‘We’re way behind’: next US booster rollout faces delays and lack of funds
With a potential second booster on the horizon for vulnerable groups, the White House is still struggling to drum up interest for additional shots – and funding
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US denies it is seeking regime change in Russia after Biden comments
Emmanuel Macron warns against inflammatory language as Blinken rows back on president’s remarks
Read moreDemocrats and Republicans agree on plan to suspend trade relations with Russia and Belarus – live
- Lawmakers draft legislation aiming to ‘stop Russia’s unconscionable and unjust war on Ukraine and hold Belarus accountable for its involvement’
- Blinken: ‘We will defend every inch of Nato territory if it’s attacked’
- Report: White House willing to move ahead with ban on Russian oil
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US in ‘very active discussion’ with allies to ban import of Russian oil
Secretary of state says Biden has convened a meeting of his National Security Council on the subject
Read more‘Leaders lead during crises’ – but Biden’s approval rating hits new low, poll finds
Press secretary promises ‘optimism’ in face of war and inflation despite worrying Post-ABC poll two days before State of the Union
Read moreNew York governor set to drop state’s mask mandate – US politics live
- Kathy Hochul expected to let state’s indoor mask mandate lapse
- Other states led by Democrats easing restrictions as Covid cases fall
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Biden visits site of Pittsburgh bridge collapse and promises action with infrastructure law –as it happened
- 45,000 US bridges are in poor condition – ‘that is just unacceptable’
- January 6 panel subpoenas figures in scheme backing fake Trump electors
- US meeting with banks to discuss possible Russia sanctions
- New York City asks anyone who came in contact with Palin to get tested
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Battered Biden gets opportunity to change political narrative as Breyer retires
Analysis: president faces high expectations as he prepares make one of his most consequential decisions
Read moreStephen Breyer to retire as Biden urged to fulfill promise to nominate Black woman – live
Witness willing to testify she saw Prince Andrew with a ‘young girl’ at London nightclub
Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers seek her statement to counter the royal’s insistence he has never met their client or visited the club
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