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Presented by Facebook Welcome to The Hill’s Morning Report. Today is Tuesday! We get you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch. Alexis Simendinger and Al Weaver are the co-creators. Readers can find us on Twitter @asimendinger and @alweaver22. Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. CLICK HERE to subscribe! Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported each morning this week: Monday, 513,091; Tuesday, 514,657. The U.S. is set to begin administering doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine today, marking a momentous milestone in the national effort to combat the pandemic as health officials warn that variants could wipe away all progress made over the past month. Johnson & Johnson’s began shipping nearly 4 million doses across the country on Monday, the first batch of the expected 20 million doses the pharmaceutical giant is slated … [Read more...] about The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – J&J vax rollout today; third woman accuses Cuomo

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced new sanctions on Russia in response to Moscow’s poisoning and jailing of Alexei Navalny, accusing Russia’s main intelligence agency of attempting to assassinate the opposition leader last year. The administration is imposing sanctions on seven members of the Russian government and export controls on several business entities involved in biological agent production. The sanctions include Russian officials and a Russian research center that were previously sanctioned by the European Union and United Kingdom in October in connection with Navalny’s poisoning. The sanctions, which are being coordinated with EU partners, come after an intelligence community assessment concluded with “high confidence” that officers of Russia’s Federal Security Service used the Novichok nerve agent to poison Navalny in August, Biden administration officials said. ADVERTISEMENT “We’re sending a clear signal to Russia that there are consequences for the … [Read more...] about Biden to sanction Russia over Navalny poisoning, jailing

KYIV - A Belarusian court sentenced a journalist to six months in prison on Tuesday for divulging medical secrets, after she had contradicted official statements about the death of a protester who the authorities suggested was drunk at the time. Katerina Borisevich, from the local news outlet TUT.BY, had reported that there was no alcohol in the bloodstream of protester Roman Bondarenko when he died. Officials said he had suffered fatal injuries in a drunken brawl, while his allies said he had been beaten by security forces. Artyom Sorokin, the doctor who had shared Bondarenko's medical report with Borisevich, was given a suspended sentence. The death of the 31-year-old became a flashpoint in months of mass protests against veteran President Alexander Lukashenko, who launched a violent crackdown that has triggered Western sanctions on Minsk but support from Russia. The authorities said that revealing information about Bondarenko posed a threat to public safety. "The only fair … [Read more...] about Belarus Jails Journalist for Revealing ‘Medical Secrets’ in Protester’s Death

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – You still can’t take a luxury cruise line to the U.S. Virgin Islands, but you can fly and tourism is turning around, even with the cruise ship business dead in the water for now. “We are a very safe destination,” said U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte. “Our positivity rate, knock on wood, for the pandemic is less than two and one half percent.” READ MORE: Stimulus Check Update: When Could Another Economic Relief Payment Arrive? With no cruise ships and inbound passengers from the U.S. screened and on the ground awareness in vogue, vacationers are beginning to flock in. “Everybody who lives there and travels there understands the importance of keeping those practices in place, everybody is a stake holder in this,” explained Alexander Britell of the Caribbean Journal. It has not all been good. The islands shut down twice when cases spiked and now there seems to be a steady run of low number of cases. In order to keep numbers low, … [Read more...] about ‘We Are A Very Safe Destination’: Vacationers Flocking To U.S. Virgin Islands

A judge ruled on Tuesday that only one member of George Floyd ’s family at a time will be allowed at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin , who is charged in his death. NBC News reports that Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said different members of Floyd’s family can rotate throughout the trial. The same rule applies to the family of Chauvin. Other rules require the attendants to the trial to abide by COVID-19 guidelines including social distancing and wearing masks, according to NBC. ADVERTISEMENT Floyd family attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci said in a statement that many of Floyd’s family members intended to witness the trial in the courtroom. “While they understand the judge’s reasons to limit attendance in the courtroom, the family is understandably disappointed by this ruling,” they said. “The family is looking forward to the start of the trial as a critical milestone on the path to justice and a step toward closure … [Read more...] about Judge limits courtroom to one George Floyd family member at a time during Chauvin trial