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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the Senate in a letter Monday to confirm more than 60 State Department nominees who have been blocked by Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, as he seeks information from the administration about the origins of covid-19. 19Last month, Paul blocked all State Department nominees from passing Senate confirmation, citing his longstanding request that the department release additional information about the origins of Covid and related government-funded research.Sixty-two diplomatic candidates are awaiting Senate confirmation, including 38 nominees for ambassadorial posts, according to the official. All but three of the ambassadorial candidates are…

WASHINGTON — Kerry Kennedy, the sister of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., slammed her brother in a brief statement Monday after a report quoted him as saying Covid-19 was "meant to hit Caucasians and blacks" and that Jewish people are more immune."I strongly condemn my brother's deplorable and untrue comments last week that covid is designed to target ethnic people," Kerry Kennedy said in a statement. statement published by the nonprofit group Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights where he serves as president."His statements do not represent what I believe or what the human rights of Robert F. Kennedy…

Image: Netflix Higher Ground Productions, founded by former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama, will produce rustin for Netflix as part of your overall agreement with the streamer. The new biopic will tell the story of Bayard Rustin, the late civil rights activist who will be played by Colman Domingo. Here is everything you need to know. Netflix's Rustin Will Be Directed by an Emmy Nominee George C Wolfe who work in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom for Netflix, starring the late Chadwick Boseman. The script for rustin written by dustin spear blackwho won an Oscar for his…

Star running backs Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants and Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders failed to reach a long-term deal with their teams before the franchise tag extension deadline Monday at 4 p.m., according to multiple reports. Barkley and Jacobs are now expected to miss all of training camp, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter, which they are allowed to do without fines since they haven't signed their franchise tags, which are worth $10.091 million for the season. . They would lose game checks if they miss regular season games. Both players were tagged earlier this offseason…