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Nov 20 2020
News
Trump administration seeks to prevent big banks from dropping fossil fuel companies
Large U.S. banks can’t restrict specific industries from access to lending and other financial services, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a proposed rule Friday, a response to outcry from Republican lawmakers that banks were declining to support fossil fuel companies.
Under the proposed rule, big banks must allow fair access for banking services to all companies. A
Washington Examiner
May 13 2020
News
Trump’s Lawyers Argue for “Temporary Presidential Immunity”
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday, via teleconference, about the power to investigate the president.
President Donald Trump has objected to subpoenas for his tax returns and other financial records. New York City prosecutors have demanded the documents as part of a criminal investigation into the president’s hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels, while the
ProPublica
Aug 07 2020
News
Trump claims Biden 'no longer worthy of the Black Vote' in wake of diversity comment
President Trump on Friday said his presumptive Democratic challenger Joe Biden “is no longer worthy of the Black Vote,” after the former vice president made comments contrasting African American and Latino diversity.
"After yesterday’s statement, Sleepy Joe Biden is no longer worthy of the Black Vote!" Trump tweeted Friday morning.
Earlier Friday, Trump tweeted: “Sleepy Joe Biden
Fox News (Online News)
Dec 17 2020
Fact Check
Is SF Changing the Name of a School Because Lincoln Didn’t Show ‘Black Lives Matter’?
On Dec. 15, 2020, various conservative news outlets published stories reporting that public schools in San Francisco were set on changing the name of Abraham Lincoln High School in the city’s Sunset District because Lincoln “didn’t show Black lives mattered to him.”
Since massive Black Lives Matter demonstrations over the spring and summer of 2020 following high-profile police killings
Snopes
Aug 19 2020
Analysis
Apple Becomes First U.S. Company Worth More Than $2 Trillion
Apple hit a new milestone on Wednesday, becoming the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach a market capitalization of over $2 trillion and doubling in valuation over the last two years.
The iPhone maker’s stock is up almost 55% so far in 2020, and shares have rallied more than 106% since the market hit a low point amid the coronavirus recession on March 23 (compared to the
Forbes
Sep 30 2020
News
How the SAT Failed America
Chaos. That's the effect COVID-19 has had on America’s system of higher education, which was already struggling before the pandemic. One need look no further than the current state of affairs at the College Board, long regarded as an impenetrable fortress among the ivory towers. Its core product, the SAT, has set the standard for college admissions for more than five decades. Few realize it,
Forbes
Sep 30 2020
News
Researchers begin the first wave of US-funded gun injury prevention work in decades
Once upon a time, way back in December 2019, US lawmakers made a decision that would allow federal agencies to fund gun violence prevention research for the first time in over two decades. And while so much has changed since then, some parts of the world barrel on as usual: Today, Sept. 30, awardees of the first research grants are starting their work.
Last week, the US Centers for
Quartz
Nov 04 2020
News
Should all drugs be decriminalized?
Oregon could become the first state in the nation to decriminalize illicit drugs — including opioids, meth and cocaine — if voters approve a ballot measure on Tuesday.
The proposal, Measure 110, would remove criminal penalties for possession and use of small amounts of drugs. Drugs would still be illegal, but offenders would be given the option of paying a $100 fine or attending a
Yahoo! The 360
Apr 24 2020
News
US states start to reopen as coronavirus death toll tops 50,000
Some state governors in the United States began to reopen portions of their economies on Friday even as the death toll from the coronavirus hit the grim milestone of 50,000.
Health officials at Johns Hopkins University reported more than 3,300 new coronavirus deaths in the US in the last 24 hours, one of the deadliest days since the outbreak began. There have now been more than 890,000
Al Jazeera
Mar 05 2020
News
Andrew Yang Has To Explain To Joy Behar That Ocasio-Cortez Is Too Young To Be VP
Former Democratic 2020 hopeful Andrew Yang had to explain to Joy Behar why Democratic New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not be a 2020 vice-presidential pick.
Yang, who cohosted Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” joined in a discussion about who some of the best choices might be in a potential cabinet for former Vice President Joe Biden.
The Daily Caller