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New Covid-19 variants are a result of the failure of the richest nations to share their vaccines, says the Rockefeller Foundation’s president.

CNN has suspended anchor Chris Cuomo for his role in advising his brother Andrew Cuomo during the former governor’s sexual harassment scandal.

The FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee voted 13 to 10 to recommend emergency authorization of molnupiravir, an oral antiviral drug to fight Covid.

Alphonso David had a more extensive role advising ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s team on dealing with sexual harassment accusations than previously known.

A report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence warns “climate change will increasingly exacerbate risks to U.S. national security interests.”

Oz enters a crowded primary in Pennsylvania, one of the most important states in the battle for Senate control in the 2022 midterms.

Coronel was also ordered to forfeit approximately $1.5 million.

Sen. Sherrod Brown told CNBC that he’s spoken to the Biden administration about Cordray possibly serving as the Fed’s vice chair for supervision.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV’s Dr. Oz Show, is planning to run for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that the omicron Covid variant has been detected in 20 countries so far but officials haven’t confirmed a case in the U.S. yet.

The House select committee is investigating the Jan. 6 riot that began at the Capitol as Congress was confirming the election of Joe Biden over Donald Trump.

Jacob Chansley, the so-called QAnon shaman, is the second Capitol riot defendant to appeal a conviction related to the pro-Trump invasion of Congress.

The House is probing the Jan. 6 riot, when Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol and temporarily stopped Congress from confirming Biden’s 2020 election win.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testify Tuesday before the Senate banking committee.

Richard Moore, the chief of British secret intelligence service MI6, is concerned that China could make a “miscalculation” because it is overconfident.

The European Union could approve a Covid-19 shot against the new variant within three to four months, the bloc’s medical agency said Tuesday.

Altria and Philip Morris International are no longer able to sell or import Iqos tobacco devices in the U.S. after a deadline passed.

Natural gas from Egypt may start flowing to Lebanon within two or three months, according to Amos Hochstein, a U.S. State Department senior advisor.

Dow futures dropped sharply Tuesday as investors reassessed risks associated with the new Covid omicron variant.

“The idea is to buy ourselves time if omicron does turn out to be an immune-evading variant,” Dr. Celine Gounder told CNBC.