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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters the US Justice Department asked an appeals court on Monday to stay a ruling by a federal judge in Texas that would ban a widely used abortion pill. The ruling "could open the floodgates for other medications to be targeted and denied to people who need them," she adds. SOUNDBITE
Dr. Anthony Fauci says it's safe for Santa Claus to visit homes around the world this year. "I took a trip up there to the North Pole, I went there and I vaccinated Santa Claus myself." Fauci said on Saturday's CNN/Sesame Street Townhall. According to Business Insider Fauci also says he "measured Santa's level of immunity and he is good to go. Johns Hopkins University reports the US surpassed 17.4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus.
The White House says millions of American women will continue to have access to health insurance they need, despite the Supreme Court's ruling in a case involving contraception coverage under the Obamacare law. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The United States should have sent a higher profile leader to take part in the march in Paris on Sunday to honor victims of the Islamist militant attacks there, the White House said on Monday. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
The United States should have sent a higher profile leader to take part in the march in Paris on Sunday to honor victims of the Islamist militant attacks there, the White House said on Monday. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).