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For Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, a week of momentous accomplishments has wrapped up. On Tuesday, the Senate advanced a $1 trillion infrastructure package, 69–30. Wednesday morning, their even more ambitious $3.5 trillion budget also successfully passed in the upper chamber, where the budget reconciliation process is allowed to avoid the supermajority requirement…

LAS VEGAS - Under the Biden-Harris administration, the ONC and the CDC are focused on learning major public health lessons from the pandemic and moving forward rapidly to turn those lessons into action. That was a major takeaway from a HIMSS21 session this week when National Coordinator for Health IT…

Hansel Emmanuel Donato, the 6-foot-5 internet sensation who plays basketball with one arm, received a scholarship offer from Tennessee State University on Thursday. Donato, who was part of a SportsCenter featured presentation earlier this summer, didn't have any NCAA Division I offers prior to getting one from the HBCU. He…

After a “long and painful and torturous night,” New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has more energy than any of us. Plus, the conclusion of the yearslong infrastructure week. Senators push their favorite songs on the floor, and Missouri Rep. Billy Long talks auctioning off a $99,000 punchbowl. Read More

The snapshot was taken hastily on a cheap Instamatic camera out the back window of an SUV nearly 20 years ago. But my photo of dozens of joyful Afghan boys racing after an American reporter’s car in the slums of Kabul haunts me more with each passing day. As I…

Joe Biden is keeping another campaign promise. This time, that’s not a good thing. One of the cornerstones of Biden’s 2020 platform was to shore up democracy not only in America but around the world. In response to the rise of (sometimes Trump-inspired) authoritarianism, he pledged to “organize and host…

Image: Getty Images Three United States senators have introduced a Bill they have labelled as a breakthrough blow against "big tech bullying". The Open App Markets Act, introduced by Democrats Richard Blumenthal and Amy Klobuchar, and Republican Marsha Blackburn, specifically targets Apple and Google and their respective app stores. The…

Some new interview quotes from several producers have teased the possibility of some frankly highly unnecessary sequels. First up Queen guitarist Brian May, who shot down the likelihood of a sequel to the biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” last year, says the band is now more open to the idea and are…

(This story originally appeared in on Aug 11, 2021) The Uttarakhand high court has set up five ‘ecourt’ vans — equipped with WiFi and computers for videoconferencing — that will travel to remote areas in the hills to connect residents in far flung areas with virtual courts. Judges will hear…

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 vaccinations are once again on the upswing, the rise fueled by growing anxiety about the highly contagious Delta variant now responsible for most COVID infections in the U.S. At a briefing Thursday, Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said…