Peace Corps to Aid Vaccine Efforts in 2nd-Ever Domestic Deployment By Rachel Tillman Nationwide
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The Peace Corps is partnering with FEMA to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts across the country, only the second time in the organization’s 60-year history that it has deployed volunteers domestically.
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The Peace Corps and FEMA announced on Wednesday they are partnering to send out volunteers across the U.S. to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts
The last time the Peace Corps deployed volunteers in the U.S. was in 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
At FEMA’s request, the volunteers will be sent to federally-supported Community Vaccination Centers (CVCs) nationwide
Officials Say Iran, Russia Attempted to Sway 2020 Presidential Elections in Declassified Report By Rachel Tillman Nationwide
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According to the U.S. intelligence community, Russia and Iran employed separate, sweeping campaigns to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, but neither country actively altered votes in its attempts to do so.
In the declassified report released Tuesday compiled by the country’s top intelligence and security agencies, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines wrote officials found no indications that any foreign actor attempted to alter any technical aspect of the voting process in the election.
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, confers with Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the House Judiciary Committee chairman, at a news conference on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Votes to Reauthorize Violence Against Women Act in Bipartisan Fashion By Rachel Tillman Nationwide UPDATED 5:22 PM ET Mar. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:04 PM ET Mar. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:04 PM EDT Mar. 17, 2021
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The U.S. House of Representatives in bipartisan fashion voted to reauthorize the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on Wednesday, legislation championed by President Joe Biden during his time in the Senate in 1994.
Harris Says US Will âEmpower Women Worldwideâ In Historic UN Address By Rachel Tillman Nationwide
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Kamala Harris made a number of historic firsts on Tuesday, becoming the first female vice president to deliver an address during the United Nationsâ 65th sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered an address to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on Tuesday
Harris was the first Biden administration official to address the UN, and the first female vice president to deliver a speech during CSW
During her speech, the vice president said the Biden-Harris administration is committed to helping empower women worldwide
White House Officials Detail Expanded Eligibility for Vaccinators By Rachel Tillman Nationwide
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President Joe Biden is continuing to ramp up efforts in the fight against the coronavirus, having pledged during his first primetime speech on Thursday evening to increase the amount of federal vaccine centers, to open enrollment for additional people to become vaccinators, and a mandate that all adults be eligible for the vaccine by May 1.
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President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered states, tribes, and territories open vaccine eligibility to all Americans by May 1
In order to increase the amounts of shots in arms, the White House is opening more federally-funded vaccine centers and allowing additional health care professions to qualify for vaccine administration