President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that would strip schools of federal aid if they mandate COVID vaccines, a pool report said--a largely symbolic move considering that no states currently require them. The order applies to students and not to teachers or staff.In a fact sheet provided to reporters, the White House said the order was necessary because COVID vaccine mandates were" threatening educational opportunities for students."" Parents are being forced into a difficul

9 requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with workplace safety guidelines developed by a federal task force.... 4. Limited exceptions were allowed for medical or religious reasons.... The requirements would apply to millions of employees of federal contractors, which include defense contractors and airlines. With Tuesday’s ruling, all three of Biden’s broad vaccine mandates affecting the private sector have been put on hold by courts....

PORTLAND, Ore.— A federal judge on Monday denied a last-minute bid by more than three dozen state employees, healthcare providers and school staff to temporarily stop Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.... 30 following negotiations with government employees unions. The judge found that the plaintiffs failed to show they will be irreparably harmed by the vaccine mandate.... While he said some state employees may face firing for failing to be vaccinated, he added that “ it’s still only money,

WASHINGTON— The White House is strongly considering requiring federal employees to show proof they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 or otherwise submit to regular testing and wear a mask — a potentially major shift in policy that reflects growing concerns about the spread of the more infectious Delta variant. The possible vaccine mandate for federal employees — regardless of the rate of transmission in their area — is one option under consideration by the Biden administration, according to a

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for Oct.... 15 Fox News Flash top headlines for Oct.... Becket argued the" transgender mandate" issued by the Obama Administration would affect every doctor across the nation, violating their conscience and beliefs....

In the face of so many uncertainties, our federal government should trust its employees to make their own medical decision under consultation with their doctor, not mandate by their employer," Cosme said in a statement.... " This is not about freedom or personal choice.... The leader of the union that represent thousands of federal law enforcement officers came out against a vaccine mandate for federal workers issued by President Biden on Thursday....

Louis, San Francisco, Chicago, Richmond, Cleveland, Dallas, Atlanta and Kansas City all separately told their employees last month they would be subject to a vaccine mandate.... The Minneapolis Fed was the first to make such a requirement, in July. Compliance deadlines at the banks are set for as soon as Oct 1 and as late as, in the Philadelphia Fed's case, Nov 30. All told, the 12 banks employ close to 20, 000 people.... About 63 per cent of the eligible US population is fully vaccinated....

WASHINGTON— A U.S. judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction on Friday barring the federal government from enforcing President Biden’s order that federal workers without qualifying medical or religious exemptions be vaccinated for COVID-19. Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed by then-President Trump, ruled that opponents of Biden’s vaccination mandate for federal employees were likely to succeed at trial and blocked the government from enforcing the mandate. Biden announced in September t

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Las Vegas.... About 4 million federal workers, from FBI agents to Bureau of Prisons guards to U.S. Food and Drug Administration workers, are to be vaccinated by Nov.... About 4 million federal workers are to be vaccinated by Nov....

close Video WATCH: New Yorkers react to de Blasio's vaccine mandates on private sector NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!... It applies across the U.S. because one of those challenging the order is the trade group Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., whose members do business nationwide.... That task force subsequently issued guidelines that new, renewed, or extended contracts include a clause requiring employees to be fully vaccinated by Jan....