#White House battles pandemic fatigue in vaccine push

#White House battles pandemic fatigue in vaccine push

White House battles pandemic fatigue in vaccine push Public health officials have repeatedly warned that the U.S. will likely face another wave of COVID-19 infections as the weather gets colder and people travel and gather for the holidays.  But it doesn’t seem to be convincing a checked-out public to get vaccinated.  New COVID-19 booster shot…

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#WHIP LIST: McCarthy searches for 218 GOP Speakership votes

#WHIP LIST: McCarthy searches for 218 GOP Speakership votes

WHIP LIST: McCarthy searches for 218 GOP Speakership votes A narrower-than-anticipated House Republican majority and a growing number of House Republicans expressing opposition to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are threatening to derail his bid to be Speaker of the House. McCarthy won his party’s nomination for Speaker this month but needs to secure…

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#Peltola defeats Palin in Alaska House race

#Peltola defeats Palin in Alaska House race

Peltola defeats Palin in Alaska House race Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) was projected to win the race for Alaska’s at-large congressional district, delivering her a full term after she won a competitive special election this summer following the death of Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska). Peltola, a former state representative, beat former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin…

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#Murkowski defeats Trump-backed challenger in Alaska Senate race

#Murkowski defeats Trump-backed challenger in Alaska Senate race

Murkowski defeats Trump-backed challenger in Alaska Senate race Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is projected to win her bid for reelection to the U.S. Senate, defeating fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka. The Associated Press called the race just after 8 p.m. Murkowski won with the state’s new ranked choice voting system after neither she nor Tshibaka secured more than half of first-choice…

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#Republicans seize on early voting after disappointing midterms

#Republicans seize on early voting after disappointing midterms

Republicans seize on early voting after disappointing midterms A growing chorus of Republicans are pleading with the GOP to rebuild its once-robust early and mail voting programs, blaming the party’s reluctance to embrace such efforts for a lackluster showing in the 2022 midterm elections. Democrats drastically outpaced Republicans in pre-Election Day voting in key battleground…

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