President Joe Biden said that he will go for a large-scale Covid-19 relief bill rather than trying for a slimmed down version that could win Republican support.
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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVFrom the attack on the United States Capitol to the inauguration of President Joe Biden and all of the COVID-19 developments in between (including a still-rising number of cases in California, a U.K. variant and a very slow rollout of the vaccine), so much has happened since “Saturday Night Live” last aired a new episode it seemed an increasingly impossible task for the NBC late-night sketch comedy series to respond to the news.
But the Jan. 30
.President Joe Biden said that he will go for a large-scale Covid-19 relief bill rather than trying for a slimmed down version that could win Republican support.
that are now being floated is “a matter of survival.”“Where are the $2K checks you promised @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @ReverendWarnock @ossoff?” Sarandon, 74, tweeted Thursday.The “Stepmom” actress also quoted statistics saying that just 39 percent of Americans can afford a $1,000 emergency and 15 million have lost health insurance through their employers.“The diff between $1,400 & $2K is a matter of survival,” she said.In another post, she told her nearly 685,000 followers, “If voters feel like
Editors note: Earlier this week, IATSE president Matthew Loeb informed President Joe Biden that the union’s members “stand ready to help build vaccination sites across the country, or to convert existing entertainment venues and convention centers into vaccination sites in order to get shots into the arms of Americans as rapidly as possible.” The Broadway League also promised support for the effort, joining other owners and operators of live venues in offering locations and staff to assist in
On Tuesday, Johns Hopkins University revealed that Covid-19 had infected more than 100 million people globally. That milestone comes a little over one year since the first case was confirmed in the United States. The U.S. now accounts for over one-quarter of those 100 million cases, even though it has only 4% of the world’s population.
President Joe Biden gave a timeline for vaccinating much of the American population against Covid-19, as he announced a plan that could see 300 million receive recommended doses by the end of the summer.
coronavirus vaccination effort.In a letter to President Joe Biden today (January 26), the likes of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Live Nation, AEG and others have formally offered their venues, staff, and expertise to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.The live events industry is in a unique position to help – the pandemic has fully shuttered operations, leaving venues empty and the furloughed crowd-management oriented staff who operate them eager to help out and get back to
IATSE president Matthew Loeb notified President Joe Biden today that his union’s members stand ready to help build vaccination sites across the country, or to convert existing entertainment venues and convention centers into vaccination sites in order to get shots into the arms of Americans as rapidly as possible.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci led his first Covid-19 press conference for the Biden Administration on Thursday. Asked about newly-confirmed President Joe Biden’s directive to “be completely transparent,” Fauci called it “liberating.”
“There are moments is history when more is asked of a particular generation — more than is asked of Americans in another time. We are in that moment now,” said newly inaugurated President Joe Biden on Thursday. “History’s going to measure whether we were up to the task. I believe we are.”
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inauguration crowds not only with her powerful performance, but also through her dramatic ensemble. The musician sang the national anthem at the swearing-in of Joe Biden in Washington DC while wearing a custom-made Schiaparelli look.
Lady Gaga, who is scheduled to sing the national anthem during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony Wednesday, said she hopes it will be a "day of peace for all Americans." Fast Facts More than 20,000 National Guard troops have deployed to Washington, D.C. to secure the inauguration nearly two weeks after rioters breached the U.S.
Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris attended a memorial service honoring the 400,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19 at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday.The ceremony, hosted by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, featured 400 lights turned on around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. «To heal, we must remember. It's hard, sometimes, to remember.