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The Biden Administration Has Launched A Website With Free At-Home Tutoring. Covid Conducts Testing A Day Ahead Of Schedule

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On Tuesday, a day before the site was set to go live, the Biden administration stealthily unveiled its website for Americans to seek free at-home Covid-19 tests. People can order four at-home tests per residential address using the website CovidTests.gov, which is managed by the US Postal Service. Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said the website was in "beta testing" and was only available in "restricted capacity" until it was officially launched. According to Psaki, the website will go live in the middle of the morning on Wednesday. The site's popularity skyrocketed almost immediately, but it wasn't without its flaws. Some customers complained on social media that they couldn't order tests since the application didn't seem to account for apartment blocks with different households. One Twitter user stated, "I live in an apartment complex, thus it's a bitter race with my neighbors to see who gets those free tests." According

Tory MPs Join Forces To Depose Boris Johnson In The Wake Of The Lockdown Parties

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Boris Johnson will try to shore up his sagging authority during prime minister's questions today, despite reports that at least ten Conservative MPs elected in 2019 had submitted letters of no confidence in his leadership this morning. More than 20 Conservatives who gained seats in the previous general election met yesterday to discuss how to settle their worries about Johnson's premiership, which has sparked a growing dissent among the party's newest MPs. After prime minister's questions this afternoon, a number of MPs are planning to submit letters of no confidence, but approximately half of them were so enraged by the government's attempt to quell the rebellion that they submitted theirs in this morning, according to one of the MPs.