Megan Rapinoe, Jay Ellis to host rally for Michelle Obama voter registration group
U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe and actor Jay Ellis will host a rally later this week for former first lady Michelle Obama’s voter registration organization. Thursday night's virtual rally for When We All Vote, which Obama founded in 2018, is meant to build momentum among volunteers who will work to register thousands of new voters during the group’s National Voter Registration Week of Action next month. “While Election Day isn’t until November 8th, voters must start now to prepare themselves and their communit
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In the last 103 years, viruses with pandemic potential have arisen at least 10 times. Five of these occurred in just the last 14 years. SARS-CoV-2, Monkeypox virus (MPxV) and now the re-emergence of poliovirus, appeared in less than three years. This suggests not only an
Read MoreDefense Department again turns down DC mayor's request for help with arriving immigrants
The Department of Defense on Monday denied a second request from Mayor Muriel Bowser to deploy the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) and use of the D.C. Armory to help with migrants being bussed into the city from Texas and Arizona. In a letter reviewed by The Hill, Pentagon Executive Secretary Kelly Bulliner Holly said deploying the Guard would be “inappropriate to the task, regardless of the duration or number of personnel involved.” “The DCNG has no specific experience in or training for this kind of mission or unique skills for providing facility management, fee
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, impeding access to two of the world’s most important agricultural nations, has caused food prices to skyrocket across
Read MorePfizer COVID-19 vaccine 73 percent effective in children under 5
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was 73.2 percent effective against the disease in children under five, the company said Tuesday. The company touted the data as reinforcing the importance of the vaccine, which was authorized in June, after months of waiting for a vaccine for the youngest children. The effectiveness is for after three shots of the vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine’s authorization was delayed earlier this year to allow time to study a third shot, with the idea that two shots was not enough. The results, based on 34 cases, came when the st
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