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Israelis line up to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a coronavirus vaccination center set up at a gymnasium in Petah Tikva, Israel, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Along with the impressive speed of its vaccination campaign, Israel is discovering its limits. Even after inoculating over one-third of its population, the country remains stuck in a tight lockdown as it grapples with imported variants of the virus. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

The Latest: Sri Lankan officials say vaccinations advancing

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, arrive to attend a virtual roundtable with participants from Black Chambers of Commerce across the country to discuss the American Rescue Plan, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Administration pledges more support for minority businesses

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 26, 2010 file photo, Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Director P.J. Hahn rescues a heavily oiled bird from the waters of Barataria Bay, La. The Trump administration wants to end the criminal penalties under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to pressure companies into taking measures to prevent unintentional bird deaths. Critics including top Interior Department officials from Republican and Democratic administrations say the proposed change could devastate threatened and endangered species and accelerate a bird population decline across North America since the 1970s. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Biden delays Trump rule that weakened wild bird protections

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

In this file photo taken from a video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, a rocket launches from a missile system as part of the drills, a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

‘New Start’: Biden moves ahead with U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty extension despite GOP complaints

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on DOJ misuse by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s DOJ looks to restart slush fund for left-wing political groups

By Ian Prior

Illustration on American energy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Thanks to Biden’s attacks, America’s energy independence hangs in the balance

By Fred Keller

FILE - In this May 24, 2010 file photo, future graduates wait for the procession to begin for commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. The Biden Justice Department says it is dismissing its discrimination lawsuit against Yale University. The Trump administration alleged last year that the university was illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants. On Feb. 3, 2021, the Justice Department noted in its filing that it was voluntarily dismissing the action. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Justice Department drops Yale admissions discrimination suit

By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Police officers detain a man during protest after Alexei Navalny was sentenced to a jail term, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. A Moscow court has ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for more than 2 1/2 years on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. Navalny, who is the most prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, had earlier denounced the proceedings as a vain attempt by the Kremlin to scare millions of Russians into submission. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Alexei Navalny-Russia protests, Myanmar coup test Biden human rights push

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2021 file photo, Afghan security personnel remove a damaged vehicle after a deadly roadside bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. In a report released Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, known as SIGAR, that monitors the billions of dollars the U.S. spends in Afghanistan, said that Taliban attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul are on the rise, with increasing targeted killings of government officials, civil-society leaders and journalists. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

US watchdog: Taliban attacks increased in Afghan capital

By RAHIM FAIEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years. That stands to undercut President-elect Joe Biden's plans to block new drilling on public lands to address climate change. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Joe Biden fuels ‘war on energy’ fears by revoking oil-and-gas permits

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

Judge blocks Trump rule to limit health studies in EPA regs

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

The State Department headquarters is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Biden taps Obama nuclear deal architect as Iran envoy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on health care, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden reverses Trump ban on U.S. foreign-aid funding for abortion

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of COVID-19 walks past a mask clad Acrocanthosaurus display at the Witte Museum, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas marks 2 million vaccines during virus’ deadliest month

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Illustration on Biden and the oil industry by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Energy industry foolishly welcomes Biden as he initiates ‘produce no more oil’ policy

By Michael McKenna

In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, Tony Blinken, President Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State, speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. The Senate has confirmed Blinken as America’s top diplomat, tasked with carrying out Biden’s commitment to reverse the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine that weakened international alliances. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Antony Blinken tells State Dept. diplomats: It’s ‘a new day for the world’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The Latest: More rules for returning New Zealand travelers

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Former Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Kerry aims to talk US back into a lead role in climate fight

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 26, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden holds his face mask as he speaks on COVID-19, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Biden is dispatching the nation’s top scientists and public health experts to regularly brief the American public about the pandemic. Beginning Jan. 27, the experts will host briefings three times a week on the state of the outbreak and efforts to control it. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Virus will kill many more, WH projects as briefings resume

By ZEKE MILLER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

Antony Blinken, secretary of state, mulls review of last-minute Trump moves

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times