Jan 19 Watch 13:03 Marathon confirmation hearings begin for Biden’s nominees There were major confirmation hearings on Tuesday in the Senate for President-elect Biden's nominees for three top national security posts as well as Treasury secretary. The hearings come a day before Biden's inauguration and at a time when his new… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch 3:44 Biden plans executive actions to reverse signature Trump policies By Yamiche Alcindor President-elect Biden plans for a number of executive actions once in office, including issuing a federal mask mandate, extending a pause on federal student loan payments and interest, rejoining the Paris climate agreement and rescinding the travel ban on some… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch 5:27 News Wrap: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny jailed for 30 days In our news wrap Monday, opposition leader Alexei Navalny will spend 30 days in jail after a Russian court hearing in Moscow, the U.S. neared 400,000 deaths from COVID-19, President-elect Biden names his choices to lead two major regulatory bodies,… Continue watching
Jan 18 Russia ready for quick arms deal extension with Biden administration By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russia's top diplomat said Moscow is ready for a quick deal with the incoming Biden administration to extend the last remaining arms control pact, which expires in just over two weeks. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 9:02 Biden unveils $1.9 trillion plan to address crises on multiple fronts President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a major legislative package to address the twin health and economic crises now facing his administration. The $1.9 trillion plan would bolster funding for states, schools and small business, among other proposals. Heather Boushey,… Continue watching
Jan 15 Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer has confirmed it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion vaccine doses per year. Continue reading
Jan 15 Amid last minute changes and funding shortfalls, Biden adviser predicts a slow start to the ‘100 million vaccines in 100 days’ goal By Nicholas Florko, STAT When it comes to Biden’s goal to get 100 million vaccines into arms in 100 days, it could be a slow start, advisers tell STAT. Continue reading
Jan 15 Vaccine registration technology is failing. Here’s how the Biden administration could fix it By Casey Ross, STAT Technology has hampered the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign. But it doesn’t have to be that way, health tech experts explain. Continue reading
Jan 15 Biden taps former FDA head David Kessler to lead COVID-19 vaccine effort By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Dr. David Kessler, who will have the title of chief science officer of COVID response, headed the Food and Drug Administration in the 1990s under presidents of both political parties. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 7:28 Trying to find ways to heal America’s economic pain As President-elect Biden prepares to change the federal government's approach to COVID, he's also about to inherit an economy that may be slowing down. Friday's jobs report was the worst in the last eight months and that economic sluggishness is… Continue watching