Trump and Biden news live: GOP warned top 2024 candidates ‘all have Trump as
Watch live as Biden marks the 50 millionth Covid vaccine in US
Joe Biden will visit Texas on Friday with a dual mission: surveying damage caused by severe winter weather and encouraging people to get their coronavirus shots.
The US president and first lady, Jill Biden, were traveling to Houston for the their first trip to a major disaster site since Mr Biden took office a little over a month ago.
Severe winter weather across the South over Valentine’s Day weekend battered multiple states, with Texas bearing the brunt of unseasonably frigid conditions that caused widespread power outages and frozen pipes that burst and flooded homes. Millions of residents lost heat and running water.
It comes as the former Trump administration chief-of-staff Mark Meadows warned the Republican Party the current favourites to be the GOP presidential candidate in 2024 “all have Trump as their last name”.
Two US Navy ships are suffering Covid-19 outbreaks
Two US Navy ships deployed to the Middle East are isolating in Bahrain after crew members have contracted Covid-19.
At least 12 service members have tested positive for coronavirus on the amphibious transport ship USS San Diego, while several sailors contracted Covid-19 on the cruiser USS Philippine Sea.
Commander Rebecca Rebarich confirmed the positive tests to ABC News, saying: “Sailors with positive cases and close contacts have been isolated on the ship, and the ship remains in a restricted Covid bubble at the pier.”
The Navy added in a statement: “Medical health professionals are conducting a thorough contact investigation to determine the source of Covid-19 aboard the ships and whether any other personnel may have been exposed.”
The amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego sails in San Diego Bay in San Diego, California
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James Crump26 February 2021 14:38
John Boehner tells Ted Cruz to go ‘f** himself’ in unscripted audiobook recording, report says
Former speaker of the House John Boehner reportedly told Texas senator Ted Cruz to “go f**k yourself” while recording the audio version of his upcoming memoir.
While recording the audio for his book, On The House: A Washington Memoir, Mr Boehner, 71, a former Ohio representative, took to Twitter to warn of some of the strong language included.
“Poured myself a glass of something nice to read my audiobook,” he captioned a photo of himself holding a glass of red wine on Thursday, adding: “You…
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