More than 2,200 Pennsylvania immigrants who were part of a class-action lawsuit demanding the Trump administration allow them to take their naturalization oaths after their formal ceremonies were either canceled or not scheduled at all due to the novel coronavirus pandemic should now be able to vote in November.
The Trump administration plans to withdraw its nomination of a racist conspiracy theorist to the No. 3 job at the Pentagon. Just one Republican senator had announced opposition to Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata’s nomination as undersecretary of defense for policy, and Sen. Kevin Cramer wasn’t upset about Tata’s racism and Islamophobia—he was upset about a group of sailors he feels should be added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The Federalist Society’s Steven Calabresi called the president’s threats to delay the election “fascistic.
“Your daily upbeat message is hopelessly at odds with what Floridians are going through,” said a Sun Sentinel editorial calling for mask mandate.
Most Americans never took Herman Cain very seriously. He made that easy: He quoted Pokémon: The Movie 2000 in campaign speeches. He said goofy things (“Aw, shucky ducky!”) before it was “modern-day presidential.” His signature policy idea, the “9-9-9” plan, sounded more like a takeout special than a tax overhaul.By the time he died today at 74, from COVID-19, he was remembered, if at all, by that last phrase.
Two years ago, the camera maker got into cryptocurrency.
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.(JIM WATSON / AFP / GETTY)1. President Trump floated postponing the election, something he lacks the legal authority to do. The maneuver is not what it looks like on the surface, David A.
Trump had nothing on his schedule until mid-afternoon Thursday – as Barack Obama was about to take the stage at the civil rights leader’s memorial service.
There’s a new app, and when isn’t there? This one is called E.gg, and it looks like a mix of Tumblr and GeoCities: The “About” page features a dancing-baby GIF, against a background of a starry night sky, with text in deliberately nauseating shades of highlighter yellow and green.
“I’ve come here today because I, like so many Americans, owe a great debt to John Lewis and his forceful vision of freedom,” the former president said.
Former President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy today honoring Representative John Lewis of Georgia, who died July 17 after a decades-long career in the House of Representatives. Lewis, a civil-rights icon who led the 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and spoke at the March on Washington, spent his congressional years advocating for voting rights and equality for Black Americans.
Plus: Home Schooling 101 with three moms who taught their kids long before the pandemic.
Health care alone accounted for 26 percent of the plunge in economic activity.
Noam Chomsky says Israel’s planned annexation of the occupied West Bank “basically formalizes” what has already been official policy over the last half-century, from both left-wing and right-wing parties in Israel. He compares Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to anti-immigrant policies in the United States, and says the main goal of annexation is to take over as much territory while excluding its Palestinian inhabitants.
As the world races to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, Noam Chomsky says any successful treatment must be accessible to everyone, and he warns that President Trump’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization will hamper the international body’s efforts to distribute medicine in countries racked by poverty and war.
As the U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 150,000, we spend the hour with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky, who says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions left the country ill-prepared for a major health crisis. “We should understand the roots of this pandemic,” he says.
They’re blaming my girlfriend for my refusal.
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The legislation is so pathogen-friendly it might as well have been brought to us by the lobbyists at Big COVID.
Early in his career, he tried hard to distinguish his work from superhero comics.
Lee Buchheit and Mitu Gulati return to discuss sovereign debt and emerging markets.
It helped the wrong businesses, saved too few jobs, and failed to stem an economic nightmare with no end in sight.
The GOP tried and failed to do its homework the night before it was due.
Progressives are insisting the party embrace “Medicare for All” in grim times.
It will be months before results of the test can be concluded.
Communities say CDC gives advice — but no resources to follow through.
The report sparked an immediate outcry on social media, where the video has been largely banned on Facebook and YouTube.
The former New Jersey governor has earned $240,000 lobbying the Trump administration on the pandemic
Said one psychologist studying facial perception, “That’s nightmare-inducing.
I’m worried my habit might be crossing a line.