On Friday, December 18, the secretary of the Army and the Army chief of staff formally disavowed any intention of participating in a military coup: “There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election.”That’s a fine statement, in line with the long-standing traditions of the U.S. military. It’s alarming, though, that anybody thought it necessary at all.
Taking that step would “generate more confidence” in the vaccine among the president’s followers, said Adm. Brett Giroir.
“We don’t know that it’s more dangerous and, very importantly, we have not seen a single mutation yet that would make it evade the vaccine,” Brett Giroir said.
Donald Trump’s descent into madness continues.The latest manifestation of this is a report in The New York Times that the president is weighing appointing the conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell, who for a time worked on his legal team, to be special counsel to investigate imaginary claims of voter fraud.
How dogs teach us to accept our loved ones—quirks and all.
The Republican senator slammed President Trump for falsely suggesting China may have been behind the cyberattack.
Illustration by Valerie Chiang; images from Hulton Archive / Shel Hershorn / Gado / Getty; Associated PressThis article was published online on December 20, 2020.Women’s-suffrage campaigners and their equally adamant opponents were in full agreement on one fundamental point: Giving women the vote would change everything.
Parenting advice on holidays, sleepovers, and immersion programs.
Talking about my mom was not an option. I didn’t understand until later that there are other ways of communicating.
GOP Senators are holding a relief deal hostage in order to kneecap the Fed—and the Biden administration—in a crisis.
The mail system is buckling right now. Here’s why.
Apparently no one’s showed them the analysis saying it could hurt red states the most.
Men and women saw something very different.
Disgraceful mass transit, record pedestrian deaths, uncontrolled emissions—transportation could use someone with ambition.
On Thursday, an independent FDA advisory panel endorsed use of the shot for people over 18.
Public health experts say a broader mix of vaccination sites is needed to reach as many people as possible.
Top infectious disease doctor waits on shot despite being “ready to go.
Second lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams were administered the shot, as well.
As soon as more doses become available to wider categories of people, much of the immunization program will rely on the honor system.
Parenting advice on style disagreements, father figures, and stomach troubles.
In a district where parents are epidemiologists and health policy experts, the meltdown happened one Zoom meeting at a time.
Tune in for a conversation about making music and not being afraid of self-promotion.
First, we were trapped for six months off the American coast—and then it got even darker.
Officials said they expect the U.S. economy to shrink by 2.4 percent this year, a brighter forecast than they offered just three months ago.
Vaccine euphoria is giving economic forecasters hope for a blockbuster 2021 and stretching stock market valuations to historic highs. It’s a setup that leaves no room for error.
A former high-level employee at Heather Boushey’s think tank publicly aired the accusations on Tuesday night.
“That disqualifies almost every Republican senator and 90 percent of the administration,” the president-elect said of GOP criticism.
Taxpayers are backing more than a trillion dollars in home mortgages, but the agencies buying them are neglecting to consider climate risks.
A shocking exposé in The Intercept reveals CIA-backed death squads in Afghanistan have killed children as young as 8 years old in a series of night raids, many targeting madrassas, Islamic religious schools. In December 2018, one of the death squads attacked a madrassa in Wardak province, killing 12 boys, of whom the youngest was 9 years old.
Indigenous and environmental activists have been holding daily protests against the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to a terminal in Superior, Wisconsin, cutting through Indigenous territory and running under more than 200 streams.