After a long wait, it’s still a struggle to get young kids vaccinated against COVID
The headlines are blaring once again about COVID vaccine hesitancy, lifting up a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey that found that 40 percent of parents don’t plan to vaccinate their children under 5 years old. By focusing attention on that group of parents, they’re leaving out a critical part of this story. After anxiously waiting for vaccines to become available for young children, most parents are eager to vaccinate our kids against COVID-19. Despite those years of e
Read MoreNational average price of gas expected to fall below $4: GasBuddy
The national average price for a gallon of gas fell to $4.01 on Monday and is expected to imminently fall below $4, according to estimates by GasBuddy. Gas prices have fallen for eight consecutive weeks after briefly peaking at a record high of more than $5 a gallon in mid-June, according to the gas price tracker’s analysis. AAA reported on Monday a nationwide average of $4.059 per gallon. “The national average is poised to fall back under $4 per gallon as early as today as we see the decline in gas prices
Read MoreBlinken targets Russia in major African policy speech
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called out Russia as exploiting instability in Africa, committing abuses with impunity and blamed Moscow for worsening food security on the continent over its war in Ukraine. The secretary’s remarks were part of a wide-ranging speech on the Biden administration’s strategy towards sub-Saharan Africa, delivered at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, amid rising competition between Washington and Moscow for influence on the continent. Still, Blinken emphasized the U.S. “will not dictate Africa’s choices, neither shou
Read MoreThe Hill’s 12:30 Report — Sights and sounds from the Senate’s marathon vote
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Read MoreCongress can’t codify Roe: Here’s what it can do
Several days after the Supreme Court held that Roe v. Wade was no longer the law of the land on abortions, President Biden asked the Senate to create an exception to its filibuster rule to allow a vote on a bill to codify Roe. While the sentiment is understandable, the president should instead refocus his attention on what Congress and the executive branch can do to lessen the devastation that the
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