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Lawmakers are playing politics with the nation’s pocketbook and the clock is ticking. Source: CNN

President Joe Biden enters the most seismic week of his legislative agenda explicitly set to miss one deadline and implicitly knowing he’ll soon have to bow to a Republican blockade on another. Source: CNN

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin weighs in on the FDA’s approval of a new Alzheimer’s drug in June despite the FDA’s advisory committee concluding there wasn’t enough evidence to support the effectiveness of the treatment. Source: CNN

The coronavirus pandemic unfortunately has been dominated by politics. We first saw it with the pushback on mask wearing. Today, it continues with who and who will not get vaccinated. Source: CNN

Leaders of the nonprofit Neighbor2Neighbor had high hopes for their Covid-19 Vax to School clinic in Randolph County, Georgia. Source: CNN

Covid-19 is killing so many people in Idaho that some funeral homes are running out of space to store the bodies. Source: CNN

For the past few months, as the world has been debating boosters, breakthrough infections, and real-world efficacy, there has been one common refrain in questions I’m being asked on Twitter and in person: Source: CNN

Three-quarters of eligible Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and some are now able to receive an additional booster shot. But the virus still poses a great threat to more than 70 million eligible people who remain unvaccinated. Source: CNN

Booster shots are here, after much hoopla from the White House and a great deal of discussion and consideration from the teams of doctors and other experts who advise the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Source: CNN

After a rough month for President Joe Biden, Republicans think they have more than historical precedent on their side to retake the Senate in 2022. Source: CNN