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Moderna said on Wednesday it had withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and Covid combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the US Food and Drug Administration. The company said it would resubmit the application later this year with vaccine efficacy data from a late-stage trial of its experimental seasonal influenza vaccine, which it expects to report this summer. The decision comes a day after the US FDA said it would require new clinical trials for approval of annual Covid-19 boosters for healthy people under 65 years old. Shares of the company have been battered by declining Covid revenue...

During an interview with Telemundo 47 on Friday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) argued that the state is going to lose money under the Republican tax and spending bill and people will lose health care and responded to if she’ll have to cut services to some immigrants by saying, “I don’t want to go there.” And “This is something we have to look at very seriously for how we can not leave these people without essential care.” Hochul said that “no state will be able to make up those kind of cuts. We just don’t have enough money. And...

During this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted the so-called “big, beautiful” budget bill was still on track despite a setback in the House Budget Committee on Friday. Johnson reiterated his push to get the bill through while explaining its positive aspects. Partial transcript as follows: BREAM: OK. So, House Budget Committee, the vote failed on Friday. They’re back at it at 10:00 p.m. tonight. You heard what Maddie said. Part of the president’s posting on Friday: We don’t need grandstanders in the Republican Party. Stop talking and get it done. But you got...

Rest easy, everyone — Obamacare has completely taken care of the American health care system. It's done. It's completely fixed. In fact, it's so fixed that Americans had to borrow $74 billion last year to get the medical care they needed. From CBS News: Health care is so expensive that 31 million U.S. adults, or 12%, had to borrow a total of $74 billion last year to obtain medical care, new data shows. That includes people with health insurance, making such numbers even more troubling. Yes, even health insurance isn't enough to keep people from going into debt.

nconfirmed reports from “reliable sources” in Rome are saying that Pope Francis has less than 72 hours to live. LifeSiteNews’ Vatican correspondent Michael Haynes has relayed reports citing “reliable sources” at the Gemelli Hospital which say Francis has less than 72 hours to live. The reports have not been verified by Vatican officials. @messainlatino reports reliable sources at the Gemelli Hospital saying Pope Francis has under 72hrs to live Gemelli's chaplain now urges people to pray with a “hope against all hope” This comes after Francis' lengthy breathing crisis Sat & 'mild' kidney failure Sun

Former White House adviser Susan Rice predicted Sunday on MSNBC’s “Inside” that the cuts to the federal government currently underway would not end well for President Donald Trump. Rice said, “I mean, what Trump is doing using Elon Musk as his tool is literally dismantling the United States federal government. And it’s not just the people as horrific as that is laying off talented, experienced public servants who do nothing but serve the American people.” She continued, “It is. going to hurt average, everyday Americans who rely on everything from the opportunity to call the veterans administration and get the...

Tuesday, on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” network legal analyst Jonathan Turley spoke approvingly of recently inaugurated President Donald Trump’s early executive orders. Turley said the executive orders could initiate a court fight on some issues, like birthright citizenship. “Well, Jonathan, this will be a pace that we haven’t seen, and I don’t think we didn’t see it first term, but they know the territory now,” host Laura Ingraham said. “They know the challenges. And do you agree with my assessment that each of these orders was reviewed by their legal team, and they understood that these lawsuits were...

An investigation is underway after a body was discovered in the wheel well of an airplane that landed in Maui after taking off from Chicago. A statement from United Airlines to WGN News confirmed the body was located in the wheel well of the main landing gears of Flight 202. According to United’s website, flight 202 departed O’Hare Airport at 9:30 a.m. on Dec 24 and landing at Maui’s Kahului airport at 2:12 p.m. local time. “The wheel well was only accessible from outside of the aircraft. At this time, it is not clear how or when the person accessed...

Xi Jinping has put the fate of his country and regime in the hands of others, especially the next leader of the country he considers an enemy, the United States. Yes, China’s ruler, who many consider the world’s most powerful figure, is, in reality, helpless.How did that happen?in short, Xi did it to himself. ...he has consistently rejected common sense advice to boost consumer spending to make it the basis of the Chinese economy, and almost all his recently announced stimulus measures will directly or indirectly erode consumption.This means Xi has only one option left: export his way out of...

