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A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Moderna has begun testing its COVID-19 vaccine on young children. The study is testing Moderna's vaccine candidate in children ages 6 months to less than 12 years old.@DavidBegnaud tagged along with two sisters whose parents, both physicians, enrolled them in the trial. pic.twitter.com/lHSMtkkKK7
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 16, 2021
Dr. Birx says military protocol prevented her from publicly questioning then-President Trump's dubious suggestion that injections of disinfectant could fight Covid-19: "Frankly, I didn't know how to handle that episode. I still think about it every day." https://t.co/vjhWBurf3L
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 16, 2021
BREAKING: U.S. intelligence finds that Russia and Iran conducted operations to influence the 2020 election, but China did not. https://t.co/mKrVLAfLKg
— Axios (@axios) March 16, 2021
U.S. Capitol police suspend officer over anti-Semitic tract https://t.co/EkSx1C9NH2 pic.twitter.com/7xNEqA94gM
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 16, 2021
In Tokyo on Tuesday, the Biden administration's first Cabinet-level trip abroad put U.S. alliances — and the challenge presented by China to U.S. primacy — at the center of the administration's foreign policy.https://t.co/5yLRrTc5Yo
— NPR (@NPR) March 16, 2021
Rep. Deb Haaland was confirmed by the Senate as Interior secretary yesterday, making her the first ever Native American cabinet secretary. It ends a fraught confirmation process, where several in the GOP characterized her as hostile to fossil fuels. https://t.co/3Y7bEjcHi7 pic.twitter.com/KlMg1dlDiJ
— POLITICO (@politico) March 16, 2021
The plans to use a convention center in Dallas to hold more than 2,000 migrant teenagers mark the latest attempt by the administration to keep up with the number of unaccompanied children at the US-Mexico border https://t.co/1VTOVtdXca
— CNN (@CNN) March 16, 2021
An effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom is likely to qualify for the ballot, setting the stage for an expensive, bruising battle in the coming months https://t.co/2CPScnfc5e
— POLITICO (@politico) March 16, 2021
Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, whose brother Alex was a star witness in the House impeachment inquiry, is set to be promoted to colonel after overcoming alleged retaliation efforts by the Trump White House, a source says https://t.co/UL5YRVUwgU
— CNN (@CNN) March 16, 2021
Astronomers amazed to find supermassive black hole wandering aimlessly through space https://t.co/fZlufOBvYj
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 16, 2021