The White House sends mixed messages about Trump’s condition as at least a dozen people in Trump’s inner circle have tested positive for the coronavirus. The quiet resistance of U.S. postal workers. And the importance of slow science.
Category: Politics
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A sexting scandal in the North Carolina Senate race was the last thing Democrats need
Democrats have little margin for error in their fight to take back the Senate majority.
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‘Unjustifiable hysteria’: Republican recalcitrance about the virus persists even as GOP faces growing turmoil
Republican behavior is under increasing scrutiny as several in the party frequently flout federal health guidelines for the disease that has killed nearly 210,000 Americans.
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College students upended by the pandemic wrestle with yet another challenge: How to vote this fall?
Campus organizers are turning to TikTok, YouTube and Instagram to help educate their peers about mail ballots — and even providing them with stamps.
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Fittingly, Supreme Court term starts with test of political affiliations for judges
Amid partisan rancor over Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement, court considers one state’s requirement of partisan balance
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Trump didn’t have time to learn about the coronavirus in March. Seven months later, the virus cleared his schedule.
In an interview with Woodward, Trump said he was too busy to sit down for a briefing with Anthony Fauci.
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Why it matters that we don’t know when Trump last tested negative
For all the White House’s claims, we know about only a handful of times a test was conducted.
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Kayleigh McEnany’s bogus excuse for a lack of coronavirus transparency
The White House is declining to release the number of aides infected, citing “privacy concerns.” But not only is there no legal reason for that; there’s really no actual risk to privacy either.
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In her first race, Kamala Harris learned how to become a political brawler
When Harris was attacked by her opponents in her run for San Francisco district attorney, she punched back — and won.
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Trump’s barrage of new claims of voter fraud have been disproven
The ballots in Pennsylvania? The ones in Wisconsin? The ballots in New York or Virginia? Officials say none were fraud.
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Trump’s health on voters’ minds as they cast early ballots: ‘God is telling Trump that anyone can get this’
Voters in a half-dozen states turned up at polling places or election offices.
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Supreme Court will not hear Kim Davis same-sex marriage case
Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk, had argued her religious convictions prevented her from recognizing such unions.