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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple’s home last year.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey said they got their firearms out because they feared demonstrators who marched past the couple’s home in a luxury enclave last year. The two pleaded guilty to misdemeanors. (Image credit: Laurie Skrivan/AP)

Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic  The White House White House once again makes Covid-19 the focus of Biden’s schedule  CNN Coronavirus Roundup: White House Will Be Looking Into the Possibility of More Vaccine Requirements for Feds  GovExec.com White House:

The new moratorium could help keep millions in their homes as the coronavirus’ delta variant has spread and states have been slow to release federal rental aid.

In our news wrap Tuesday, mandates for COVID-19 vaccinations spread to more of the U.S. as the delta variant surges, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected any new restrictions, New York became the nation’s first big city to require proof

Cori Bush steers progressives to win on eviction crisis  POLITICO CDC announces limited, targeted eviction moratorium until early October  CNN Pelosi says House Democrats ‘ready’ to work with Biden admin to extend expired eviction ban  Fox News Opinion | There’s plenty of money

It is now Sydney McLaughlin’s time at the Tokyo Olympics. For Team USA, the women’s 400-m hurdles is rarely a marquee event at the Olympics. But it has been quite awhile since the U.S. has had a hurdling prodigy like

The Biden administration this week sent its most senior official yet to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. USAID Director Samantha Power is putting pressure on the Ethiopian government and its Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister to alleviate a humanitarian

The CDC extending the federal eviction moratorium is expected to help about 90% of renters  CNBC CDC announces limited, targeted eviction moratorium until early October  CNN Waters urges CDC to ignore Supreme Court ruling, extend eviction ban  Fox News Opinion | There’s plenty

Childhood kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch has spoken about how her captor admired Adolf Hitler and wanted her to feel like a victim of the Nazis.