BREAKING: Special Counsel John Durham expected to question Michael Sussman and a new witness. Sussman has been charged after he allegedly lied the FBI about Trump’s ties to Russia. - FOX
BREAKING: The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 variant A.30 is heavily mutated and evades vaccine-induced antibodies with high efficiency -- Nature
NOW: (AP) — FDA advisers endorse Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
NEWS: California has paid at least $20 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits since the start of the pandemic. - ABC 7
REPORT: Afghanistan’s ISIS-K could be ready to strike US in six months, Pentagon says. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-10-26/isis-in-afghanistan-could-attack-us-within-6-months-us-intelligence
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ISIS in Afghanistan Could Attack U.S. Within 6 Months: U.S. Intelligence
The troubling assessment undermines President Joe Biden’s fundamental justification for fully withdrawing from Afghanistan.
NEW: People over 18 who are "moderately to severely immunocompromised" and have received three doses of an mRNA vaccine may get a FOURTH shot at least six months after getting their third Pfizer or Moderna dose, per the CDC.
NEWS: United States issues the first passport with an "X gender marker" for "non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming persons" today.
JUST IN - U.S. GDP at disappointing 2.0% in Q3 vs 6.7% in prior Q2, missing the estimate of 2.7% by 0.7%.
BREAKING: Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to be arrested next week and charged with a misdemeanor in the alleged groping of a former aide, The New York Post has learned.
#NEW: Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh join Justice Breyer in denying Maine healthcare workers an injunction against the state's vaccine mandatory. The workers asked for religious exemptions.
Justices Thomas and Alito joined Justice Gorsuch in dissenting. Gorsuch writes, "...healthcare workers who have served on the front line of a pandemic for the last 18 months are now being fired and their practices shuttered. All for adhering to their constitutionally protected religious beliefs. Their plight is worthy of our attention."
Justices Thomas and Alito joined Justice Gorsuch in dissenting. Gorsuch writes, "...healthcare workers who have served on the front line of a pandemic for the last 18 months are now being fired and their practices shuttered. All for adhering to their constitutionally protected religious beliefs. Their plight is worthy of our attention."
The Supreme Court is hiding under their desks on the vaccine mandates just like they hid like cowards during the election lawsuits.
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WATCH: Trump does the chop during the Braves game.
#NEW — The American Trucking Associations says that some of its members are mulling dropping government contracts altogether rather than impose vaccine mandate on their workers. -- Politico
JUST IN: Roughly 2,300 members of the New York City Fire Department claimed they were sick and didn't show up to work on Monday as the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for municipal workers went into effect. - MSN
Two things for tomorrow:
1) Youngkin cannot get blown out in Loudoun and Fairfax counties.
2) Youngkin needs a healthy turnout in rural Virginia. If rural Trump voters stay home, McAuliffe is likely to squeak out a win.
1) Youngkin cannot get blown out in Loudoun and Fairfax counties.
2) Youngkin needs a healthy turnout in rural Virginia. If rural Trump voters stay home, McAuliffe is likely to squeak out a win.
Yesterday’s results from Virginia and New Jersey put a number of seats on the table for Republicans in 2022 that had been considered unwinnable
NEW: Six teachers in the Oklahoma City Public Schools district have been fired after refusing to wear masks. - Oklahoman
BREAKING: Biden vaccine mandate for businesses starts Jan. 4. All businesses with 100 employees or more must make sure their workers are vaccinated by set date. The mandate includes heavy fines for non-compliance.