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An A-Z look back at politics in 2021
We take a less than serious trawl back through the gaffes, quips, watchwords and jargon of a busy year in UK politics.
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Fauci says U.S. should consider vaccine mandate for domestic air travel
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press B [...]
Biden says Covid surge needs to be solved at state level, vows full federal support
US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with with the Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force and private sector CEOs, in the South Auditorium o [...]
Omicron drives Christmas weekend flight cancellations above 1,500
Delta Airlines and an American Airlines planes taxi away from their gate ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Logan International Airport in Boston [...]
21 Masks That Capture the Politics of 2021
By POLITICO MAGAZINE
12/25/2021 07:00 AM EST
It’s been an eventful year to say the least. But when historians look back on images of al [...]
Schools struggle as officials push for in-person learning after winter break
Students make their way to class for the first day of school at Tustin Ranch Elementary School in Tustin, CA on Wednesday, August 11, 2021.Paul Ber [...]
Biden wishes he thought about ordering 500 million at-home Covid tests 2 months ago
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Medals of Honor ceremony in Washington, December 16, 2021.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Joe Biden said [...]
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Cartoon Carousel
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to c [...]
Airline industry pushing CDC to cut breakthrough Covid quarantine time
Flight attendants hand out refreshments to a packed Delta Airlines flight traveling from Ronald Regan National Airport to MinneapolisSaint Paul Int [...]
Rising flu cases threaten hospital capacity as Covid surges into holidays
Emergency Room nurses and EMTs tend to patients in hallways at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on August 18, 2021 in Houston, Texas.Br [...]
Bitcoin Politics: A Year of Reflection and 2022 Predictions
This week, “Opinionated” hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking about the most exciting and most annoying things that happ [...]
Omicron accounts for 90% of Covid cases in some parts of the U.S., CDC director says
A test tube labelled "COVID-19 Test Positive" is seen in front of displayed words "OMICRON SARS-COV-2" in this illustration taken December 11, 2021 [...]
Supreme Court will hear challenge to Biden Covid vaccine mandates
A sign in a restaurant window informs customers that they will need to show proof that they are at least partly vaccinated for Covid-19 to be allow [...]
U.S. Covid cases, booster shots on the rise as country nears Christmas
OptimuMedicine registered nurse Allison Anderson (L) gives Chuck Struckness of Nevada a Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccinati [...]
FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid treatment pill, the first oral antiviral drug cleared during the pandemic
The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization Wednesday to Pfizer's Covid treatment pill, a major milestone that promises to rev [...]