Category: AMERICA

Biden Says Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Health Care Vaccine Mandate Will ‘Save Lives’

President Joe Biden on Thursday decried the Supreme Court blocking one of this administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate but cheered justices leaving another in place. Justices in split rulings released earlier in the day said the mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employers, promulgated by the Department of Labor, appeared to exceed the authority granted by…


America’s Old Regime Is a Dangerous Failure on China

Commentary The Biden administration is the last remnant of the Old Regime of America’s foreign policy. Its quixotic negotiations with Russia and, more importantly, accommodation with China seeks America’s return to the era before the Trump administration, where America’s strategic interests were ignored and subverted by Chinese influence and lucre. The Old Regime aided China’s…


Supreme Court Blocks Business Vaccine Rule, Declines to Stay Health Care Worker Mandate

The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses but declined to intervene against a separate regulation that requires health care workers to get a vaccine. In a 6–3 ruling, justices halted the mandate for all private employers with 100 or more workers, ruling the states and companies that…


Biden Says Government to Make ‘High-Quality Masks’ Available to Americans for Free

The U.S. government will launch an effort soon to make “high-quality masks” available to Americans for free, President Joe Biden said Thursday. While there is an “ample supply” of top notch masks “at affordable prices” available both online and in stores, Biden said that for some people, “the mask is not always affordable or convenient…


Audit: Michigan Paid $8 Billion in Improper Jobless Benefits During Pandemic

An independent audit of the performance of Michigan’s unemployment compensation system during the pandemic gave state officials some good news and some bad news. The audit estimated that the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) thwarted $44 billion in fraudulent unemployment claims but handed out an estimated $8 billion in improper benefits during the first 19…


Rep. Greene: DC Vaccine Mandate Will Drive People to Shop, Dine Elsewhere

Washington’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate will lead to people shopping and dining in Virginia and other nearby locales, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) says. Greene, who was a small business owner, sees the mandate as “absolutely destructive” for businesses in the nation’s capital. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, announced the vaccination requirements last month for…


Blackstone Requiring Office Staff to Get COVID-19 Booster Shots

Blackstone Inc., the world’s largest alternative asset manager, is requiring its employees in the United States to get COVID-19 booster shots to work in the office, a spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg. Workers must get the booster shots “as soon as practically possible,” a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Office workers will need to be tested for the virus…


Utah, Minnesota Face Legal Action for Factoring Race, Ethnicity in Administering COVID-19 Drugs

A nonprofit group led by former members of the Trump administration on Wednesday threatened to sue the health departments of Minnesota and Utah after they issued guidance that considers race and ethnicity to determine COVID-19 treatment eligibility. America First Legal (AFL) in two separate letters to both states accused the health departments of issuing “blatantly…


Government Control Led to Lack of Monoclonal Antibodies, Says Medical Supplies CEO

The head of a medical supplies company involved in the distribution and supply of monoclonal antibodies across southeastern and northeastern regions of the nation, told NTD in a Jan. 12 interview that government takeover of the monoclonal antibody supply chain has exacerbated backlogs and shortages. “The way the products are being distributed right now, relying on…


NCAA Updates Definition of ‘Fully Vaccinated’ to Include Natural Immunity

The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA’s) COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group on Jan. 7 released new guidance for winter sports and updated its definition of “fully vaccinated” to account for vaccinations, boosters, and other natural immunity factors. “For purposes of the winter guidelines, the NCAA COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group has developed a definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ that considers both…