Washington — A national organization representing school board officials from around the country is appealing to President Biden for assistance from federal law enforcement to address a growing number of violent threats and intimidation against public school officials over COVID-19 restrictions and critical race theory. The leaders of the National …
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Washington — Ambassador Pamela Spratlen, the senior official leading the State Department’s response to cases of “Havana Syndrome” reported by U.S. diplomats, is leaving her post after six months in the role, the department confirmed Wednesday. “Ambassador Spratlen earlier this year agreed to return to the Department to take on the …
Read More »Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says “it’s just a matter of time” before COVID-19 booster shots are required, that full FDA approval of the vaccines is coming “very soon” and that the U.S. is not testing enough for the virus to fully understand how the Delta variant is spreading in communities. …
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Washington — Five members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus who are temporarily living in Washington, D.C., have now tested positive for COVID-19, a person familiar with the situation told CBS News. A statement late Sunday from state Representative Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio, who was one of the …
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Washington — Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization who is accused of orchestrating a yearslong tax fraud scheme, has been removed as an officer from several of the organization’s subsidiaries, according to sources familiar with the Trump Organization’s operations and public records. Weisselberg, who was …
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