Teachers Unions: CDC Guidelines Are Fine, if You’ve Got Cash

By Scott Bixby

The bigger concern among education unions isn’t so much the substance of the guidelines as much as whether Congress will provide the funding to make them happen.

By Cliff Schecter

Today the nine most terrifying words in the English language may actually be “I’m a Republican politician and I run your government.”

By Dean Obeidallah

Paterson, New Jersey, has an Arab American mayor and a Muslim American police chief. But that’s not much solace right now to Osamah Alsaidi.

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By Adam Rawnsley

The Trump era was a gold rush for questionable characters trying to sell access. Imaad Zuberi had a king-sized shovel.

By Kate Briquelet, Arya Hodjat

Meanwhile, Reddit’s Roaring Kitty showed up for his congressional testimony with viral cat memes.

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After years of being lionized by Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is getting the cold shoulder from Joe Biden. But can the West really afford to alienate him?

Even against the deadly South African variant, the vaccines are having an impact, White House COVID adviser Andy Slavitt says.

There’s been a lot of hubbub about a new startup claiming it will be developing an ecosystem of anti-vaxxer-friendly travel options.

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Ugur Sahin, BioNTech’s chief executive, said the discovery will give vaccination centers “greater flexibility,” especially in harder-to-reach rural areas.

 LIGHTNING ROD

Asked if the former president ever thanked him for his efforts before he left the White House last month, Fauci laughed and exclaimed: “No!”

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The i6+ has all of the features we love and has an unbelievably low price.

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