The Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration’s attempt to weaken the so-called contraceptive mandate Wednesday, the Affordable Care Act’s long controversial requirement that employer-provided health insurance plans cover birth control as a preventive service. The case is the latest dispute concerning Obamacare to come before the justices and pits supporters of the contraceptive […]
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ADP: More than 20 million jobs vanished in April
U.S. businesses cut an unprecedented 20.2 million jobs in April, an epic collapse with coronavirus outbreak closing the offices, factories, schools, construction sites and stores that propel the U.S. economy. The Wednesday report from payroll company ADP showed the tragic depth and scale of job losses that left no part of the world’s largest economy […]
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This could be Trump’s worst mistake ever
The Trump administration has made any number of mistakes as it has grappled with the worst crisis since World War II; if it goes through with its plans to wind down its coronavirus task force around Memorial Day that decision will surely rank among the worst. It’s as if in 1942, three years before Germany […]
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Obama’s office privately assailed GOP investigation of Biden in March letter
The office of former President Barack Obama in a March letter privately assailed a congressional investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son’s work at a Ukrainian energy company, calling it an attempt “to shift the blame for Russian interference in the 2016 election to Ukraine.” Writing to the National Archives and Records […]
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Democrat proposes forgiving student loans for frontline health care workers
Health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic would have some of their student loan debt forgiven under a new bill introduced in Congress. The “Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act,” introduced by New York Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney on Tuesday, would create a program that forgives federal and private […]
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Trump pivots hard away from fight against unvanquished pandemic
President Donald Trump wants to move on. “Wartime” leadership in a national crisis no longer fits his political timetable. No matter that coronavirus cases are rising in many states and that governors are ignoring his guidelines about when it’s safe to open. Trump is shrugging off warnings by scientists that the easing restrictions taking place […]
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Tomlinson calls on Department of Justice to investigate Ahmaud Arbery shooting
U.S. Senate candidate Teresa Tomlinson spoke out on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery today. Wanda Cooper, Arbery’s mother, told CNN Sunday that when police notified her of her son’s death, she was told her son was involved in a burglary and that there was a confrontation between her son and the homeowner and a struggle […]
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Reports: Inexperience and cronyism slowed Kushner-led efforts to procure medical supplies
A group of young, inexperienced volunteers was tasked with securing much-needed medical supplies for hospitals fighting coronavirus, hampering the government’s response to a growing pandemic, according to reports by The New York Times and The Washington Post. The group of roughly a dozen volunteers, mostly in their 20s, were part of a broader coronavirus supply-chain […]
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Buy! Buy! Buy! There’s a bull market in Michael Jordan sneakers
If stocks have taken a pounding over the last few weeks, there has been a bull market raging in Michael Jordan’s range of Air Jordan sneakers. In episode five of the blockbuster 10-part documentary series, “The Last Dance” we see Jordan nearly turn down Nike as his sponsor, potentially missing out on a billion-dollar opportunity. […]
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`If this thing boomerangs’: Second wave of infections feared
As Europe and the U.S. loosen their lockdowns against the coronavirus, health experts are expressing growing dread over what they say is an all-but-certain second wave of deaths and infections that could force governments to clamp back down. “We’re risking a backslide that will be intolerable,” said Dr. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University’s Center for […]
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J.Crew bankruptcy: Uncle Sam can’t bail everyone out
The federal government is taking unprecedented action to keep American businesses alive during the coronavirus pandemic. Congress has set aside hundreds of billions of dollars to lend to small, medium and large companies. Small businesses have taken out more than half a trillion in forgivable loans. And for the first time ever, the Federal Reserve […]
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump won’t admit failures in virus testing
President Donald Trump was displeased when the Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress joined in a statement declining to use coronavirus testing machines from the White House for lawmakers. The statement affirmed what U.S. officials already know but Trump won’t admit — the U.S. is still short of the tests crucial to ending the pandemic. […]
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Virus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science’s march
Despite a century’s progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918. In the years between two lethal pandemics, one the misnamed Spanish flu, the other COVID-19, the world learned about viruses, cured various diseases, made effective vaccines, developed instant communications and created elaborate public-health networks. Yet here we are again, face-masked to the max. […]
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Pelosi pushes new virus package as GOP resists big spending
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead Tuesday with the next coronavirus aid, a sweeping $800 billion-plus package that is expected to be unveiled soon even as the House stays closed while the Senate reopens in the pandemic. Key to any plan to reopen the economy, Democrats say, is robust testing. They are also expected to propose another […]
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Barack Obama will headline televised prime-time commencement
Former President Barack Obama will deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the high school Class of 2020 during an hour-long event that will also feature LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai and Ben Platt, among others. ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will simultaneously air the special May 16 at 8 p.m. Eastern along with more than […]