Category: Politics
Michigan’s new congressional map: 3 battlegrounds, 1 Dem-vs.-Dem primary
It also immediately triggered a member-on-member primary between Stevens and Levin in the state’s new 11th District, a safe blue seat to the [...]
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Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to ca [...]
I Predicted the Culture Wars Would End in 2021. Oops.
While Biden as president has delivered on his promise to revert the White House to a policy-making and governing apparatus after its four-year sti [...]
2021 year in review: Vox’s 9 most interesting interviews, with Elizabeth Bruenig, James Carville, Sarah Marshall, and others
My job at Vox is to talk to interesting people. And in 2021, I got to talk to a lot of really interesting people.
Nine conversations in particul [...]
Covid: Some schools to plan for home learning, says FM
Mark Drakeford says decisions on whether pupils will return to home learning will be made locally.
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Covid-19: Shorter self-isolation rules take effect in NI
People who catch Covid can now end quarantine after seven days if they test negative twice.
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Meisha Porter Had 3 Goals as N.Y.C. Schools Chief: ‘Open. Open. Open.’
Meisha R. Porter became New York City’s schools chancellor in March, charged with reopening the nation’s largest school district, serving nearly on [...]
Downing Street flat: Boris Johnson’s letters with standards adviser to be published
A spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, where Lord Geidt's office is based, said they would not comment on speculation but added that: "The terms of [...]
Covid: UK 'incomparably better placed' this new year – PM
Boris Johnson urges revellers who go out to take a Covid test and "remember the importance of ventilation".
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Navy Fires Warship’s Top Two Officers, Reportedly Over Handling of Sexual Harassment Inquiry
WASHINGTON — The Navy has fired the commander and the second in charge of the littoral combat ship Montgomery because of “a loss of confidence in t [...]
Putin Warns Biden of ‘Complete Rupture’ Over Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Vladimir V. Putin warned President Biden on Thursday that any economic sanctions imposed on Russia if it were to take new mi [...]
California Man on Deadly Mission to White House Is Arrested, Officials Say
A California man driving cross-country to the White House on a mission to “do whatever it takes” to kill top officials on a “hit list” that include [...]
F.D.A. Plans to Allow 12- to 15-Year-Olds to Receive Pfizer Boosters
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is planning to broaden eligibility for coronavirus vaccine booster doses on Monday, allowing 12- to 1 [...]
Covid: France suspends transit ban for UK nationals during Christmas period
EU-based Brits trying to get home will be allowed to cross France during the Christmas period.
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Covid-19: Calls to give NHS staff priority access to lateral flow tests
Supplies of lateral flow tests may need to be "constrained" amid rising demand, Sajid Javid says.
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