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CDC decision coming on ‘mix and match’ COVID vaccine boosters, director says

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will decide whether to recommend that people “mix and match” their initial COVID-19 vaccine with booster shots from a different manufacturer in late October, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 28, 2021

Wait, delay, instigate. Book lays out a McConnell Doctrine. We’re now seeing it in action

WASHINGTON — In the opening months of Joe Biden’s presidency, Mitch McConnell was content to sit idle and take measure of Democratic Party unity.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 28, 2021

VA medical centers, other federal agencies to offer voter registration under Biden order

WASHINGTON — Veterans will be able to register to vote when they receive medical treatment. Job seekers may be able to do the same at federally funded employment centers. And local housing agencies may offer voter registration help to millions of Americans living in public housing.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 28, 2021

‘Divide and conquer’: World leaders get VP welcome, meetings with Kamala Harris before Biden

WASHINGTON — When foreign leaders come to the White House these days, Vice President Kamala Harris is often among the first officials they see.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 24, 2021

‘Weathering storms’: Biden confronts multiple crises that could define his presidency

WASHINGTON — Over the next month, President Joe Biden will try to get his stalled policy agenda moving again, prevent a harmful government shutdown and raise the nation’s debt ceiling to avoid economic catastrophe.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 24, 2021

After Trump, Democrats move to restrict president’s power over pardons, spending

WASHINGTON — Top-ranking congressional Democrats who battled with former President Donald Trump throughout his term introduced a bill this week that would curb executive power, calling it a check on practices that allowed the Trump administration to slow-roll investigations and reward political allies facing criminal charges.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 23, 2021

Are your face masks still effective as COVID lingers? It depends on what kind you own

Although being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 dramatically reduces your chances of becoming hospitalized and dying from the disease, the shots don’t entirely eliminate risks of infection.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 23, 2021

As intelligence probe of ‘Havana syndrome’ gains momentum, fear grows of escalating attacks

WASHINGTON — Officials across the U.S. government have grown concerned in recent weeks that suspected sensory attacks against American personnel are escalating as an intelligence probe into the phenomenon known as “Havana syndrome” gains steam.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 23, 2021

McConnell called Trump ‘a fading brand … off-the-track Thoroughbred,’ book says

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell believes the Republican Party is moving away from Trumpism and views the former president as a weight on his chances of reclaiming the majority next year.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 22, 2021

Biden ordered federal agencies to boost voter participation. He gets their plans this week

WASHINGTON — Federal agencies this week will submit plans to the White House on ways to increase voter registration and participation as the deadline approaches for one of President Joe Biden’s key voting rights initiatives.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 22, 2021