I Could Spend a Whole Semester Teaching Trump’s Tax Returns
The president’s creative filings illustrate the complexities—and the shortcomings—of our tax system.
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Why Yanking Unemployment Payments Didn’t Kill the Economy in August
It looks like Americans are shaking off their economic misery—but we’re not nearly in the clear yet.
Warp Speed’s focus on vaccines may have shortchanged antibody treatments
Monoclonal antibodies are a potential treatment that could combat Covid outbreaks before and after a safe and effective vaccine is widely available.
Azar says HHS reviewing $300M pandemic ad campaign amid scrutiny
Trump’s health secretary also refused to address whether the president ordered a slowdown in coronavirus testing.
What we know — and don’t know — about Trump’s coronavirus treatment
The president’s age and weight puts him at higher risk of complications.
Pfizer CEO: ‘Disappointed’ in presidential debate, vows no political pressure on Covid shot
Albert Bourla’s memo to staff asserts Pfizer’s independence in the face of strong pressure from the White House to deliver a shot before Election Day.
Senate Democrats urge inspector general to probe interference at HHS
The letter was led by Sen. Gary Peters, who oversaw the creation of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee as part of the CARES Act.
Did You Wake Up Your Partner to Tell Them Trump Had COVID?
Follow our advice and next time news breaks in the middle of the night, the decision won’t be so hard.
Help! My Mother Won’t Leave Me Her House Even if I Pay Off the Mortgage for Her.
I’m devastated she would do this to me when I’m trying to help her.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Kid Screams Bloody Murder at 3 a.m.
Parenting advice on tantrums, apologizing, and baby gifts.
Trump is fuzzy on tax policy as Biden goes all in
Trump has raised various ideas in recent months, though his proposals remain much vaguer than during his 2016 presidential campaign.
2020 is the Year Trump Was Worried About
If presidential elections really turn on how the country is doing, there’s a good reason for the incumbent to sweat.
Trump stokes a new threat to Wall Street: Election chaos
“This does have the potential to incite … the metastasizing of social unrest,” said one market strategist.
Internal memo reassured Trudeau that virus’s economic hit would be ‘manageable’
Critics have argued the Trudeau government lacked preparedness or a sense of urgency before the country was hit by the pandemic’s crises.
Fed expects to keep rates near zero through 2023
The central bank shed more light on its pledge not to raise interest rates until prices begin to rise more rapidly.
Election Season Upended: Trump’s COVID Diagnosis Could Reshape Race, Debates & SCOTUS Fight
President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, throwing the final month of an already unprecedented election season into disarray. What will this latest news mean for the debates and the Supreme Court? And what will happen if President Trump is unable to lead the country? We speak to journalist John Nichols about the line of succession, campaigning in the critical swing state of Wisconsin, and more.
Naomi Klein: I Fear Trump Will Exploit His COVID Infection to Further Destabilize the Election
How will President Trump’s revelation that he tested positive for COVID-19 affect the presidential race? Acclaimed journalist, author and activist Naomi Klein warns that the Trump campaign is likely to exploit the news. “We need to be prepared for the president using the fact that he’s having to cancel campaign events for two weeks to try to further delegitimize elections,” she says.
Superspreader-in-Chief: For Months Trump Spread COVID Lies, Now He May Have Spread the Virus Itself
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement came early Friday morning, hours after Bloomberg News reported that Trump adviser Hope Hicks became ill during Trump’s Wednesday night rally in Duluth, Minnesota, and had to be quarantined aboard Air Force One on the return flight to Washington. Hicks went on to test positive for coronavirus early on Thursday, though the White House did not report her illness.
Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Months of Downplaying Virus & Mocking Biden for Wearing Mask
Just days after mocking his presidential rival Joe Biden for regularly wearing masks, President Donald Trump has revealed that he and first lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for COVID-19 and are entering 14 days of isolation. For months, Trump has downplayed the severity of the pandemic, which has killed over 200,000 Americans.
Suddenly, Amy Coney Barrett Might Not Have the Votes
September 26 was a festive day for Republicans in Washington. Under overcast skies, President Donald Trump strode to a podium in the White House Rose Garden to introduce Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump is hospitalized, COVID-19 is exploding across the GOP, and the experts have been sidelined
It’s now clear that Donald Trump lied to the nation about when he received a positive test for COVID-19. Trump was known to be ill, showing symptoms, and receiving treatment over a day before publicity around Hope Hicks’ diagnosis forced Trump to admit even a sliver of the truth. But if Trump trotting off to Minnesota and New Jersey to get his infectious face up close with supporters seems bad, what’s going on at the White House since then seems even worse.
Participants in Amy Coney Barrett’s introduction were encouraged to take off their masks and mingle
A day after Donald Trump admitted to testing positive for COVID-19, the Rose Garden ceremony formally introducing Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court has emerged as a super-spreader event. In addition to Trump, at least 11 others — including former White House press secretary Kellyanne Conway, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, Republican Senator Mike Lee, and Republican Senator Thom Tillis have tested positive following Barrett’s introduction.
Hastily written ‘clarification’ shows that the White House is in charge, not Trump’s doctors
Sean Conley, White House doctor, held one heck of a press conference Saturday morning. Surrounded by a gaggle of masked doctors and nurses, perfectly placed in front of Walter Reed Medical Center, Dr. Conley spoke from written remarks, and named the medical professionals behind him, even letting two of them speak. He then fielded questions, carefully dodging certain ones.
It was a brief event, and left reporters and Americans confused by two big things: Dr.
Trump’s doctors try to downplay his condition, but blow up the timeline of Trump’s illness
Donald Trump was flown to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday evening. At the time, he was apparently suffering from coughing, fever, lethargy, and some difficulty in breathing. The decision to send him to the hospital at that point appears to have been made not just out of an abundance of caution, but because, as The Washington Post reports, with Trump’s condition worsening, they wanted to move while Trump was “still able to walk to Marine One on his own.
Trump’s campaign strategy implodes
Over the course of 24 hours, the central pillar of Donald Trump’s campaign strategy came crashing down. At almost any cost, Trump had diligently worked to suspend reality, put the coronavirus in the rearview mirror, and train the country’s attention on Joe Biden’s supposedly weak constitution and frailty. But what Trump never counted on was the possibility that he himself might pay the price for his studied ignorance.
Sen. Ron Johnson Took COVID Test En Route To Wisconsin Fundraising Dinner. It Was Positive.
The Wisconsin senator defended his decision to attend the function, knowing he had been exposed to COVID-19.
Trump Shares First Video Message From Hospital: ‘I Think I’ll Be Back Soon’
The president has long been chastised for brazenly defying safety precautions to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Donald Trump, Superspreader
Following months of peddling false information, the president attended at least one event after showing symptoms of COVID-19, putting an untold number of innocent people at risk.
Trump Went Through ‘Very Concerning’ Period After COVID-19 Diagnosis, White House Reveals
The next 48 hours will be critical for Trump’s care, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said. The president is undergoing treatment at a military hospital.