Labor groups and others warn that employees at stores, restaurants and bars could be left exposed to COVID-19 from customers and be forced into the unwanted role of ‘vaccination police.’
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Bill Maher taping canceled after host tests positive for COVID-19
The comedian and political gadfly, who is fully vaccinated, is ‘asymptomatic and feels fine,’ HBO says.
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White House courtship of Manchin continues in West Virginia
The moderate Democrat joins first lady Jill Biden at a coronavirus vaccination clinic in Charleston.
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Marine Corps officer arrested, charged with assault in Jan. 6 riot
Maj. Christopher Warnagiris, 40, of Virginia is the first active-duty service member to be charged in the insurrection.
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Growing number of Republican lawmakers downplay Jan. 6 attack on Capitol
At a congressional hearing Wednesday, one called the rioters a ‘mob of misfits,’ and another compared them to tourists.
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Democrats search for a strategy to combat Republican voting laws
Among the ideas under discussion are political organizing against the state legislation, recruiting more corporations to the fight and suing to block the laws.
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Biden, Republican senators upbeat after infrastructure talks
One strategy that appears to be coming into focus would be for the president to negotiate a more limited, traditional bill dealing with roads, highways, bridges and broadband as a bipartisan effort.
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Biden pledges aggressive response to pipeline cyberattackers
The closed pipeline – which reopened Wednesday – posed a fresh set of risks to a presidency still in its early stages.
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Desperate for workers, U.S. restaurants and stores raise pay
The increases could contribute to higher inflation if companies raise prices to cover the additional labor costs.
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Rock legend Alice Cooper to auction off Andy Warhol artwork
A gallery in Arizona estimates that ‘Little Electric Chair’ could fetch anywhere from $2.5 million to $4.5 million.