Don’t Breathe Easy About the Postal Service Yet
The postmaster general said he’ll stop screwing with the mail—but he left some wiggle room.
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How America’s Canned Tuna Industry Went Belly Up
The story is a lot bigger—and weirder—than a simple change in consumer tastes.
Inside Biden’s plan to take on coronavirus
“The way that you build public trust is that you tell the truth,” says one health adviser.
SCOTUS sets hearing on Obamacare for week after election
A Supreme Court decision on the lawsuit isn’t likely until the spring.
Judge halts Trump’s rollback of transgender health protections
Monday’s decision didn’t address other provisions of Trump’s revised nondiscrimination rules.
Masks, surgical gowns, testing supplies on FDA shortage list
The shortage list was released hours after President Donald Trump touted the progress his administration has made in securing critical protective gear.
CDC’s chief of staff, deputy chief of staff jointly depart
Both Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell have been with the health department since the start of the Trump administration.
Inside the Slow-Moving Disaster of Students Returning to College Campuses
How does one properly quarantine in a dorm?
Unemployment Isn’t Too High — Regular Wages Are Too Low
In the debate over Covid-19 relief, Congress is worried about the wrong problem.
Japan’s economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic
For the April-June period, Japan’s exports dropped at a whopping annual rate of 56 percent.
Negotiators ‘miles apart’ on Covid funding, with little hope for deal until September
Asked when she would next be meeting with Republicans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday: “I don’t know. When they come in with $2 trillion.
British economy plunged record 20 percent in second quarter
“It is clear that the UK is in the largest recession on record,” the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
‘It means nothing’: Trump’s pledge to aid tenants won’t halt evictions
Donald Trump’s executive order wouldn’t do much to immediately help the 20 million or so Americans who face losing their homes in the next few months.
Before Kamala Harris, There Was Charlotta Bass: Remembering 1st Black Woman to Run for VP in 1952
Senator Kamala Harris is the first Indian American and first Black woman to be nominated for vice president on a major party ticket, but, as many historians have noted, Harris is not the first Black woman to run for vice president.
Two hurricanes could hit the Gulf Coast next week within a 24-hour window
Earlier this month, the National Weather Service made it clear that this was going to be an “extremely active” hurricane season, with a projected 19-25 hurricanes. The average season only brings a dozen, meaning that 2020 could easily be—on top of everything else—among the biggest hurricane seasons on record.
But even for an extremely active season, the possible event that could hit the north Gulf Coast next week seems extraordinary.
Georgia officer on desk duty after family films violent arrest of woman on her own porch
A video posted to TikTok on Wednesday shows Gwinnett County, Georgia, police officer Michael Oxford in a verbal and physical altercation with a Black woman on what is reportedly her front porch. The video, recorded on Tuesday, shows 22-year-old Kyndesia Smith and Oxford arguing: Smith says she doesn’t have to go anywhere, and that Oxford is on her property, noting that that “we didn’t call you.
Trump Told Homeland Security To Take Its Orders From Lou Dobbs, Former Official Says
“What Lou says is what I want to do,” Trump said of the Fox Business host, according to former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor.
Teachers could be forced to stay in the classroom after COVID-19 exposure
What do you do if you really want schools open in person but it’s going to be impossible to keep staffing them if teachers have to quarantine every time they’re exposed to COVID-19? If you’re Donald Trump, you certainly don’t reassess the push to have schools open in person. No, you declare that teachers shouldn’t quarantine after COVID-19 exposure.
Congress still stymied over COVID-19 relief as McConnell refuses to spend what the country needs
The House will break its recess and convene Saturday to pass H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act to inject the U.S. Postal Service with $25 billion emergency funds and restore the service’s operations to pre-coronavirus and pre-Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s dismantling of it. So far, that’s it. That’s all the plan Congress has to do anything this month, while they remain on recess.
Trump Warns U.S. May ‘Never’ Know The Results Of The Presidential Election
He falsely claimed that if the “fraudulent” “mail-in ballot deal” isn’t cleared up by the end of the year, he could be replaced by Nancy Pelosi.
How Much Should You Panic Over the U.S. Postal Service?
A scandal-by-scandal breakdown of what’s really gone wrong with the mail.
With Obamacare’s fate in Supreme Court’s hands, electing Biden is a no-brainer
The Supreme Court announced this week when it will hear the consolidated cases on the Affordable Care Act. California v. Texas basically challenges whether the plaintiffs in Texas v. California have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the law, as well as the actual constitutionality of the law. The ‘when’ is interesting: Nov. 10, exactly one week after the election.
“No More Parties at ND”
“It was very important to me that in this moment we have a physical copy to hold and look at in the future.
The Atlantic Daily: 9 Podcast Picks From Around Our Newsroom
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.I asked nine people from around our newsroom, including members of our Atlantic podcasting team, to pick an episode worth streaming in this moment. Be sure to also check out our Atlantic podcasts:
Floodlines is the story of an unnatural disaster.
Steve Bannon Jokes About Ripping Off ‘We Build The Wall’ Donors In Resurfaced Clip
The former Trump campaign executive’s wisecrack from a June 2019 fundraising event not only predicted his indictment, but also involved a yacht.
Top House Republican Denounces QAnon, Contradicting Trump
“Let me be very clear,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said. “There is no place for QAnon in the Republican Party.
The Question at the Heart of the Postal Service Crisis
Yes, the mail really has slowed down recently. No, the delays are not part of a dastardly plot to steal the election on behalf of President Donald Trump.That was the two-pronged message that Louis DeJoy, the new postmaster general, delivered this morning to the Senate—and, by extension, American voters—as he confronted a national uproar over whether the Postal Service can, and will, handle a surge in mail-in balloting this fall.
Joe Biden Is The Nominee, But The Democratic Party Belongs To Barack Obama
For better and for worse, the former president told the American story his party wants to hear.
Two Disasters Are Exponentially Worse Than One
Eleven thousand lightning strikes, 370 wildfires, a pandemic, a heat wave, and rolling blackouts—California has endured a lot this week. Hundreds of thousands of acres have burned, and tens of thousands of people have had to evacuate. The largest of the blazes—the LNU Lightning Complex fires, which alone span Napa, Sonoma, Solano, and Lake Counties—is only 7 percent contained.One disaster is bad. Two are worse, but the damage doesn’t just double.