The House of Representatives passed President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill on Friday, putting an end to a months-long deadlock caused by wrangling between the progressive and fiscally conservative wings of the Democratic Party over just how big the president’s accompanying social and climate spending package will be.
VAERS data released today by the CDC included a total of 856,919 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 18,078 deaths and 131,027 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and Oct. 29, 2021.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday he would introduce a new package of election integrity legislation that included the establishment of an “Office of Election Crimes and Security.”
A prominent political analyst on Wednesday said three 2022 Senate races where Democrats had held advantages are now considered “toss-ups” after Tuesday’s setbacks for the party in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere.
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in Maine, which thus went into effect that day. The particularly strict mandate has a medical exemption but not a religious one. While the majority on the Court did not give an opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a dissent that was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, as highlighted by Robert Barnes with The Washington Post.
