The FDA authorized a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine for people aged 65 and older. The company is also claiming that its vaccine is safe for children. Dr. Anthony Fauci says it could be available in "weeks," in time for Halloween.

Haitian migrants are crammed into a tent city at the Texas border. Some have taken refuge under a bridge for more than a week, while some are being flown back to Haiti by the Biden administration.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden visited the U.N. this week and promised attendees a decade of "relentless diplomacy." In his speech to the assembly, the president promised to double the U.S.'s donation of COVID-19 vaccine doses.

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