Former President Donald Trump explained that if he hadn’t done great in the 2020 presidential election, he “wouldn’t even think” about running again. During a town hall event with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) in Michigan, Trump spoke about how he had “never seen the spirit” behind his presidential campaign like he was seeing for the upcoming 2024 presidential race between himself and Vice President Kamala Harris. “Mr. President, I don’t think there’s a person, certainly in this room tonight and probably anywhere in the country, that doesn’t remember exactly where they were on July 13, that Saturday when...

A Bold Vision for America’s Future. The Tuesday theme will focus on Democrats’ platform to push America forward. In a press release, party leadership accused former President Donald Trump of believing the country’s best days are behind it, and that he and Sen. JD Vance will implement a “Project 2025 agenda” to pull the country backward. Speakers:The early list is short and will likely updated later today around gavel time. Second gentleman Doug EmhoffIllinois Gov. J.B. PritzkerFormer first lady Michelle ObamaFormer President Barack ObamaProtests... No specific list today, but others beyond yesterday's Islamic Palestinian HAMAS supporters. Schedule:DNC events start at...

Good morning, Bay Area. the East Bay Times reports that the Richmond City Council this evening is expected to place a tax on oil refining businesses on the November ballot, an initiative that would target the Chevron refinery. If placed on the ballot by council and approved by voters, the refining business license tax would charge Chevron $1 per barrel of raw materials refined in Richmond, bringing an estimated $60 million to $90 million a year in revenue to the city. Final thought …Billionaire Michael Shvo went on a trophy property buying spree from 2018 to 2020 that culminated in...

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday said House Speaker Mike Johnson “betrayed” Republican voters after the House approved new aid to Ukraine, threatening to call a vote for his ouster if he doesn’t resign. “Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process. If he doesn’t do so, he will be vacated,” Greene said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” After months of resisting putting a foreign aid bill on the House floor, Johnson joined with Democrats on Saturday to advance a $95 billion...

The Chosen – Now Streaming Online I’ve watched The Chosen, Season 1 & 2 and was quite pleased. The quality is very impressive for a crowd funded production. Unlike Gospel of John, which kept very carefully to the Book, there was plenty of creativity employed. But unlike the debacles of Exodus: Gods and Kings (Moses) and Noah, it does not undermine the story. Instead it supports the narrative. Case in point, the clip below is one of my favorite stories – Jesus and the woman at the well. This story has been butchered and reimagined for centuries. Many have assumed...

California is siccing its Environmental Protection Agency on property owners who have private water wells on their land and making them pay based on how much water volume they use, according to a new report. California Globe reported Wednesday that an anonymous tipster produced a letter signed by Natalie Stork, identified as chief of groundwater management program unit 1. The letter advised the San Diego-area resident that they would have to report the volume of well water they used and pay a fee per acre foot of groundwater extracted starting in February 2023.

A 5-year-old boy who had been trapped 32 meters underground in a well in Morocco for four days was found dead on Saturday following a lengthy rescue attempt that had captivated the Arab world. In an official statement carried by state television, Morocco's King Mohamed VI offered his condolences to the parents of the boy, identified as Rayan, as the meticulous relief operation came to a heart-wrenching end. Relentless digging by bulldozers parallel to the well reached the full depth of 32 meters before rescuers embarked on a horizontal dig to reach the boy. In the last stretch, which took...

A large team of Moroccan workers was in the “final stages” of a precarious mission to rescue a 5-year-old boy named Rayan from a 105-foot deep well that he had been trapped in since Tuesday. Workers were bulldozing cautiously to avoid soil erosion, landslides and falling rocks as they tried to reach the boy. The teams could not descend directly into the well because it was too narrow, the report said. As the frantic rescue effort reached its fourth day, the North African nation was reportedly riveted to live coverage of the rescue effort in the rural village of Ighran,...

Crews in Morocco raced to rescue a 5-year-old boy that's been trapped in a well more than 100 feet deep since Tuesday. The scene has been playing out on multiple livestream videos watched across the globe via platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus last week released a music video titled, "A Message From the Gay Community." The video begins with one singer introducing the tune by saying, "As we celebrate Pride and progress we've made over these past years, there's still work to be done. So to those of you out there who are still working against equal rights, we have a message for you." Whitlock dishes on his ESPN exit, Bill Simmons, John Skipper, Deadspin and the Undefeated With that he begins to sing over a lone piano: You think we're sinful You fight against our...

2:08 Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci advised that, in general, the United States is “doing very, very well” in combatting the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci attributed the nation’s success to more than 50% of adults having been vaccinated. He warned the “Delta variant” of the virus leaves unvaccinated people “at considerable risk.”