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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:29 P.M. EDT Q    Hi, good afternoon. MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  Okay.  Today, the President will announce that on Thursday he expects he will meet his goal of 200 million shots administered in 100 days — or under 100 days, I should say — a goal he doubled after meeting his original goal of 100 million shots by day 58 of his presidency. As the administration — as we work to get even more people vaccinated, President Biden will call on employers across America to do everything they can to help their employees and their communities get vaccinat...

U.S. provides Iran with examples of sanctions it will and will not lift Karen DeYoung, Loveday Morris The United States has provided Iran with examples of three categories of existing sanctions — those it would need to lift to return to compliance with the Iran nuclear deal, those it would not lift, and a third category of “difficult cases” it is still working to decide, a senior State Department official said Wednesday. During a second round of talks that ended earlier this week in Vienna, U.S. and European negotiators said discussions of possible “sequencing” ...

Paul Gigot interviews General Jack Keane. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday joined with House Republicans in unveiling a bill to impose sanctions on the regime in Iran -- renewing a push for sanctions he led during the Trump administration. Pompeo joined Republicans on the Republican Study Committee led by Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., in unveiling the "Maximum Pressure Act," which would include measures that would require any new deal with the regime to be ratified by the Senate, as well as codifying into law the sanctions slapped on Iran during the Trump-era.  "America, our ally...

  Share Source: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha / Public Domain The Republican Study Committee (RSC), in conjunction with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, announced on Wednesday that they will introduce the “Maximum Pressure Act.” The legislation would implement the “toughest sanctions” on Iran, ahead of the Biden administration’s plan to reenter the Iran Nuclear Deal.  The act seeks to regulate Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and would require a treaty ratified by the Senate for a new agreement. “To deny Iran all paths to a nuclear weapon and intercontinental ball...