The Daily 202: Biden faces bipartisan pressure on China’s Olympics Olivier Knox
Sainte-Mère-Église. There’s an homage to the 82nd Airborne. Congressional Republicans and Democrats agree on precious little these days, but there’s growing bipartisan fervor you could even call it impatience related to President Biden’s business-as-usual approach to the 2022 Winter Olympics in China.
Biden faces pressure from both sides of the aisle to use the Games, which open in early February 2022, as a launchpad for criticism of China over what his administration agrees is “genocide” targeting the mostly Muslim
Uyghur minority. Today, a pair of lawmakers Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) and Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) are reportedly introducing legislation aimed at punishing corporations that sponsor the Games by barring them from federal contracts.
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The three reasons why CDC recommended a pause for Johnson & Johnson s coronavirus vaccine
Replay Video UP NEXT A federal committee wants more data before it decides on the future of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the use of which was paused after reports of rare and severe blood clots. Panel members said Wednesday they want to learn more about the risks, cause and frequency of the clots, which have been identified in six of the 7.5 million people who have received the shot. All the patients have been women. One of the six died in March, and another is in critical condition. Two have been discharged, and three remain in the hospital.