New York City temporarily closing vaccination sites due to lack of supply from federal government By Audrey McNamara U.S. surpasses 400,000 COVID-19 deaths
New York City has been forced to temporarily close its COVID-19 vaccination hubs due to a lack of supply from the federal government, city officials said Wednesday. Mayor Bill de Blasio warned earlier this week that the city was about to run out of vaccine doses, as its vaccination rate has outpaced its supply. We ve had to tell 23,000 New Yorkers who had an appointment this week that they will not be able to get that appointment for lack of supply, de Blasio said at a press conference on Wednesday. De Blasio also criticized the strategy of holding back doses to ensure that second doses were administered on time, telling reporters that If we had the freedom to vaccinate, if we had those second doses free up, we could reach those 23,000 New Yorkers this week. We ve got about 65,000 doses that we could
Who is leading federal agencies until Senate confirms Biden s nominees By Melissa Quinn, Grace Segers
Updated on: January 20, 2021 / 8:12 PM / CBS News Biden s first day as president
Washington As President Joe Biden took the helm of the country at his inauguration on Wednesday, the Senate has yet to confirm any of his nominees to serve in his Cabinet, leaving federal agencies in the hands of acting officials until the upper chamber acts.
Senate committees began Tuesday to hold confirmation hearings for five of Mr. Biden s picks just before his inauguration: Janet Yellen, nominee for Treasury secretary, Avril Haines, nominee for director of national intelligence, Lloyd Austin, nominee for Defense secretary, Tony Blinken, nominee for secretary of state, and Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee for Homeland Security secretary. But neither the respective committees with jurisdiction over each agency nor the full Senate have voted on his Cabinet picks.
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CONCORD — While the FBI warns there may be protests nationwide leading up to the inauguration of President Joe Biden, local Republicans say they are unaware of any protests going
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Any chance of a normal security environment for the president-elect evaporated during the Capitol siege.
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For the first time in modern American history, the possibility of a peaceful transfer of power is in doubt. Extremists swarmed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, and at least some of them intended to hunt down and kill elected officials. During their riot, they left bloodstains on the inauguration grandstands.
Now, in the final hours of the Trump presidency, security forces have turned Washington, D.C., into a fortified encampment in an attempt to prevent further violence. The transformation of the U.S. Capitol into a Baghdad-style Green Zone is unlike anything Washington has seen since 9/11. Joe Biden, already physically isolated by COVID-19, will be further distanced from the American people, who have traditionally crowded onto the National Mall by the hundreds of thousands to witness a presidential swearing-in.