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Oct 02 2020
Analysis
The President Tests Positive for the Coronavirus, and a Nation Anticipates Chaos
President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for the coronavirus, an announcement which is bound to throw the Presidential race into a state of grave uncertainty, if not chaos. The novel coronavirus pandemic has killed more than two hundred thousand Americans and more than a million people worldwide. On Friday morning, at 12:54 a.m. Eastern time, Trump tweeted, “Tonight
The New YorkerJan 29 2020
News
America's worst colleges for free speech list released
A college that fired its sustainability director over a satirical social media post urging Iran to bomb American cultural sites lands in the upper echelon of worst colleges for free speech, says Wednesday’s report from a leading campus free speech group.
The annual “10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech” list dropped on Wednesday included schools from around the country, such as Jones
Washington TimesAug 13 2019
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DHS in a ‘Mad Scramble’ to Catch Up With Domestic Terror
It wasn’t that long ago that senior Department of Homeland Security officials shied away from focusing on domestic terrorism, often fearing political backlash.
The White House pushed the sprawling department to focus overwhelmingly on immigration enforcement, at the expense of just about everything else. DHS veterans told reporters that white supremacist terror was the FBI’s issue, not
Daily BeastOct 02 2019
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No ballot box is safe: Volunteers hacked into all 100 voting machine types they went after
It wasn't the kind of test that you hope produces a perfect score. But hackers, technology geeks, academics and others were 100 for 100 this summer in their attempts to infiltrate and compromise an enormous array of voting machines using all sorts of technologies.
Their astonishing results will only boost the widespread anxiety among election security experts that American election
The FulcrumJul 31 2020
Fact Check
Trump floats moving Nov. 3 election. But Congress holds that power
President Donald Trump floated the idea of delaying the Nov. 3 election, pointing to unsubstantiated concerns about mail-in voting.
"With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote
PolitiFactMay 27 2021
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Senate Republicans make new infrastructure offer as House Democrats urge Biden to dig in
In an attempt to salvage stalled negotiations, Senate Republicans on Thursday unveiled a revised counteroffer for infrastructure spending, outlining roughly $928 billion in a package that’s still far short of what the White House has proposed.
Only about a quarter of the total price tag appears to represent new spending above baseline levels under the “roadmap” put forward by Sen.
Washington PostAug 12 2019
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Trump Administration to Crack Down on Visa Applicants Who Would Rely on Public Services
The Department of Homeland Security released a new regulation on Monday that would severely limit the number of impoverished migrants eligible to enter and remain in the U.S. legally by requiring that visa applicants not be reliant on public services.
Under the expanded public-charge rule, which was added to the Federal Register on Monday, the authorities will consider an immigrant’s
National Review (News)Aug 12 2019
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The Trump Administration Just Made It Harder To Apply For Green Cards And Visas
The Department of Homeland Security officially published a change to what’s known as the “public charge” rule on Monday that would make it much harder to apply for a green card or earn a visa. The new policy, which is set to go into effect in mid-October, expands the definition of what would make an applicant likely to become a “public charge,” someone who the government has deemed would be
HuffPostSep 08 2020
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Modeling the impact of testing, tracing, and quarantine
Testing, contact tracing, and quarantining infected people are all tools in the effort to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. So are mask-wearing and social distancing. But what impact does each have? A study co-authored by MIT researchers finds that robust testing, contact tracing, and quarantining by household can keep cases within the capacity of the health-care system — preventing a “second
MIT NewsMay 06 2020
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The lockdown lift
National and local authorities around the world are beginning to wind down restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, gradually lifting the lockdowns that have stunted economies, decimated jobs and thrown millions into poverty.
The following chart shows the status of social distancing measures in five important areas: schools, shops, bars and restaurants, public
Reuters