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Biden to purchase 500M Pfizer shots for rest of the world

The Biden administration is planning to buy 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to share with the rest of the world.

June 9, 2021

Full agenda, alliance repair top Biden’s Europe to-do list

President Biden embarked on his first foreign trip Wednesday hoping to revamp transatlantic ties, forge a vaccine strategy for the COVID-19 fight and unite the world's most economically advanced democracies to fight Russian and Chinese geopolitical provocations and a rising menace in cyberspace.

June 9, 2021

U.S. purchases 1.7M courses of Merck’s COVID-19 pill ahead of approval

The Biden administration said Wednesday it will purchase 1.7 million courses of an investigational COVID-19 drug from pharmaceutical giant Merck that is taken orally and designed to prevent the virus from replicating in the body.

June 9, 2021

Fauci urges vaccination to beat Delta coronavirus strain: ‘Can’t let that happen’

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said the increasing prevalence of the fast-moving "Delta" strain of the coronavirus underscores the need for all Americans to get vaccinated.

June 8, 2021

Biden adviser Andy Slavitt leaving COVID-19 role

Biden adviser Andy Slavitt said Tuesday he will leave the White House on Wednesday after supporting the federal COVID-19 response in a temporary role.

June 8, 2021

Pelosi: Voting bill ‘must become law’ despite Sen. Manchin’s opposition

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said the Democrats' high-profile voting bill is awaiting action in the Senate and "must become law" to preserve the sanctity of the vote, doubling down on the sprawling measure two days after Sen. Joe Manchin III effectively doomed its prospects.

June 8, 2021

French President Macron gets slapped in southeast town

French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face Tuesday while visiting a small town in southeast France.

June 8, 2021

VP Harris lowers expectations for ‘quick fix’ to border crisis

Vice President Kamala Harris says there isn't going to be a "quick fix" to the migrant surge from Central America and dismissed those who have criticized her for failing to visit the U.S. southern border to see the crisis firsthand.

June 8, 2021

Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage

A widespread internet outage caused a temporary shutdown of major sites such as Amazon, Target, CNN and The New York Times.

June 8, 2021

Eric Adams leapfrogs Andrew Yang in NYC mayor’s race: Poll

Eric Adams leads the Democratic pack in the race for New York City mayor, according to a poll released Monday that shows the retired police captain jumping ahead of high-profile contender Andrew Yang.

June 7, 2021

Biden will seek ‘action plan’ on ransomware attacks at G-7, NATO summits: White House

The U.S. will pursue an "action plan" at the Group of Seven meetings in the U.K. to deal with increasing ransomware attacks, the White House said Monday, arguing Western allies must develop norms for repelling hacks and responding to countries that harbor rogue actors.

June 7, 2021

Southern Chinese city locks down districts, orders up COVID-19 testing amid outbreak

The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is tightening its coronavirus controls and ordering mass testing to control an outbreak of roughly 100 cases fueled by the fast-moving "Delta" strain first detected in India.

June 7, 2021

Rep. Liz Cheney: Trump guilty of ‘most egregious’ violation of oath

Rep. Liz Cheney says former President Donald Trump's incitement of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was a historically egregious violation of a president's oath and she was shocked to see House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pay the ex-president a visit at his private club in Palm Beach, Florida, weeks later.

June 7, 2021

Ukraine unveils soccer jersey with Crimea, enraging Russia

Ukraine unveiled a soccer jersey ahead of the European championship this month that depicts Crimea as within its borders, outraging Russia.

June 7, 2021

Billionaire Jeff Bezos will ride on the first manned flight of his space company on July 20

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday he will join the first manned flight of the New Shepherd, a rocket built by his space company Blue Origin, on July 20.

June 7, 2021

Fauci poses for selfies, shakes hands in NYC after rough-and-tumble week

Dr. Anthony Fauci toured a New York vaccine site with first lady Jill Biden on Sunday, offering a positive photo-op as he battles critics who say his 2020 emphasis on a natural source of the coronavirus damaged his credibility and that he must clarify how U.S. grant funding was used at a virology center in Wuhan, China.

June 6, 2021

Plane with VP Harris forced to land after technical issue

A plane carrying Vice President Kamala Harris had to return to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland shortly after takeoff due to a technical issue.

June 6, 2021

‘Technical issue’: Kamala Harris’ plane forced to return to Joint Base Andrews

A plane carrying Vice President Kamala Harris had to return to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland shortly after takeoff due to a technical issue.

June 6, 2021

Corey Lewandowski calls for COVID-19 commission

Corey Lewandowski said the U.S. should establish a commission to explore the origins of the coronavirus led by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and "maybe" Hillary Clinton.

June 6, 2021

‘Starting to wake up’: Senators seek ways to punish countries harboring hackers

A bipartisan Senate duo said Sunday it "took gasoline and beef" for the U.S. to think seriously about ransomware attacks and there should be ways to punish countries that harbor hackers.

June 6, 2021