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.
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Mike Lee May Have Infected Senate Judiciary Committee Members With COVID-19
The committee is still moving forward with a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 12.
What we know — and don’t — about Trump’s Covid case
The president’s age and weight puts him at higher risk of complications.
The President Is Sick and So Is the Economic Recovery
As if there wasn’t enough troubling news on this Friday.
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.
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.
Why the Most Influential American Clothier Filed for Bankruptcy
Brooks Brothers popularized the button-down shirt. It clothed nearly every U.S. President.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Kid Screams Bloody Murder at 3 a.m.
Parenting advice on tantrums, apologizing, and baby gifts.
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.
Angry About Trump’s $750 Tax Bill? Then Let’s Fix the IRS.
The wealthy no longer fear the taxman. Democrats finally have an opening to fix that.
The Collateral Damage of Airbnb’s COVID Refund Policy
“Four houses fully booked for months—every single one of them canceled. … I banked everything on this.
There’s a Looming Eviction Crisis, and We Have No Idea How Bad It Will Be
America is very good at tracking when people buy homes—and terrible at tracking how many are booted from them.
‘On the precipice’: How the cratering economy became a second public health crisis
Recovery could take years, with the nation’s most vulnerable enduring the worst of it.
House panel says drugmakers inflated prices to boost profits and reap bonuses
The Democrat-led reports come just weeks before Election Day, and amid efforts by President Donald Trump to show progress on slashing drug costs.
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.
Kate Aronoff: The Climate Crisis Can’t Take 4 More Years of Trump. We Must Push Biden from the Left
After massive outcry from activists and young voters, debate moderator Chris Wallace questioned President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden about the climate crisis at the first presidential debate. He did not include it in his initial list of debate topics. Kate Aronoff, author and staff writer at The New Republic, says she didn’t expect climate change to come up, but was unsurprised by the responses.
“Vigilantism at the Polls”: Trump Attacks Election Integrity, Ballots & Backs Illegal Poll Watching
“It’s a rigged election,” claimed President Trump when he and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden were asked about election integrity during last night’s debate as the two men sparred over mail-in voting. Trump ended the debate by calling for poll watchers.
Donald and Melania Trump both test positive for COVID-19
Shortly before 1 AM ET on Friday morning, Donald Trump tweeted that both he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. On Thursday evening, Trump aide Hope Hicks, who had been traveling with Trump’s campaign this week, tested positive. Hicks was with Trump when he held a large rally in Duluth, Minnesota, on Wednesday and had previously joined him at the presidential debate on Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio.
Donald Trump, Melania Trump Test Positive For The Coronavirus
The president tested positive for COVID-19 while working on plans to reopen the country despite the risks of cases soaring again.
Photos of the Week: Pentagonal Grid, Oil Drums, Scorched Wine
A rocket in Nagorno-Karabakh, flowered hills in Australia, alpine cattle herds in Germany, salt production in Turkey, the Washington Prayer March 2020, projections on the the Sydney Opera House, coronavirus burials in Indonesia, scenes from Paris Fashion Week, protests in Mexico City, fire damage in California, and much more.
Trump Begins ‘Quarantine Process’ After Hope Hicks Gets COVID-19
Hope Hicks, one of Trump’s closest aides, tested positive for the coronavirus.
Thursday Night Owls: An inaccurate census would be bad news for American Indians
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
Anna V. Smith at High Country News writes—An inaccurate census has major implications for Indian Country. Indigenous people are frequently undercounted, undermining political power and representation:
The first place the U.S.