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First Lady Jill Biden visits New Mexico amid vaccine push ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — First lady Jill Biden kicked off a three-day, two-state visit to the U.S. Southwest with a tour of a vaccination clinic in New Mexico, where early efforts to get people registered for shots helped to propel the states standing as a national leader in vaccine distribution. Wednesday’s tour came as the nation is set to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of administering 200 million coronavirus doses in his fir...

First Lady Jill Biden is kicking off a three-day, two-state visit to the U.S. Southwest with a tour of a vaccination clinic in Albuquerque.  Jill Biden speaks after her husband Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden during a bus tour stop, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Mason City, Iowa. Credit AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Wednesdays tour comes as the nation is set to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of administering 200 million coronavirus doses in his first 100 days in...

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visiting Navajo Nation Thursday The First Lady will deliver a message to the Navajo Nation, meet with teachers and students and visit a vaccination site. Author: Josh Sanders (KPNX) Updated: 6:07 PM MST April 21, 2021 PHOENIX — The Biden and Harris Administration is fulfilling a promise to the largest Indian reservation in the country. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will visit the Navajo Nation on Thursday and Friday.  According to the Off...

Susan Montoya Bryan and Morgan Lee Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE – First lady Jill Biden has kicked off a three-day visit to the U.S. Southwest on Wednesday with a tour of a vaccination clinic in New Mexico, where early efforts to get people registered for shots helped to propel the state’s standing as a national leader in vaccine distribution. The tour includes stops in Albuquerque and later the Navajo Nation as the United States is set to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of administering...

Navajo Nation reports its first COVID-19 death in 11 days April 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported its first COVID-19 related death after 10 consecutive days of no such fatalities. The tribe reported one death and eight new confirmed coronavirus cases on the vast reservation that covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. The latest numbers bring the Navajo Nation’s pandemic case total to 30,388 with the known death toll now at...

Jill Biden to visit Navajo Nation, once floored by COVID-19 Felicia Fonseca Tags:  FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, Jill Biden, left, and Tuba City Regional Health Care Corp. CEO Lynette Bonar pose for photos after an event in Flagstaff, Ariz. Biden is traveling to the countrys largest Native American reservation, the Navajo Nation, which was hit hard by the coronavirus but is outpacing the U.S. in vaccination rates while maintaining strict pandemic restrictions. The trip, scheduled fo...

Biden tests political climate at home and abroad: The Note Biden and Harris speak on Derek Chauvin verdict Replay Video Its a grand moment for global leadership -- assuming the audiences at home and abroad are looking for it. President Joe Biden faces perhaps his biggest test yet on the international stage with the two-day climate summit that begins on Thursday, a mostly virtual gathering organized by the White House to coincide with Earth Day. Bidens message to the world is a reassertion ...

Read More News at >> The First Lady is in Arizona Thursday and Friday on the Navajo Nation. Dr. Jill Biden will spend two days on the reservation, meeting with tribal leaders, educators, business owners and more. On Friday, the First Lady will visit a Window Rock school and vaccine site to speak with students and health care workers. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says “this visit will help to highlight the success that the Navajo Nation is having with the COVID-19 vaccinations and t...

  Congress is under new pressure to adopt policing reforms following Chauvin’s conviction on all counts for murder and manslaughter. A diverse jury needed only 10 and half hours to come to agreement. It has taken Congress a lot longer to decide how a federal law could help.   Chauvin’s conviction, heralded by Democrats and activists as a milestone in the quest for accountability and racial justice, immediately shifted attention from the courts to the 50-50 Senate, where initial police ref...

The First Lady is in Arizona Thursday and Friday on the Navajo Nation. Dr. Jill Biden will spend two days on the reservation, meeting with tribal leaders, educators, business owners and more. On Friday, the First Lady will visit a Window Rock school and vaccine site to speak with students and health care workers. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez says “this visit will help to highlight the success that the Navajo Nation is having with the COVID-19 vaccinations and the steady decline in ...