Canadian Truckers Raise $880k in Bitcoin, Protest Against Vaccine Mandate

A collective named as “Freedom Convoy” composed of truckers from Ottawa, Canada, has raised roughly 21 BTC, worth $880,000 at current prices. The amount was crowdsourced from 4,877 donors,...

Covid mask mandate lifted because hospitals OK

A recent sharp drop in Connecticut’s Covid hospitalizations allowed the Democratic governor there to feel comfortable dropping the state’s mask mandate, effective later this month. “...

Appeals Court Won’t Immediately Reverse Block Of Biden’s Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate

Topline An appeals court left in place a national block on President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees Wednesday, declining to overrule a lower court ruling that halted a key ...

New York Gov. Hochul expected to lift indoor mask mandate

[The stream is slated to start at 11:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to drop the state’s strict indoor ...

New York state lifts indoor mask mandate as surge in omicron cases subsides

A person wearing a face mask leaves a store on January 26, 2022 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images New York is dropping its strict indoor mask mandate as the surge in Covid-19 cases a...

Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protesters Block Vital U.S.-Canada Border Crossing For Second Straight Day

Topline Truck drivers protesting Canada’s Covid-19 vaccine rules continued to partially block the busy Ambassador Bridge linking the United States and Canada for a second day Tuesday evening, an offsh...

Airlines Push White House To Scrap Covid Test Mandate For Vaccinated International Travelers

Topline Lobbying group Airlines for America urged the White House on Wednesday to drop a rule requiring vaccinated passengers to test for Covid-19 ahead of U.S.-bound international flights, hoping to ...

Judge Strikes Down New York State’s Mask Mandate

Topline A New York judge on Monday struck down the state’s mask mandate stating that it was enacted unlawfully, ending a directive that was put in place in December to tackle an omicron fueled winter ...

RFK Jr., Proud Boys And Holocaust Imagery

Topline Protestors marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on Sunday in objection to the Covid-19 vaccine mandates, drawing an array of sometimes controversial ...

Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Fed Worker Mandate With Anti-Vaxxer Tropes

On January 21, federal district judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown blocked the Biden mandate requiring federal employees to get COVID vaccinations.  This got national attention.   Brown’s ruling was pegged a...

Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protesters March On D.C.

Topline Protestors began marching on Washington D.C. Sunday, planning to march from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in objection to the Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Demonstrators partici...

Judge blocks mandate for federal workers

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images A U.S. judge in Texas on Friday b...

School Mask Mandate Ban Battles Return Amid Omicron Surge — Here’s Where States Stand

Topline Republican state lawmakers and officials are taking new action against school mask mandates—and facing opposition from school districts who want to keep the orders in place—as Covid-19 transmi...

Labor Department vows to protect workers from Covid after mandate blocked

US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks about Labor Unions during an event in the East Room of the White House September 8, 2021, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images The Labor ...

GE suspends Covid vaccine and testing rules after Supreme Court blocks Biden mandate

An employee helps install a traction motor onto the truck of a General Electric Evolution Series Tier 4 diesel locomotive at the GE Manufacturing Solutions facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Luke Sharrett...

Biden Administration Threatens To Revoke Arizona Stimulus Funds Used For Anti-Mask Mandate Programs At Schools

Topline The Treasury Department is threatening to revoke more than $170 million in federal stimulus money and withhold future funds from Arizona, it informed the state Friday, after Arizona Gov. Doug ...

Biden vows Covid vaccine push after Supreme Court ruling on vaccination mandate

A healthcare worker prepares a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, Janua...

Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule

A demonstrator holds a “Freedoms & Mandates Don’t Mix” sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court during arguments on two federal coronavirus vaccine mandate measures in Washington, D.C...

Judge Rules In Favor Of Navy SEALs Seeking Religious Exemptions From Covid Vaccine

Topline A federal judge in Texas on Monday ruled in favor of 35 U.S. Navy SEALs who sued the Biden Administration over the military’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, marking the first major successful chall...

Starbucks readies its workforce for Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate

A Starbucks employee wears a facial covering while working in Dallas, Texas. Ronald Martinez | Getty Images Starbucks is readying its workforce to comply with the Biden administration’s vaccine-...