Capitol Police Intelligence Warned Of Insurrection Days In Advance: Report
An internal memo warned that “Congress itself is the target,” according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
An internal memo warned that “Congress itself is the target,” according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
Rita Blalock has worked at a North Carolina McDonald’s for 10 years, taking the bus to and from work each day. During the COVID-19 crisis, the 54-year-old has continued cranking out food while suffering from cataracts, risking her health and her life for $10 an hour. Blalock does not have health insurance, and the multibillion dollar company that employs her does not offer her paid sick time or hazard pay to work through the pandemic.
Reporters stunned by Miller’s odd, rambling comments.
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.Erik Carter; Rebecca Cook / ReuterSThe country is on the eve of a transfer of power. But federal officials warn that more violence is possible ahead of next week’s inauguration. Here’s that, and two other stories to keep an eye on this weekend.1.
Biden condemned anti-mask lawmakers while unveiling his Covid-19 vaccination plan.
The first lady wanted to celebrate her “Be Best” campaign, but Twitter users said, “Be gone.
Parenting advice on invasive in-laws, grandparenting assistance, and poor parenting enablement.
It still hurts to swallow or drink. Water tastes off. She can’t sleep. She buried herself under blankets all weekend, but she couldn’t stay warm. Then came the pounding headache, the blocked sinuses. So far, she’s spent more than a week in self-isolation, toggling between British TV dramas and news reports about the rioters who wanted to assassinate her colleagues in Congress. Her husband’s symptoms are the same, but he is older than her and in a high-risk group.
As Trump backs down from his “Stop the Steal” hoax, the supporters he radicalized are vowing to carry on the fight without him.
The Atlantic has hired Candace Montgomery to help lead events as senior vice president and general manager of AtlanticLIVE. Montgomery joins The Atlantic from Essence, where she oversaw all events, including the strategic standup of the Essence Festival of Culture. The Atlantic is also releasing a first look at its early 2021 events lineup, including a new spring tentpole event focused on the pursuit of happiness with an eye to resiliency and recovery.
One pass holder visited 2,995 consecutive days before the park closed in March.
Rollout also takes aim at vaccine skepticism and misinformation.
After a new variant of the coronavirus spread throughout the United Kingdom, daily cases hit record levels and the prime minister ordered a national lockdown. Now more mutations from South Africa and Brazil have made headlines.
In the final, darkest days of the deadliest year in U.S. history, the world received ominous news of a mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Scientists in the U.K. had identified a form of the virus that was spreading rapidly throughout the nation. Then, on January 4, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a lockdown that began almost immediately and will last until at least the middle of February.
These wood wick candles are like a tiny fire in a jar.
The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. is set to top 400,000 before Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, but rollout of coronavirus vaccines has been slow, with many describing a vexing amount of red tape standing between them and the shot. We look at the development and distribution of another vaccine during the polio epidemic in the 1950s with Dr.
As security is ramped up in Washington, D.C., and state capitols across the U.S., the FBI is warning of more potential violence in the lead-up to Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. Federal authorities have arrested over 100 people who took part in last week’s deadly insurrection at the Capitol, and The Washington Post reports that dozens of people on a terrorist watch list — including many white supremacists — were in Washington on the day of the insurrection.
David Kessler will replace Moncef Slaoui, who will take on a limited advisory role with the government’s vaccine accelerator.
Or his ability to help Americans will be doomed from the start.
What was the point of Fortress D.C.
This is why so many of us spent the late summer and fall screaming our heads off for Congress to pass some sort of new coronavirus relief bill.
Wildly overvalued Tesla stock? Jeff Bezos’ divorce? Take your pick.
On the eve of Biden’s vaccine rollout, board members of his Covid-19 response team are largely in the dark about the plan’s details, according to three people familiar.
“It would take days to get all the sign-offs we still need, plus the time to print the letters and make the cards,” said one official, who noted Inauguration Day is only three business days away.
The company could seek emergency authorization from FDA this month, but supplies may be thin at first.
I, uh, really cannot fix that.
Certain health care workers are known in the medical world as rock stars of inoculation.
At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7%, the first time it hasn’t fallen since April.
The share of wealth controlled by the top 1 percent sits at levels not seen since the 1920s. Biden’s hopes for changing it rests on Senate control.
A government shutdown was averted after the president approved the Covid relief package and annual spending bill.