CDC Doubles Down On Isolation Guidance, Rejects More Testing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday did not formally recommend a negative COVID-19 test for a person to leave isolation after being infected and instead merely clarified that for anyone who has access to a test and wants to take it, a rapid antigen test at the end of the isolation […]
Stranded Drivers Are Freed After 24-Hour Snowy Ordeal on I-95 in Virginia
Emergency crews on Tuesday afternoon freed the last of hundreds of drivers stranded by a snowstorm on Interstate 95 in Virginia, after more than 24 shivering hours of watching gas gauges drop, rationing food and water and holding out for any kind of help. A 40-mile stretch of the highway — one of the busiest […]
Agudath Israel of Ohio Responds to Anti-School Choice Coalition Challenge of Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship Program
Agudath Israel of Ohio expressed its profound disappointment at the decision of an anti-school choice coalition to challenge Ohio’s longstanding EdChoice Scholarship Program. The plaintiffs are looking to deny more than 70,000 mainly low-income children the opportunity to attend the school of their choice. Ohio’s school choice programs have consistently had strong legislative and parental […]
Schumer Says Senate Will Vote By Jan. 17 On Changing Rules If GOP Continues To Block Voting-Rights Legislation
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., told colleagues Monday that the chamber would vote no later than the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on changing Senate rules if Republicans continue to block voting rights legislation. The announcement of the planned action by Jan. 17 represented Schumer’s strongest endorsement yet of trying to muscle through legislation […]
New York's Attorney General Subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. And Ivanka Trump In Fraud Investigation
New York attorney general Tish James has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump’s eldest children as part of an ongoing civil fraud investigation, according to a new court filing. Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump were subpoenaed on December 1, The New York Times reported, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. Eric Trump was questioned […]
Judge Blocks COVID Vaccine Mandate for Head Start Program
President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Saturday, handing a victory to 24 states that had sued the federal government. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty wrote that the Biden administration unlawfully bypassed Congress when ordering that workers in Head […]