Brandi Buchman
Pfizer says its COVID vaccine is ready for FDA’s green light
The request to the Food and Drug Administration is a “critical” next step on the path toward distribution before full scale testing of the vaccine is complete, BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said in a statement Friday.
Pillaging the planet: Trump to issue drill permits for pristine Arctic Refuge
As it makes its reluctant exit from the White House, the Trump administration will issue a call to enterprising oil and gas developers eyeballing Alaska: the time is now to secure drilling rights in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
‘As good as it gets,” Fauci says of Moderna vaccine’s reported 94.5% effectiveness
Touted enthusiastically by the nation’s chief infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci, the biotechnology giant Moderna announced on Monday that its vaccine for the novel coronavirus is 94.5% effective.
Health care law looks primed to survive latest turn at High Court
Months of punditry and handwringing over a major Supreme Court case slated for the week after U.S. elections gave way Tuesday to two hours of arguments and a strong indication that the justices will uphold the bulk of the federal health care law.
House unveils new plan to deal with an incapacitated president
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced legislation triggering the first steps of reviewing a president’s fitness for office as provided by the Constitution’s 25th Amendment.
Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer if he loses election
When asked directly if he would commit to a peaceful transition of power should the 2020 election not fall in his favor, President Donald Trump refused to answer before exiting a White House press briefing for an “emergency call.”
No time off without breakthrough on stimulus deal, says Pelosi
Until a deal is reached on the next pandemic relief package, the U.S. House of Representatives will forgo a fall recess and stay in session, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday.
Congressional veterans slam Trump for reported comments on military
A group of House Democrats, many of whom have served in the U.S. military, condemned President Donald Trump on Friday for his reported remarks disparaging veterans as “losers” and “suckers.”
Defiant on mail delays, Trump-installed postmaster faces subpoena
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was subpoenaed Wednesday for records that House Democrats say could illuminate causes of widespread mail delays as well as what led him to propose agency cutbacks.
House approves $25B bill to fund postal service; likely dead on arrival
It is all but a foregone conclusion that it will be killed on arrival, but in a rare Saturday session, the Democrat-controlled House sent its message express to the GOP held Senate: With a 257-150 vote, the Postal Service must have its $25 billion before November election.