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NIH Director: Large-Scale Vaccine Testing Expected By July
The National Institutes of Health is gearing up for a master experiment to rapidly tell if any possible vaccines for COVID-19 really work.At least four or five possible vaccines "look pretty promising...
Syndicated Author May 15, 2020

Dems Push $3T Coronavirus Relief Bill Toward House Vote
WASHINGTON - Democrats began pushing Congress' biggest coronavirus relief bill yet toward expected House passage Friday, a $3 trillion behemoth they said a beleaguered country badly needs but that Rep...
Syndicated Author May 15, 2020

Ocean City lifts restriction on renting rooms
Maria Leaf WMAL.com WASHINGTON– You can go ahead and plan that weekend in Ocean City. A restriction on the rental of hotel rooms and other short term housing that went into effect in April will ...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

IOC Says Postponing Tokyo Olympics Will Cost It $800M
GENEVA - The IOC set aside $800 million on Thursday for loans and payments arising from the pandemic that forced the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be postponed. It is still unclear how big the total postpone...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

Trump Says He’ll Restock Stockpile For Future Pandemics
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he intends to prepare the country for future pandemics by restocking the national stockpile and bringing critical manufacturing back to the U...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

Analyst: Maryland Faces Between $925M And $1.1B Budget Hole
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland faces a budget hole of between $925 million and $1.1 billion for the current fiscal year because of the impact of the coronavirus on the economy, a state fiscal analyst said ...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

Graham To Probe Origins Of Russia Inquiry; Won’t Call Obama
WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said Thursday his committee is opening a wide-ranging investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, but rejected President...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

Trump: Virus Shows Supply Chains Should Be Moved From China
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says the coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of U.S. manufacturing and moving supply chains out of China, a rival he blames for not doing enough to slow ...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

Burr Steps Aside As Senate Intelligence Chair Amid FBI Probe
WASHINGTON - Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday after the FBI served a search warrant for his cellphone as part of an ongoing insider...
Syndicated Author May 14, 2020

WATCH: Maryland Governor eases restrictions caused by virus
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP/WMAL) – Gov. Larry Hogan says Maryland residents will no longer be required to stay at home under a statewide order late this week, but they will be strongly advised to contin...
Syndicated Author May 13, 2020
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