Biden asked CDC for 30-day eviction ban, White House says

President Joe Biden on Sunday "raised the prospect" of a new, 30-day eviction moratorium focused on U.S. counties with high or substantial COVID-19 case rates, the White House said Monday. An eviction ban expired at midnight Saturday. The White House said that to date, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky and her team haven't been able to find legal authority for a new, targeted eviction moratorium. Biden is now asking his policy and other teams to reexamine whether there are other authorities to take more actions to stop evictions, the White House said. The president is also calling on states to extend or put in place eviction moratoriums for at least the next two months.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham says he has breakthrough COVID infection

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said in a tweet on Monday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 even after being vaccinated. Graham said he has "mild" symptoms at the present time and will be quarantining for 10 days. "I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now," he added. There is growing worry about breakthrough infections in vaccinated people, even though such infections are rare.

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