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Aug 07 2020
News
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not
The country needs as many as 100,000 contact tracers to fight the pandemic, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Congress in June. We need billions of dollars to fund them, public health leaders pleaded in April.
But in August, with coronavirus cases increasing in more than half of states, America has neither the staff nor the resources to be able to trace
NPR (Online News)
Jul 27 2020
News
Sen. Tom Cotton says reports he called slavery a ‘necessary evil’ are ‘the definition of fake news’ — here’s his original quote
After many people on Twitter vilified Tom Cotton for reportedly calling slavery a “necessary evil” in a recent interview, the Republican senator clarified his remarks in a social media post of his own.
“This is the definition of fake news,” the Arkansas Republican wrote in a Twitter TWTR, -3.25% post on Sunday. “I said that *the Founders viewed slavery as a necessary evil* and described
MarketWatch
Oct 30 2020
Opinion
Glenn Greenwald Throws a Fit
It takes a special kind of gall to quit a six-figure media job in the doomed year of 2020. But that’s just what Glenn Greenwald has done, following in the martyred footsteps of erstwhile New York Times freethinker Bari Weiss. In a 4,000-word Substack post, Greenwald resigned from his healthy perch at The Intercept, a publication he co-founded, explaining, in his typically piqued and exhaustive
New Republic
Jan 21 2021
News
Biden launches COVID-19 initiatives on first full day in White House
President Joe Biden launched initiatives on Thursday to rein in the raging COVID-19 pandemic, tackling his top priority on his first full day in the White House as he tries to turn the page on Donald Trump’s tumultuous leadership.
His administration plans a coordinated federal coronavirus response aimed at restoring trust in the government and focused on boosting vaccines, increasing
Reuters
Apr 16 2020
News
Did You Fall For A Coronavirus Hoax? Facebook Will Let You Know
In a new move to stop the spread of dangerous and false information about the coronavirus, Facebook will start telling people when they've interacted with posts about bogus cures, hoaxes and other false claims.
In the coming weeks, Facebook users who liked, reacted to or commented on potentially harmful debunked content will see a message in their news feeds directing them to the World
NPR (Online News)
Jan 01 2021
News
What Got Us Through 2020? For Many, It Was Hobbies, Relationships And 4-Legged Pals
It was an eventful year to say the least. It began with a historic impeachment, and then the global pandemic, a reckoning around racial injustice, a tumultuous election and even more unlikely news.
The events of 2020, however significant, had an effect on everyone. NPR's Morning Edition wanted to know what helped get people through the tough times — and hundreds responded on Twitter.
NPR (Online News)
Nov 07 2019
News
Trump ordered to pay $2M in Trump Foundation settlement, admits misuse of funds
The New York Attorney General's office announced Thursday that a judge has ordered President Trump to pay $2 million in damages for improper use of funds at the Trump Foundation in connection with the 2016 presidential primaries and his own political purposes, as part of a lawsuit Trump and the foundation settled with state Attorney General Letitia James.
James' office had requested $2.
Fox News (Online News)
Aug 18 2020
News
Trump: Susan B. Anthony to get posthumous pardon
President Trump announced Tuesday morning he will give a posthumous pardon to Susan B. Anthony, one of history's biggest figures in the women's suffrage movement.
The announcement came 100 years to the day after the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
Anthony, a strong anti-slavery pioneer who died in 1906, had been arrested in 1872 for
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 29 2019
News
Trump demands NRA 'get its act together quickly' amid internal turmoil
President Donald Trump chastised the National Rifle Association on Monday over infighting that has roiled the gun-rights group, demanding the association “get its act together quickly” as it stares down a probe launched by the state of New York last weekend.
“The NRA is under siege by Cuomo and the New York State A.G., who are illegally using the State’s legal apparatus to take down and
Politico
Jul 13 2020
News
U.S. Coronavirus Cases Spike, With India Close Behind
Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: India sees a record daily number of coronavirus cases, an unexplained explosion rocks a U.S. Navy vessel, Poland’s ruling party narrowly wins presidential election, and what to watch in the world this week.
On Sunday, the World Health Organization announced another record number of cases recorded in one day, with more than 230,000 cases reported
Foreign Policy