America's mask mandate is gone -- for the fully vaccinated
CNN
The CDC lifted the mask mandate for fully vaccinated Americans on Thursday. But with vaccine hesitancy and the idea of vaccine passports a contested issue, how America navigates the next stage of the pandemic remains unanswered.
The United States' health authority has lifted the mask mandate, announcing on Thursday that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear face coverings indoors or out. You could almost hear a collective sigh of relief across America, which appears to have truly turned a corner after enduring the most coronavirus cases and deaths of any country in the world.President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.
In the days and weeks leading up Hunter Biden’s trial on felony gun charges, President Joe Biden made little attempt to distance himself from his son. Instead, Hunter Biden was seen at the White House and in Delaware at his father’s side amid what the president’s allies acknowledge is a difficult moment for both men.