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The CIA Has a Secret Data Collection Program That Includes Some Records on Americans, Senators Say
The Central Intelligence Agency has a secret data collection program that includes some information about Americans, according to two U.S. Senators with knowledge of the program. The nature of the collection, how it is conducted, and the extent to which it has occurred isn’t at all clear, though the senators have characterised the program as…
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Biden Pledges to ‘End Cancer as We Know It,’ Lower Death Rate by 50% Over Next 25 Years
The White House is renewing an initiative originally spearheaded by President Biden during his vice-presidency in the Obama administration years earlier: the cancer moonshot. On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced the relaunch of the moonshot program, with an ambitious goal of substantially reducing the cancer death rate over the next few decades. Many important details…
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Supreme Court Blocks Workplace Vaccine Mandate, Says COVID Not an Occupational Hazard
The Supreme Court, ruling 6-3 on a predictable partisan axis, has tossed out Joe Biden’s federal coronavirus vaccine mandate for large employers. But it will allow the administration’s less sweeping vaccine requirements for health care workers at federally funded facilities to move forward.
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White House to Mail Out 500 Million Free Covid-19 Tests After Mocking Idea
President Joe Biden will deliver a big speech about covid-19 on Tuesday, including an announcement that his administration will mail out roughly 500 million free at-home tests for covid-19, according to a White House press statement early Tuesday. Unfortunately, those tests won’t be going out before the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, when large groups…