White House defends door-to-door vaccination push amid backlash

The executive Wednesday sought to clarify its new door-to-door coronavirus vaccine push amid fresh criticism from the right that the home visit approach is government overreach.  White House press secretary Jen Psaki stressed Wednesday that no one from the federal government will be showing up at Americans’ doors mandating infectious-disease vaccinations. Rather, the personal visits…

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Biden budget director labels record-breaking border crossings a 'traditional pattern'

Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young argued that the U.S. is preparing to address a “traditional” increase in immigration” target=”_blank”>migration<, and Young stated that the Biden administration anticipated a “traditional pattern” of increased migration and that authorities had enough funding. “Look we have a pattern of migration, and we are preparing to ramp…

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Parents outraged after teacher mocks 'bigots,' 'evangelicals' in Dr. Seuss-style poem at school board meeting

Parents in the Austin, Texas, area expressed outrage after a technology teacher read a Dr. Seuss-style poem mocking “evangelicals” and parents who have expressed concerns about books they call pornographic. Krista Tyler, instructional technology specialist at Grisham Middle School in the Round Rock Independent School District (ISD) read the poem at the Leander ISD school…

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Big Jake, world's tallest horse dies at age 20 in Wisconsin

The world’s tallest horse-racing” target=”_blank”>horse <icon Big Jake lived on Smokey Hollow Farm in Poynette. WHO REPORTS CORONAVIRUS DISCOVERED AMONG MINK POPULATIONS IN 6 COUNTRIES Valicia Gilbert, wife of the farm’s owner, Jerry Gilbert, said Big Jake died two weeks ago but declined to give the exact date of death when The Associated Press reached…

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