Merck: COVID pill cut risk of hospitalization & death by 50%; COVID cases & hospitalizations drop in U. S. as vaccinations rise; FDA vaccine advisers meet this week to discuss booster shots from Moderna, Johnson & Johnson; Dr. Fauci: “go out there” and enjoy Halloween; GOP candidate for governor in Texas: COVID vaccine is a “dangerous shot”; Pushes for more antibody treatments; Labor dept: heath care industry lost more than 500,000 employees since February 2020; Trump allies get subpoenaed, as committee threatens to pursue criminal charges for those who don’t comply; Capitol police whistleblower alleges leadership failures on Jan 6; No. 2 house republican dodges on whether 2020 election “stolen”; Cheney calls out Scalise for refusing to say Biden won election; Trump sends birthday video demanding “justice” for capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt over 1/6 death; Grassley embraces Trump’s support as former pres. spreads lies; Taliban preaches gentler approach; but violence, oppression are reality; CNN on the ground in Taliban controlled Afghanistan; Afghan says Taliban “were enjoying beating me”; FBI: couple tried to sell nuclear intel hidden in sandwich; Southwest cancels hundreds of flights for fourth straight day; Southwest blames air traffic control problems, staff shortages and weather for cancellations; Passengers stranded as Southwest cancels thousands of flights;

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Bannon defies Jan 6 subpoena, citing Trump’s “direction”; Jan 6 CMTE considering criminal contempt referral; Jan 6 CMTE: Meadows and Patel are “engaging” with Committee; Biden blames covid for disappointing jobs report but argues progress is being made; Biden: unemployment rate down to 4.8%, but “more to do”; Biden faces disappointing jobs report, stalled agenda; Biden: U.S. risks losing our edge without infrastructure deal; U.S. adds 194,000 jobs in September, far fewer than expected; Bipartisan criticism after Schumer goes after GOP in speech; AP: Progressive chair told Biden $2T compromise was “too low”; Dems rush to reach spending bill compromise by Oct. 31; Giroir U.S. has “turned a corner” but “not out of the woods”; U.S. COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths dropping; CDC: Fewer Americans getting their first covid vaccine; NEW STUDY: Children as likely as adults to contract covid; Doctor: COVID cases falling, but “We’re still in two Americas” ; Giroir: Airlines should not mandate vaccination for travel; Dozens dead and wounded in suicide bombing at Afghan Mosque;

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U.S. Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths declining; Pfizer seeks FDA authorization of Covid vaccine for kids 5-11; Democratic leaders announce deal to avoid economic catastrophe, Senate expected to vote tonight

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Senate vote delayed amid possible deal to stop economic collapse; Baldwin: Dems likely to accept GOP compromise offer; New poll: Biden approval sinks to 38%, lowest since taking office; Sources: Jan 6 committee can’t find Trump ex-aide to serve subpoena; Schiff book reveals new details of Trump impeachment fight; CNN: Kabul airport bomber released from prison days before attack; Officials warn risk of a terror threat reemerging in Afghanistan; HHS tries out fear tactics in ads to change minds of unvaccinated; Covid survivor in new ad: “I died three times;” Biden pledges $1b investment in at-home rapid testing; Canada will require vaccine for all 12 & up on trains & planes; Preliminary report: low-pressure alerts went off three hours before pipeline was shut down

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Biden: these bills will “breathe new life into the economy”; “We’re not going to ease up on any of this”, “We must invest in ourselves”; One-on-one with former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham, trashes Trump in new tell-all; Grisham says Jan 6 was “bound to happen”, predicts retribution & revenge if Trump wins in 2024; Grisham: I think Trump was trying to stage a coup on Jan 6; Grisham in op-ed: “I told the Trumps my relationship with a WH staffer had turned abusive. They didn’t seem to care”; Ex-Trump press chief accuses Trump of harassment, describes “culture of abuse” inside WH; Evan McMullin announces bid to unseat Utah Sen. Mike Lee; Pence changes tune on mob that wanted to kill him;

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