The move by the president came as Democratic lawmakers stepped up pressure on the White House to act.

Initial reports from Japan's Meteorological Agency suggested that the earthquake was magnitude 6.0, and that there was no threat of a Tsunami.

Tyson Foods Inc., America’s biggest meat company, is requiring workers at U.S. offices to be fully inoculated by Nov. 1. New York City will require anyone dining indoors at restaurants or exercising at gyms to show proof of their inoculation.

Turner and Brown are the frontrunners in the most significant intraparty election fight yet of the Democratic Party under President Joe Biden.