Trump is all-in on hydroxychloroquine, a drug he has touted without proof as a miracle cure for those afflicted with COVID-19. The president told the press he has been taking the controversial drug — which he has promoted despite scientists finding it does not help treat COVID-19 — for the …
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Following performances from Dua Lipa, H.E.R., Kevin Hart and others, former president Barack Obama addressed the teens graduating high school amid a pandemic. “I couldn’t be prouder of all of you in the graduating class of 2020 as well as the teachers and the coaches and, most of all, parents …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci will go into “modified quarantine” after coming into contact with an unnamed White House staffer who tested positive for the coronavirus. A member of the White House’s coronavirus task force told CNN that the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ contact with the …
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No one should have ever had to risk her or his life to vote, as Wisconsin residents did last week. Republicans kept the election open against both Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ wishes and the recommendations of public-health experts. Texas, for now, has avoided that fate. On Wednesday, a state court …
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The pandemic is a black light on America, bringing our imperfections into sharper relief. One of them is how we elect presidents. As I write, we are planning to do it the same way we always have come November, even though Americans will likely still be sick and dying throughout …
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WASHINGTON — It took practically the entire 2016 presidential campaign for many in the media, including the powerful TV networks, to realize that Donald Trump‘s casual attitude toward truth and facts required a new approach to covering him. The first step was obvious: Stop airing his rallies live. The Trump …
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A number of parishioners stood and turned their backs to presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg as he addressed members of the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday. At least nine people took part in the protest, according to CNN, as they gathered to commemorate the 55th anniversary …
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President Donald Trump named Vice President Mike Pence to oversee the government’s response to the coronavirus this week, raising immediate concerns because of how the former governor of Indiana mishandled an HIV outbreak in the state during his tenure. Following Trump’s Wednesday press conference on the coronavirus, candidate Bernie Sanders …
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Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg said that if he had run for president in 2016 and won, defending the banking industry would have topped his agenda. In a 2016 audio recording from what is thought to be a private Goldman Sachs event, Bloomberg first can be heard referring to the …
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Freshly acquitted of impeachment charges, President Trump has circled back around to complaining about the Mueller investigation. Last week it was what he deemed a too-harsh sentencing recommendation for former adviser Roger Stone, as well as the Justice Department‘s decision not to prosecute former FBI Director Andrew McCabe. This week …
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