Beyoncé and Peloton have teamed up to gift Spelman College students a two-year Peloton Digital Membership. The program will allow all currently enrolled Spelman students unlimited access to live and on-demand classes from world-class instructors. “Keeping students healthy and engaged has been a top priority for the College, especially since the onset of the pandemic,” […]
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#Election2020: Ossoff says the right to healthcare goes beyond politics
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff arrived at Liberty Plaza with a mandate to keep the Affordable Care Act alive, while the United States Supreme Court begins oral arguments regarding the merits of “Obamacare.” Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue support the lawsuit because they want their donors in the health insurance industry to be […]
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#Election2020: Biden attacks Trump administration’s efforts to strike down Obamacare
President-elect Joe Biden lambasted the Trump administration’s argument in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Affordable Care Act should be struck down, calling it “simply cruel and needlessly divisive” and saying that doing so would leave 20 million Americans’ health coverage “ripped away in the middle of the nation’s worst pandemic in a century.” […]
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5 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s Obamacare arguments
The Supreme Court appeared poised to again reject a Republican-backed attempt to kill the Affordable Care Act, based on the justices’ tone during two hours of oral arguments Tuesday. It would represent a final failure of President Donald Trump’s push to end Obamacare. As always, oral arguments aren’t necessarily an indication of how justices will […]
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Expert predicts US could soon hit 200,000 daily coronavirus cases as the nation tops 10 million infections
After reporting 100,000 new coronavirus infections seven days in a row, the US has now surpassed a total of more than 10 million cases since the start of the pandemic — far more than any other country. And that number will likely keep rapidly climbing, one expert told CNN. “We are watching cases increase substantially […]
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#Election2020: Trump blocks transition as he refuses to accept loss
President Donald Trump implied Tuesday he would continue contesting election results for at least another week, forestalling for days the required steps to transition government to President-elect Joe Biden and signaling to his administration that any moves toward a hand-off are on hold. Trump’s refusal to concede has prompted senior officials across the government to […]
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#Election2020: Trump’s ousting of officials and elevation of loyalists could have lasting effects
President Donald Trump and his allies in the administration are dislodging officials across the government and burrowing loyalists into agencies in a way that could make them difficult for President-elect Joe Biden to remove next year. The moves following Trump’s loss to Biden, which the President has thus far refused to accept, appear to be […]
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#Election2020: Some Republicans attack Georgia votes, provide no evidence
Some Republicans renewed their attacks Monday on Democrat Joe Biden’s lead over President Donald Trump in Georgia, with U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler taking the extraordinary step of calling for the resignation of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the state’s chief elections officer and a fellow member of the GOP. Republicans laid out […]
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#Election2020: After Biden win, McConnell says Trump OK to fight election
Despite President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday President Donald Trump is “100% within his rights” to question election results, as GOP lawmakers fall in line behind the White House. The Republican leader’s remarks, his first public comments since Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election, show how reluctant […]
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#ElectionDay: Fraud claims aimed in part at keeping Trump base loyal
The Trump campaign’s strategy to file a barrage of lawsuits challenging President-elect Joe Biden’s win is more about providing President Donald Trump with an off-ramp for a loss he can’t quite grasp and less about changing the election’s outcome, according to senior officials, campaign aides and allies who spoke to The Associated Press. Trump has […]
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#Election2020: Barr tells federal prosecutors to look into unsupported allegations of voting irregularities
Attorney General William Barr reminded federal prosecutors Monday that they should examine allegations of voting irregularities before states move to certify results in the coming weeks. But the nation’s top federal law enforcement official didn’t provide any indication that the Justice Department has come up with evidence to support President Donald Trump’s claim of massive […]
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UGA: Trask, Florida upend Georgia 44-28 in ‘Cocktail Party’
Kyle Trask started jumping up and down on the sideline. His Florida teammates took it to another level, running and leaping into the stands. Coach Dan Mullen wasn’t going to be left out off the fun. Mullen pulled himself onto the edge of the front row and celebrated wildly with fans. Mullen clearly understood the […]
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Dawg Analysis: The good, the bad, the ugly and the unteachable from the Cocktail Party
Whew! That was a tough one. An unbearable game to watch. I mean there is so much to dissect from this game that you may not even want to relive this (but you should read this). First things first, congratulations to the Florida Gators on a well-played game and execution. I’m sorry Bulldogs fans, I […]
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#Election2020: Showdown for U.S. Senate beckons in Georgia
After a fierce and tumultuous general election period, potentially the balance of power in the United States comes down to the State of Georgia. In one race, Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler will face off against Reverend Raphael Warnock. Warnock finished first in the “jungle primary” with 32.9% of the vote (1,611,843 votes) and Loeffler came […]
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#Election2020: Biden seeks to move quickly and build out his administration
President-elect Joe Biden signaled on Sunday he plans to move quickly to build out his government, focusing first on the raging pandemic that will likely dominate the early days of his administration. Biden named a former surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, David Kessler, as co-chairs of a […]