White House officials are furious that the House on Thursday passed its defense funding bill — now headed to the Senate — with a provision that would force the Pentagon to end its coronavirus vaccine mandate for members of the military.
The Associated Press found that governments around the world used mass surveillance technologies and data during the COVID-19 pandemic for purposes unrelated to the pandemic, including stifling dissent and harassing marginalized communities.
A growing number of parents oppose vaccine mandates as a precondition for public school attendance, and interest among adults in receiving COVID-19 booster shots is waning, according to a national poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
The Senate has approved a military spending bill that includes a provision to end the military's Covid-19 vaccine policy, despite opposition from President Joe Biden, and has sent it to his desk for approval.
A Marine Corps major’s promotion has been indefinitely suspended over his religious objection to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the officer’s wife.
Multinational automaker Stellantis is indefinitely closing an assembly plant in Illinois in February and laying off hundreds of workers, in large part due to the high cost of making electric vehicles.
U.S. military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate would be repealed under a compromise must-pass annual defense bill revealed Tuesday, ending requirement for all active-duty and part-time troops to get the jab.
