As the U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 155,000, there is still no national testing program, with widespread shortages and delays hampering efforts to contain the pandemic. This continues months after President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner launched a White House task force with the goal of establishing a national testing plan.
Should parents hold their kindergarten-age kids back until things are safe and they can experience a typical introduction to school?
“I’ve started dreading eating with him anywhere that’s not our home.
Potato chip crunches, traffic noises, and accents from around the world.
You don’t need to be the most aggressive person in the room to win.
Generational wealth as seen through one family’s financial history.
Automatic stabilizers: learn them, live them, love them.
Two years ago, the camera maker got into cryptocurrency.
Executives with pharma ties are exempt from disclosing conflicts.
The government initiative aims to provide 300 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine by January 2021.
Progressives are insisting the party embrace “Medicare for All” in grim times.
The problem? The Main Street lending program isn’t set up to bail out the companies that need it the most.
For young people who grew up amid financial crisis, the pandemic is dashing hopes of job security and a comfortable future.
Spain was worst hit, followed by Portugal and France.
When the economy was tumbling in the second quarter, Trump pumped up the third quarter. Now the high hopes are slowly deflating.
Unless Congress or the administration intervenes, monthly loan payments paused due to the pandemic will come due for tens of millions of borrowers.
In his stirring eulogy at the funeral service for Congressmember John Lewis, President Barack Obama said expanded voting rights would be the greatest way to honor the civil rights icon’s legacy. In a speech that condemned the status of American democracy without ever naming the sitting president, Obama called for Election Day to be declared a national holiday, full congressional representation for Washington, D.C.
Oprah Winfrey has launched a powerful #OWNYourVote campaign geared toward Black women, kicking off a series of events and actions in the run-up to the critical elections in November and beyond with a powerful video.
The video is a montage of images of women from civil rights movement history; women taking to the streets; and women marching and standing with family.
Millions of Muslims worldwide this weekend celebrated Eid al-Adha, one of the two Islamic holidays of the year. Celebrated this year between July 30 and Aug. 3, Eid al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice,” is a holiday meant to commemorate the story of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham). During the holiday, Muslims worldwide sacrifice an animal—most often a goat, sheep, or cow—to distribute the meat to a family in need.
The very real possibility that House Republicans lose rather than gain seats in November already has the minority caucus drawing the battle lines for an epic leadership fight.
“If Trump loses, there’s gonna be a mad scramble if we’re in the minority,” one Republican lawmaker told Politico. “There’s people seeing this as an opportunity. … I think it’s gonna be a real fight.
“For the sake of our constitutional republic, he must lose, and lose badly. Yet that should be just a start,” the conservative attorney wrote.
Texas is increasingly looking like a battleground state, and the Joe Biden campaign is sending some attention that way. The campaign announced six hires in Texas, including state director Rebecca Acuña and deputy state director Jennifer Longoria.
The campaign is also launching digital ads in English and Spanish, commemorating the anniversary of the mass shooting in El Paso.
More than 500 health professionals signed a letter calling for the expansion of paid family and sick leave to all American workers.
House Democrats have subpoenaed four top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the ongoing investigation into why Donald Trump axed the agency’s inspector general.
House Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel of New York said the four aides were obstructing the panel’s investigation into the dismissal of Inspector General Steve Linick, who was conducting two investigations into Pompeo.
Tata, who called former President Barack Obama a “terrorist leader,” took a different, less-senior role at the Defense Department.
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.Dina Litovsky / ReduxThe United States is home to just 4 percent of the world’s population but a quarter of its confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths.
“Am I delusional in thinking that leaving my fiancé for Tom would ever work out?
The findings, published in Health Affairs, underscore the economic disparities shaping the nation’s coronavirus response.
When the economy goes bad, coverage gets even harder to keep. More than 20 million could become uninsured this year.
It meets the CDC’s recommendations, and is comfortable and affordable.