Here’s what you need to know: Doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine in a refrigerator at a hospital in Klerksdorp, South Africa.Credit…Phill Magakoe/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is expected to formally approve Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday, making a third shot available in the United States. The vaccine […] More
One in seven American children live in poverty, according to the Center for American Progress. Despite the nation’s wealth, the United States has one of the worst child poverty rates among similarly developed countries. A new poll from Vox and Data for Progress indicates that despite the popularity of child welfare programs, one of the […] More
Here’s what you need to know: Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared with activists in 2019, after the House passed a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The standalone bill failed to become law.Credit…J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press The House is expected on Friday to vote on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan with […] More
Here’s what you need to know: A doctor administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Salisbury, England, last month.Credit…Neil Hall/EPA, via Shutterstock For people who have had Covid-19, a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine is enough to provide robust protection from the coronavirus, according to two new studies from Britain that were published late Thursday in […] More
Here’s what you need to know: GameStop One-Week Share Price Shares of GameStop surged as much as 76 percent in early trading on Thursday, in a second day of volatile trading for the video game retailer that was at the center of a retail trading frenzy last month. On Wednesday, GameStop’s shares doubled to $91.71 […] More
Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, announced on Wednesday that he would support President Biden’s nominee for interior secretary, a move widely regarded as sealing her nomination. Credit…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times There is another Joe in town, with the power to give big Joe the jitters. Senator Joe Manchin III, a […] More
A California man, Raymond Michael Weber, was arrested in late January after filming himself on Facebook live with two dead women on the floor. One woman was 15-years-old. The other woman Savannah Theberge was 27-years-old. Savannah Theberge is a young mother from Utah. Weber killed the two women and then filmed it on Facebook Live. […] More
Here’s what you need to know: President Biden’s biggest priority — and the one he has shown the least inclination to compromise on — is his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times Most administrations start with a burst of activity, but the frenetic action on Capitol Hill this week represents something different […] More
Here’s what you need to know: A GameStop store in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles. Jim Bell, the company’s chief financial officer, who joined the company in mid-2019, is leaving.Credit…Philip Cheung for The New York Times GameStop’s chief financial officer, Jim Bell, is leaving the company in late March, following a stock-trading frenzy that […] More
Tiger Woods was injured in a serious car crash, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday, adding in a statement that paramedics pulled him from the wreckage with the rescue tool called the “jaws of life.” The incident happened about 7:12 a.m. local time on Tuesday near the border of Rolling Hills Estates and […] More
Here’s what you need to know: Video On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, will testify on the Monetary Policy Report, a semiannual report, before a virtual hearing of the Senate Banking Committee.CreditCredit…Al Drago for The New York Times Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, told lawmakers that the economic rebound […] More
Paul D. Irving and Michael C. Stenger, the former sergeants-at-arms of the House and Senate, have come under scrutiny since the Capitol attack. Both have resigned.Credit…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times Two Senate committees are scheduled to begin an investigative hearing Tuesday to scrutinize the security breakdowns that failed to prevent the deadly rampage […] More
