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Jon Skolnik

Biden's federal vaccine mandate reversed

U.S. President Joe Biden (R) delivers remarks alongside Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger as he speaks about the ongoing supply chain problems in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on January 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked President Biden's federal vaccine mandate on Friday.

Judge Jeffrey Brown of the District Court for the Southern District of Texas said his ruling was about "whether the President can, with the stroke of a pen and without the input of Congress, require millions of federal employees to undergo a medical procedure as a condition of their employment." 

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