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Dr Fauci met with cheers and wild conspiracies as he goes door to door encouraging Covid shots

New documentary profiles leading public health expert’s long career in Washington

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

‘It’s a very difficult thing to pin down’: Did Covid-19 originate from a ‘lab leak’?

Some US government agencies think Covid may have originated from a lab leak, but there needs to be far more evidence to really know where pandemic came from, Josh Marcus

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2023

As McConnell pushes for more Ukraine aid, Republican opposition grows louder

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell returned from an overseas trip to Europe and the Middle East steeled in his conviction to plow more U.S. investment into defending Ukraine, at a moment when the vocal populist wing of the Republican Party is calling an open-ended commitment unacceptable.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Mar 1, 2023

The FDA no longer requires all drugs to be tested on animals before human trials

In a victory for animal rights advocates, drugmakers can take their products to human clinical trials using alternative testing methods that don't involve animals.

WEKU · Jan 12, 2023

Rand Paul Complains That Democrats Squandered Their Opportunity To Enact Marijuana Reforms

The prospects in the next session, when Republicans will control the House, are iffy.

Reason · Dec 29, 2022

Editorial: World Trade Center Health Program is left short by Senate shenanigans

Like the Afghan Adjustment Act that we lament, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act also fell out of the Senate’s $1.7 trillion omnibus bill as senators wrapped up for the year. The $3.6 billion measure is needed to shore up the World Trade Center Health Program, providing…

Tribune News Service · Dec 28, 2022

McConnell declares win, Paul cries ‘abomination’ as year ends with two still apart

WASHINGTON — Kentucky’s two Republican senators ended the year’s legislative session about as far apart as they began it.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Dec 24, 2022

The Senate's Passage of the $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill Is a Bipartisan Failure

A rushed process once again created a bad result.

Reason · Dec 22, 2022

Hopes dim for quick omnibus spending passage amid Title 42 dispute

WASHINGTON — Senators left the Capitol late Wednesday as a partisan dispute over pandemic-era border restrictions snarled debate on the massive fiscal 2023 omnibus spending package.

Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022

Schumer: Senate closing in on omnibus amendments deal - Roll Call

Senators left the Capitol late Wednesday as a partisan dispute over pandemic-era border restrictions snarled debate on the omnibus.

Roll Call · Dec 21, 2022