5 things to know about March 25: Colorado, Biden, coronavirus, immigration, Suez Canal

Biden will hold his first formal press conference at the White House today since taking office two months ago, and will face tough questions on issues such as gun control and immigration. He should also highlight the explosion of his goal of 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine administered in its first 100 days and the approval of his $ 1.9 trillion Covid-19 rescue project. It can also shed light on its foreign policy positions in relation to the country’s complicated relations with Russia and China. Biden has waited to hold his first official press conference for longer than his 15 most recent predecessors, so reporters – and the American public – are eager to hear from him. The event is set for 1:15 pm ET.

Some Democratic lawmakers have asked the president to issue an “informed consent waiver” to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for all US military personnel. Meanwhile, 27 million doses of vaccine will be distributed in the United States this week, according to the White House, but advocates for the elderly are concerned that the government is not doing enough to provide vaccines to the elderly. On Tuesday, CDC records show that more than 43% of Americans 65 and older are fully vaccinated against Covid-19; this still leaves more than half of the elderly population vulnerable. In Brazil, in fact, it is young people who are now seriously ill and dying from the virus. Brazil is in its worst pandemic days, with hospitals on the verge of collapse and the number of daily deaths reaching record numbers.

Biden instructed Vice President Kamala Harris to oversee diplomatic efforts with Central American countries to stem the flow of migrants to the southern border of the United States. And with a large number of unaccompanied minors in U.S. custody, some former Border Patrol chiefs are begging Congressional leaders for more resources and to take steps to reform the U.S. immigration system. In addition to the Biden government being under increasing pressure to fix the crisis, he was also called on for not allowing journalists to have access to facilities that house migrant children. Lawmakers yesterday visited one of these facilities in Texas – with a news camera finally in tow.

A container ship ran aground Tuesday in the Suez Canal, blocking one of the busiest waterways in the world and stranding dozens of ships on both sides in one of the worst ship jams seen in years. And … it’s still there. In fact, the CEO of a rescue company says it can take days or weeks to free the huge tanker truck from the comparatively small waterway. The 224,000-ton ship is almost as long as the Empire State Building is tall and stuck due to a sandstorm and poor navigation. Maritime experts say that if it is not released soon, some ships may have to be redirected around the southern tip of Africa, adding about a week to their voyages. How important is this narrow waterway? Approximately 30% of the worldwide volume of shipping containers travels 120 miles every day. Well, most days. Not today.

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The Congress is set to question the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter today about disinformation and extremism online. It will be the executives’ first appearance before lawmakers since the Capitol riot and the launch of the coronavirus vaccine.

That’s how much money from the Covid-19 relief law will be used to finance the school’s reopening, Biden announced. The funds will “meet the academic, social, emotional and mental health needs of all students,” according to the Department of Education.

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, who during a Senate hearing criticized the efforts of state legislatures led by the Republican Party across the country to present bills that restrict voting rules, calling them “one of the most despicable things I have seen in all my years . ”

More than 50 million people are at risk of bad weather today, from the central Gulf coast to the Ohio River Valley, with the risk of long-term tornadoes, especially in the south.

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