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J&J Covid vaccine factory forced to trash nearly 135 mn more doses

About 135 million more doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory will have to be destroyed due to quality problems, Congressional panel leaders said Thursday. The announcement follows a report in May that detailed how more than 400 million vaccine doses made at an Emergent BioSolutions plant had to be trashed. The doses more recently slated for destruction were made between August 2021 and February, the House members said. Johnson & Johnson said in a statement Thursday that no doses produced at the site since the factory restarted have reached the market, and it was ending its agreement with Emergent. The doses had been set aside after they were made. The panel said J&J told it that a batch of the shots failed inspection, which rendered all of them unusable. The factory's problems have hurt vaccinations in areas of the world where vaccines are still in short supply, said US Rep. Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat and COVID-19 ...

US Congress seeks independent probe into Father Stan Swamy's death

The resolution, co-sponsored by Representatives Andre Carson and James McGovern, has been introduced in the US House of Representatives and coincides with the first anniversary of Swamy's death

Congressmen urge Biden to hold India liable for trade distorting practices

A group of US lawmakers have urged President Joe Biden to file a formal request for consultations with India at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over its "dangerous trade-distorting practices"

A hearing tailor-made for the post-truth era

Fact checking and debunking nonsense doesn't work very well, given the structure of social media

US Congress sends wide-ranging gun violence compromise to Joe Biden

The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday

Biden calls on Congress to suspend gas tax for 3 months amid soaring prices

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for 90 days, as Americans need immediate relief amid the nation's soaring gas prices

'How much more carnage?': Biden appeals for tougher laws for gun control

Joe Biden delivered a plea to Congress to act on gun control in an address to the nation, calling on lawmakers to restore limits on the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines

US president Biden to speak on mass shootings, urge Congress to act

President Joe Biden will speak on Thursday night on the recent spate of mass shootings and his plans to press Congress to pass commonsense laws to combat the epidemic of gun violence

GOP's new midterm attack: Blaming Biden for baby formula shortage

Biden insisted there's nothing more urgent we're working on than addressing the shortage

Trump accuses Biden of 'unmitigated failure' including on Ukraine

Trump said that Biden is "embarrassing" the United States and that world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, no longer respect the United States

US speaker Nancy Pelosi invites Greek PM to address Congress on May 17

Pelosi in the letter noted the influence of Ancient Greek ideas of liberty and democracy on the US Founding Fathers when drafting the country's Constitution

Russia puts 398 members of US Congress on travel ban list: Foreign Ministry

Russia has added 398 members of the United States Congress to its travel ban list, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

US Congress hears sirens wail as Ukraine legislators visit Capitol

As members of the Ukrainian parliament were pleading for aid on Capitol Hill, an air raid siren blared from one of their cell phones a wrenching alert from the war-torn country back home.

US in favour of negotiated end to Ukrainian war, says Congressman Ro Khanna

Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna said that the United States is in favour of a negotiated end to the Ukrainian war and that has to be with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a settlement.

Madeleine Albright, 1st female US Secretary of State, dies at 85

Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 85. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America's top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration. At the time, she was the highest-ranking woman in the history of US government. She was not in the line of succession for the presidency, however, because she was a native of Czechoslovakia.

Joe Biden aides to US Congress: Fund Covid aid, don't cut budget

Congress should provide the $22.5 billion President Joe Biden wants for continuing the battle against Covid without cutting other programs to pay for it, senior administration officials said

What is a no-fly zone? Why is its Ukraine implementation fraught with risk?

Ukraine has been pleading with the West to enforce a no-fly zone over the country. But the West fears that its implementation may escalate the war. What exactly is a no-fly zone? Let's find out

US Rep Don Young, longest-serving Alaska Congressman, dies at 88

Don Young, a blunt-speaking Republican and longest-serving member of Alaska's congressional delegation, has died. He was 88.

US Congress report says China 'systematically' denied access to Tibet

A new US Congress report assessment indicated that foreign diplomats, journalists and tourists were "systematically" denied access to China's Tibet autonomous region over the past year.

US bipartisan Congress delegation to visit Nepal in April second week

The US' bipartisan Congressional delegation is expected to visit Nepal by the second week of April, days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's two-day trip to Nepal