Ted Cruz suggests he will no longer wear a mask in the Capitol because he's vaccinated
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz suggested he will no longer wear a mask in the U.S. Capitol or on the Senate floor now that he's been vaccinated for COVID-19. Cruz falsely claimed that everyone working in the Senate is vaccinated, and incorrectly cited Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on masks.
"At this point I've been vaccinated. Everybody working in the Senate has been vaccinated," Cruz told CNN on Thursday while walking through the Capitol maskless. "CDC has said in small groups, particularly with people who were vaccinated don't need to wear masks," the Texas Republican added, while entering an elevator with two aides wearing masks.Billions of cicadas are emerging across about 16 states in the Southeast and Midwest. Periodical cicadas used to reliably emerge every 13 or 17 years, depending on their brood. But in a warming world where spring conditions arrive sooner, climate change is messing with the bugs' internal alarm clocks.
Senate Democrats to unveil package to protect IVF as party makes reproductive rights push this month
Washington — A group of Senate Democrats is set to unveil a new package to protect access to IVF on Monday, as the party makes a push around reproductive rights this month — two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.