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“I’ve Just Been Swept Up in This Wave”: How the Earliest COVID Coverage Shaped Our World
The omicron surge now dominating headlines comes as pandemic content has long been at the forefront of news coverage, a far cry from the murky, early reports—shared largely among specialists this week in 2019—of a mysterious pneumonia-like illness in Wuhan.
The Biden Administration Rejected an October Proposal for “Free Rapid Tests for the Holidays”
With omicron cases spreading like wildfire, the White House is finally taking steps to make free antigen tests available to all. But this fall, Vanity Fair has learned, it dismissed a bold plan to ramp up rapid testing ahead of the holidays. Frustrated experts explain how confusion, distrust, and a single-minded fixation on vaccinating Americans left testing on the back burner for so long.
Will Fox News Stop Its Dangerous COVID-19 Messaging Now? Yeah Right.
The recent dustup between Jesse Watters and Dr. Anthony Fauci underscores the network’s recklessness.
500 Million Tests and 1,000 Service Members: Biden Readies His Omicron Army
Increased at-home rapid testing and additional personnel for hospitals are among the steps that the president will announce Tuesday to combat the winter surge.
Joe Manchin Is the Grinch Who Stole Democrats’ Christmas
The senator’s unforeseen opposition to Biden’s Build Back Better agenda just gave Democrats two trillion more things to worry about.
For Christmas This Year, Melania Trump Says Give the Gift of Melania Trump
The first lady is offering an NFT of her eyes that can follow you around for the low, low price of 150 bucks.
Trump Goes Full Anti-Semite, Unloads on American Jews in Wildly Bigoted Rant
The former president hit on nearly every anti-Jewish trope in the book, including the one about Jewish supposedly controlling the media.
In a New Memoir, Katie Couric Is Going There—But Where Was She Exactly?
Couric recounts the sexist culture of network TV, but she also confronts her own role in allowing alleged abusers to thrive.
Ron DeSantis Claims MLK Would Love Bill Banning Schools From Teaching Kids About Racism
The “Stop WOKE Act” would also let parents sue school districts, much like how Texas’s abortion law deputizes citizen vigilantes.
Report: Trump’s Accountant Had a Little Chat With a Grand Jury
Oh, and he’s been granted immunity from prosecution and can thus speak freely about everything he knows.
Democrats to Ex-Trump Aide: You Can’t Dodge a Subpoena Just Because Trump Told You To
In their investigation into the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic, House Democrats aren’t buying former trade adviser Peter Navarro’s executive privilege claim, which Trump demanded he invoke in a press release.