December 21, 2021 Republicans accuse Biden of controlling Americans with ‘fear’ as COVID cases spike Republicans immediately pushed back on President Biden’s address to the nation Tuesday, accusing him of stoking "fear" of the coronavirus to exert his power.
December 21, 2021 White House COVID 'fact sheet' features inconsistencies The White House released a “fact sheet” of accomplishments and future promises related to the coronavirus on Tuesday that contained both accurate and misleading statistics.
December 21, 2021 NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says league has 'no plans' to pause season amid rise in COVID cases NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that there are no plans to pause the season amid a rise in COVID-19 cases which has caused other leagues, including the NFL and NHL, to postpone a number of games.
December 21, 2021 Harvard professor: More school closures could exacerbate 'full-on child mental health crisis' Professor argues in the New York Times that more COVID-19 school closings could be detrimental to children's health.
December 21, 2021 Psaki grilled over previous dismissal of sending at-home COVID tests to Americans Psaki told reporters that she regrets her dismissive tone during previous comments on providing at-home tests to all Americans.
December 21, 2021 Biden admits his vaccine mandates are unpopular but says they're 'legal and effective' President Biden said during his speech Tuesday that his COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for large private businesses is "legal and effective," albeit "unpopular."
December 21, 2021 MSNBC host presses Fauci on lack of COVID tests: 'Isn't the administration behind the curve?' Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted Tuesday the Biden administration was behind the curve on testing availability.
December 21, 2021 White House: People won't have to 'wear a mask all the time' if 'we make progress' fighting COVID The senior White House administration official said Tuesday that people won’t have to wear masks "all the time" as soon as "we make progress" in decreasing the severity of COVID-19 infections.
December 21, 2021 New Jersey Health Department commercial features kid asking Santa Claus for COVID vaccine A "disturbing" new commercial running in the state of New Jersey depicts a child asking Santa Claus for a COVID vaccine rather than fun gifts for Christmas.
December 21, 2021 Harris Faulkner, 'Outnumbered' hosts knock Biden on COVID testing push: 'Behind the times' Fox News host Harris Faulkner criticized Joe Biden Tuesday as long COVID testing lines emerge amid the omicron variant.
