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Trump Administration Changes Course to Speed Up COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | Pien Huang | NPR
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Three major changes are coming from the federal government, including new guidance to states urging them to allow anyone over 65 to get vaccinated.
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration To End Census Counting On Oct. 15
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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The Trump administration asked, and the Supreme Court allowed, for a suspension to a lower court order that extends the census schedule. The move sharpens the threat of an incomplete count.
After ‘Egregious’ Violation, Judge Orders Census To Count Through Oct. 31 For Now
By: Hansi Lo Wang | NPR
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A federal judge has ordered the Census Bureau to keep counting households for now after finding the agency violated an earlier order by tweeting a “target” end date of Oct. 5.
What To Know About Those $200 Drug Cards President Trump Promised
By: Sydney Lupkin | NPR
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Health policy researchers say Trump may not be able to pay for the cards, which fall short of lasting policy changes to curb high drug prices.
Who Is Amy Coney Barrett, Front-Runner For The Supreme Court Nomination?
By: Nina Totenberg | Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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The 48-year-old judge, a possible replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is seen as having a proven conservative track record. Here are her views on faith, precedent, guns and more.
“False Hope” or Four More Years? Ohio Valley Stakeholders Reflect On Trump Energy Policy
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (OVR) — In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump was all-in on the fossil fuel industry. In a 2016 rally in Charleston, West Virginia, the candidate proudly accepted an endorsement from… Read More
Trump’s Methane Rollback That Big Oil Doesn’t Want
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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The rule ends Obama-era restrictions on emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. The move could make it harder to argue that natural gas is a cleaner-burning fossil fuel than coal.
White House Plan Breaks Taboo: A Focus On Guns And Veteran Suicide
By: Quil Lawrence | NPR
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The Trump Administration’s new suicide prevention strategy mentions the touchy subject of gun-safety. It will aim to fight the stigma around people seeking help during a mental health crisis.
White House Strips CDC of Data Collection Role For COVID-19 Hospitalizations
By: Pien Huang | Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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The Trump administration is directing hospitals to use a new platform to report COVID-19 data instead of an existing system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Administration In DACA Case
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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The decision is a dramatic victory for immigration advocates and gives a new lease on life for the so-called DREAMers, immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Trump Signs Executive Order Barring Most Police Use of Chokeholds
By: Amita Kelly | Brian Naylor | NPR
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The president is facing political pressure to take action following the national outcry over the killing of George Floyd and others at the hands of police.
Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration
By: Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
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Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity. Critics warn the rule could harm a vulnerable group — LGBTQ people — during a pandemic.
World responds to protests sparked by George Floyd’s death
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Demonstrations condemning police brutality and systemic racism continued throughout the weekend across the US, as worldwide, activists joined in solidarity. In Hong Kong, police have banned the annual Tiananmen Square vigil set to mark the 1989 massacre of peaceful protesters by authorities. In Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, coronavirus is threatening the Indigenous communities that make up a majority of the region’s population.
White House Rejected ‘Overly Prescriptive’ CDC Guidance or Reopening Communities
By: Franco Ordoñez | Alana Wise | NPR
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The CDC developed detailed rules for child care centers, schools, camps, restaurants, churches and mass transit. The White House coronavirus task force said the draft guidance went too far.
Justice Dept Dropping Flynn’s Criminal Case
By: Michael Balsamo | Eric Tucker | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became… Read More
White House Unveils Coronavirus Guidelines On Path To Reopening The Country
By: Philip Ewing | Alana Wise | NPR
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President Trump has said he believes many states could begin to re-open even before the federal guidelines for social distancing and mitigation expire on May 1.
A Month After Emergency Declaration, Trump’s Progress on Promises Evaluated
By: Tim Mak | Sacha Pfeiffer | Huo Jingnan | Robert Benincasa | Graham Smith | Joseph Shapiro | Meg Anderson | NPR
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On March 13, President Trump promised to mobilize private and public resources to respond to the coronavirus. NPR followed up on each promise and found little action had been taken.
Trump To Announce Advisory Council On Reopening The Country, Shuttered By Coronavirus
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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“We’re going to make a decision, and hopefully, it’s going to be the right decision,” President Trump said at Friday’s White House task force briefing.
Health Experts Show Cautious Optimism As Economic Relief Debate Escalates
By: Philip Ewing | Barbara Sprunt | NPR
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President Trump and congressional Democrats are haggling over the size of the next bill designed to help Americans through the crisis.
Modly Resigns As Acting Navy Chief After Firing Warship Skipper And Calling Him Stupid
By: David Welna | NPR
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First it was his sacking of Capt. Brett Crozier last week; then it was a diatribe he delivered aboard the USS Roosevelt on Monday morning. Now acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly is out.
Government Works To Begin Disbursing Loans And Payments Amid Record Unemployment
By: Philip Ewing | Barbara Sprunt | NPR
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At a White House briefing Thursday, officials vowed that some of the first systems for loans or payments would be up and running as soon as Friday.
How 15 Days Became 45: Trump Extends Guidelines To Slow Coronavirus
By: Tamara Keith | Franco Ordoñez | Ayesha Rascoe | Roberta Rampton | NPR
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After two weeks of wavering on guidelines that put normal American life on hold, President Trump extended until April 30 measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
State Jobless Filings Will be Released Weekly, Not Daily, as Feds Demand
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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The numbers of Ohioans filing for unemployment benefits are rising daily – so many that the state’s unemployment website was having trouble handling them. And the state is now clarifying… Read More
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