We look at election results in Puerto Rico, where progressives have made historic inroads against the two traditional parties, the Popular Democratic Party and the New Progressive Party.
About 160 million voters cast ballots in this election, setting a new record, and President-elect Joe Biden’s lead in the popular vote has jumped to over 5 million. Much of the increased turnout was powered by people of color, while the total number of votes cast by white Americans barely increased from the last presidential election.
They casually talk about sexual abuse, and they don’t know that it’s happened to me.
Parenting advice on grandparent visits, autism concerns, and parenting style clashes.
They’re beautiful, affordable, and make each sip taste better.
Care facilities can’t keep the virus out as it spreads through communities.
“The personal goal is just to be seen.
Even where they don’t elect Democrats, voters love minimum-wage hikes, marijuana, and Medicaid expansions.
UPPAbaby cornered the U.S. market with the safe, affordable luxury you might look for when shopping for a car. But now a target may be on its back.
The drug, known as a monoclonal antibody, mimics the body’s natural defenses against the virus.
The milestone comes as the U.S. over the weekend set new records for daily number of cases and more than 1,000 deaths.
The president-elect’s statement came shortly after he announced a Covid-19 transition advisory board.
The better-than-expected result is the first Phase III data from any of the four candidates now in the final stage of testing in the U.S.
The latest episode of POLITICO’s Global Translations podcast explores the new industrial policy emerging in America to counter China’s ascent.
The economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds.
The gains are a sign of positive trader sentiment, although it’s unclear if that has to do with hopes of a clear winner emerging.
Trump got a great economic report to use on the campaign trail. But behind the surface, giant risks are looming.
Trump’s former personal attorney also weighed in on Trump’s financial situation as he clings to the presidency.
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Georgina Gustin at Inside Climate News writes—With Biden’s Win, Climate Activists See New Potential But Say They’ll ‘Push Where We Need to Push’
Even before Joe Biden won the presidential election on Saturday, climate activists and environmental groups began vowing to push the new president for aggressive action on climate and strategizing for a Biden administration.
President Donald Trump resumed his usual claims of pending victory Tuesday in an election that has been called for his opponent, Joe Biden, since Saturday. “WE WILL WIN!” the soon-exiting president tweeted optimistically and with little regard for reality. Biden has earned 290 electoral votes to Trump’s 214 and secured more than 76 million votes in total to Trump’s less than 72 million, according to the Associated Press.
When Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson talks about what inspired him to run for the North Carolina office he now holds, he often cites the state’s perhaps most famous sheriff: TV’s Andy Griffith. Johnson, who supported the arrest and pepper spraying of demonstrators at a peaceful get-out-the-vote rally ahead of last week’s election, has said he looks to the level-headed, conflict-mediating Mayberry sheriff as an inspiration.
Fox News and other Murdoch-owned right-wing media outlets have made it clear that they are done with Donald Trump and see no further usefulness in supporting his baseless attempts at stealing the election. This isn’t inconsistent as the cynicism that Fox News has shown in helping to create and promote every fact-free conspiracy theory and piece of misinformation, is why they feel so comfortable walking away now.
On Monday, Trump Attorney General William Barr distributed a memo to federal prosecutors “authorizing” them to pursue any “apparently-credible allegations” of voting fraud in the 2020 elections. There currently are zero credible claims of such fraud, and it seems obvious that Barr was responding to pressure from delusional fascist Donald Trump to provide backup to Trump’s false claims of fraud.
Biden will inherit an economy that still has a hole similar to one in the final year of the last recession. Unlike his arrival to the White House 12 years ago, he’ll have few tools to deal with it.
The United States is experiencing an unprecedented surge of hospitalizations across the country. Today, states reported that 61,964 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, more than at any other time in the pandemic. For context, there are now 40 percent more people hospitalized with COVID-19 than there were two weeks ago.Seventeen states are at their current peaks for hospitalizations today.
The secretary of state once asked NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly to find Ukraine on a map. She’s calling back that encounter in a very satisfying way.
As the president’s claims continue to be validated by his fellow Republicans, current and former law enforcement officials are concerned about violence.
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.GETTY / THE ATLANTICAmericans were still processing Joe Biden’s victory when more big news arrived: a breakthrough in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine, courtesy of the drugmaker Pfizer.
“They need a lifeline and they need it now,” he said.
