Headlines for February 2, 2021
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5DMYW)
- U.S. Tops 26 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Shots, Surpassing Confirmed Coronavirus Cases
- Biden Takes Executive Action to Reverse Trump Immigration Policies as Deportations Continue
- Senate Republicans Meet at White House to Press Far Smaller Coronavirus Relief Bill
- South Africa Receives First COVID-19 Vaccines; New Variant Linked to Reinfections in Brazil
- WHO Team Probes Virus Origins in Wuhan; Australia Puts Perth on Lockdown After Single COVID-19 Case
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reveals She Is a Sexual Assault Survivor in Video Recalling Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
- Trump Hires New Lawyers. One Declined to Prosecute Bill Cosby. Another Met Jeffrey Epstein in Jail
- Senate Republican Leader Blasts Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's "Loony Lies and Conspiracy Theories"
- Salvadoran President Bukele Inflames Tensions After Attack That Killed Two Leftist Activists
- U.N. Condemns Military Coup in Burma, Calls for Restoration of Democracy
- Top Turkish Official Attacks Students as "LGBT Freaks" over Rainbow Flag Artwork
- Former Guantanamo Prisoners Urge Biden to Close Military Prison
- Biden Releases Hurricane Recovery Funds for Puerto Rico Withheld by Trump Admin
- Police Union President Defends Officer Who Handcuffed, Pepper-Sprayed 9-Year-Old Girl in Rochester, NY
- Oregon Becomes First U.S. State to Decriminalize Low-Level Possession of All Drugs