
Omicron will not recognize state lines when it storms the US, expert says
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The impact of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on a largely unboosted US population entering the holiday season will create a "perfect storm" set to sweep health care across all regions of the US, an expert said Monday.
The variant is now the most dominant strain in the US, accounting for over 73% of new coronavirus cases less than three weeks after the first was reported, according to estimates posted Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The first confirmed Omicron-related death in the US was reported Monday. The Texas man in his 50s was unvaccinated, with underlying health conditions and had been previously infected with Covid-19, officials said.

Washington (AP) — The Justice Department is dropping a lawsuit that it filed against White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, a case in which he was accused of using an unofficial email account for government work and wrongfully retaining presidential records during the first Trump administration, according to a Tuesday court filing.

In early April, President Donald Trump approved millions of dollars in assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Virginia, which was reeling from devastating winter storms and flooding. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, issued a press release touting the president’s decision to sign his disaster declaration request, and local news outlets began reporting that funding would soon be flowing to the state.