavirus in the United States is of great concern among experts. That extra contagious variant has now surfaced in two states: California and Colorado. The vaccination of Americans is now going less smoothly than had been hoped. Experts warn that the […]
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Biden: Trump Vaccination Plan is Far Behind
US President-elect Joe Biden vowed on Tuesday that he would do his utmost to fight Covid-19 once he takes office. He said in a speech about the corona crisis from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, that President Donald Trump’s vaccination campaign is inadequate. “The Trump administration’s distribution plan is […]
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Trump: US Government Only Needs to Build Beautiful Buildings
With just under a month to go in the White House, US President Donald Trump has decided with a presidential decree that the federal government can only build “beautiful” buildings. Trump prefers the neoclassical architectural style. The final version of the decree is a milder version of the draft […]
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Emergency Authorization of the Second Corona Vaccine in US One Step Closer
A second corona vaccine will soon be on the market in the United States. A group of experts gave a positive recommendation on Thursday about the emergency authorization of the vaccine from the American company Moderna. The advice is intended for the American drug watchdog FDA, which wants to […]
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Cyberattack on the US Discovered by Hacked Cybersecurity Company
The major cyber attack on the US government’s computer networks was discovered when cybersecurity company FireEye started investigating a hacking attack on its own network. FireEye found a problem with the software of supplier SolarWinds, of which the American government is also a customer. Russian hackers are said to […]
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US Justice Investigates Son Biden’s Tax Cases
The US Justice Department has started an investigation into the tax cases of Hunter Biden, son of US President Biden. Hunter says he takes the matter very seriously, according to a statement circulated by Biden’s campaign team. Biden’s son is confident that a “professional and objective assessment” will demonstrate […]
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Biden Considers Buttigieg as Ambassador to China
US President-elect Joe Biden is considering appointing Pete Buttigieg, his opponent in the Democratic primaries last spring, as ambassador to China, news site Axios reports based on insiders. Buttigieg, the Democrats’ first openly gay presidential candidate, is now mayor of South Bend, Indiana. The mayor and Afghanistan veteran was […]
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Biden Wants Top Immunologist Fauci on His Corona Team
President-elect Joe Biden has asked Anthony Fauci to remain in his post and join his Covid team once the Democrat is installed. Biden said this to CNN on Thursday. The top immunologist, who heads the US National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, is now one of President Donald […]