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Biden administration planning to require foreign travelers to be vaccinated
The Biden administration is developing plans to require all foreign travelers to the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with limited exceptions, according to an administration official with knowledge of the developing policy.
Analysis
In the last-minute eviction ban extension, progressives get a rare win
While the Democratic Party has moved left over the past few decades progressives have generally been handed loss after loss when it comes to both elections and policy issues.
CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until October 3, ending some of the political pressure being placed on President Biden.
Biden chides Republican governors who resist vaccine rules
President Biden on Tuesday called on resistant Republican governors to “get out of the way” of vaccine rules aimed at containing the more transmissible and dangerous COVID-19 variant. He backed city and private mandates requiring people to be vaccinated to go about some daily activities.
Officer dead, suspect killed in violence outside Pentagon
A Pentagon police officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit center outside the building, and a suspect was shot by law enforcement and died at the scene, officials said.
Biden calls on Cuomo to resign in wake of sexual harassment investigation
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faced mounting pressure Tuesday to resign, including from President Biden and other onetime Democratic allies, after an investigation found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers.
Trump says he will not try to stop ex-Justice officials from testifying
Trump said that he would not sue to keep six former Justice Department officials from testifying, according to letters sent to them Monday by Douglas A. Collins, who was known as one of Trump’s staunchest supporters when he served in Congress and who is now one of the former president’s lawyers.
Analysis
Three takeaways from the report detailing Governor Cuomo’s sexual misconduct
Years after the #MeToo movement took place, and in the months since the first allegations of sexual misconduct emerged against Cuomo last December, we may be seeing a new playbook for handling scandals and calls for resignation.