Joe Biden’s First Cabinet Picks Expected To Be Announced Tuesday
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Fauci: Vaccines are an incentive to ‘double down’ on precautions
“We are in a very serious situation, but we can do something about it,” said Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert.
Kansas: Images of the Sunflower State
Kansas is the 15th-largest state in the U.S. by area, and home to almost 3 million residents. Nearly 90 percent of the state’s land is dedicated to agricultural use, carried out on some 59,500 farms. Here are a few glimpses of the landscape of Kansas, and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.
An Ode to Flight Attendants
Tim LahanIt’s time to be grateful.For the courtesy, even when (especially when) it is feigned or forced. For the big, brassy hellos as we all file onto the plane, and the smaller, lines-around-the-eyes goodbyes as we all file off again, having gotten to know one another a little better.
Mao’s Lesson for Trump’s America
In the summer of 1966, Mao Zedong—the father of the Chinese revolution, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, and leader of the People’s Republic of China—called upon Chinese citizens to rise up in revolt against the very government and party he had been so personally responsible for establishing. “Bombard the headquarters!” he implored.
To Die in the Time of Pestilence
My wife, Rudaina, died at 9:30 p.m. on July 20. I was holding her hand.I have lost my parents and two siblings, but this is the first time I saw death come into a room and felt a life slip from my hand, ravaged by cancer. Minutes after, I kissed her forehead and was seized with fright and rage. “She is COLD,” I shrieked and collapsed on my knees with my head against her side. A nurse in her mid-20s knelt beside me, making the sounds mothers do to console a troubled child.
The Return of Eddie Murphy
Illustrations by Louise Pomeroy“Ed-die! Ed-die! Ed-die!” Standing before a bank of potted poinsettias in Studio 8H of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Eddie Murphy, the returning comedy hero, smiled serenely and took a few seconds to bask in the chant that had broken out. Then he spoke. “It’s great to be back here finally, hosting Saturday Night Live for Christmas,” he said. “This is the last episode of 2019.
So You’re Flying This Thanksgiving? Here’s Which Parts Are the Riskiest.
What to expect, and what risks you’ll take, from the moment you enter the airport.
Dear Care and Feeding: If My Family Gets COVID, Is It on My Shoulders?
Parenting advice on COVID, pain thresholds, and screen time.
How thousands of scarce Covid shots could go to waste
The requirements of Pfizer’s shots create a “use it or lose it” situation.
Steve Mnuchin Is Doing His Part to Sabotage the Biden Administration on His Way out the Door
The Treasury secretary is kicking the crutches out from under the economy before it’s ready.
How Wells Fargo Used Its Western Stagecoaches as a Shield
When scandal surfaced, the historic American bank’s preoccupation with its past helped keep it in denial about its present.
What Joe Biden Should Do About Student Debt
Mass loan forgiveness is a mediocre solution to a complex problem. Its time may have come anyway.
Whatever Happened to the National Enquirer?
The once-feared tabloid has been in a tailspin since it got involved with Donald Trump.
Biden pledges to pay for National Guard’s Covid work
States fear a gap between the year-end deadline and inauguration
CDC urges against Thanksgiving travel
The agency also urged Americans to avoid mingling with people who haven’t resided in their same household in the past 14 days.
The Biden adviser focused on the pandemic’s stark racial disparities
By tapping the Yale researcher, Biden makes clear his interest in addressing longstanding disparities that have exacerbated the pandemic.
Amazon opens online pharmacy, shaking up another industry
The potential impact of Amazon’s arrival in the pharmaceutical space rippled through that sector immediately.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Crush Is in 11th Grade; I’m in Eighth. Can We Date?
Parenting advice on dating age gaps, hygiene troubles, and mitten mutiny.
Help! My Ex-Wife Wants Me to Take Custody of Her Girlfriend’s Daughter.
If I don’t, I can’t have full custody of my own daughter.
Biden’s big challenge: A growing racial wealth gap
Black voters had Joe Biden’s back. Now he must prove he’s got theirs.
The hangover awaiting Biden: Deep wounds from Covid-19
Biden will inherit an economy similar to one he and Obama did 12 years ago. But unlike last time, he’ll have few tools to deal with it.
China shapes a new U.S. economic era: The return of industrial policy
The latest episode of POLITICO’s Global Translations podcast explores the new industrial policy emerging in America to counter China’s ascent.
Fox survey finds 63 percent say country heading in wrong direction
The economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds.
Wall Street notches second-best Election Day of trading
The gains are a sign of positive trader sentiment, although it’s unclear if that has to do with hopes of a clear winner emerging.
“A Huge Blow to Civil Society”: Egypt Arrests Leading Human Rights Monitors in Latest Crackdown
In Egypt, the executive director of the country’s leading human rights group has been arrested as part of an unprecedented crackdown on activists and journalists. Gasser Abdel-Razek was arrested at his home just days after two other staffers for the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights were also arrested.
Astra Taylor: As Trump Tries to Steal Election, We Need to Reform Our “Deeply Undemocratic” System
President Trump has called Republican leaders of Michigan’s state legislature to the White House today in his latest attempt to overturn the election. The Trump campaign is pushing Republican state lawmakers to ignore the will of the voters and appoint pro-Trump electors to the Electoral College.