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May 07 2020
News
3.2 Million Workers Filed Unemployment Claims Last Week
Last week 3.2 million workers filed unemployment claims, easing from the peak since the coronavirus triggered U.S. shutdowns but marking the seventh week of record applications.
Nearly 33.5 million applications for unemployment benefits have been filed since mid-March, according to the Labor Department, in the seven weeks since authorities widely began ordering businesses to close to
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 23 2020
News
Cafeteria worker on White House grounds tests positive for coronavirus
Trump administration officials were reportedly notified Wednesday night that a cafeteria worker on the White House grounds has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The employee worked at a cafeteria in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located just across West Executive Avenue, which was closed this week after his case was confirmed, NBC News reported.
The White House is
New York Post (News)
Jun 22 2020
News
NASCAR rallies around Wallace as FBI investigates noose
Bubba Wallace steered the No. 43 to the front of pit road, NASCAR champion Kyle Busch pushing the famous car on one side and close friend Ryan Blaney pushing on the other.
The entire 40-driver field and all their crew members followed. After the car came to a stop, Wallace climbed out, sat on the window ledge and sobbed. Richard Petty, his Hall of Fame team owner, gently placed a hand
Associated Press
Dec 30 2020
News
Census Bureau to miss December 31 deadline
The Census Bureau announced it will miss Thursday's deadline to produce the population count used to divide seats in Congress between the states.
The Wednesday announcement was expected, and the key question remains whether the Census Bureau and Commerce Department will present the tally to President Donald Trump prior to his departure from office on January 20. There are no penalties
CNN (Online News)
Aug 10 2021
News
Pentagon to mandate vaccines for US military – as it happened
Defense secretary Lloyd Austin is seeking the president’s approval to make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for all members of the US military by next month.
In a message to service members today, Austin noted that Joe Biden had asked him to consider how and when coronavirus vaccines might be added to the military’s list of mandatory vaccinations. The defense secretary has since been
The Guardian
Jul 11 2021
Opinion
You’re Being Manipulated
America is in the grips of an epistemic crisis—an assault on reality, a rising inability to distinguish fact from fiction, an effort to shut down free inquiry—that poses an existential threat to liberal democracy. Which is why Jonathan Rauch’s new book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth, is so timely and so essential. It helps us understand this moment better than anything else
The Atlantic
Sep 07 2021
Analysis
Fall’s Economic Comeback Turns Into a September Slowdown
The U.S. economy is facing a slowdown in September, rather than the takeoff once hoped for.
Earlier this summer, many economists saw the week of Labor Day as the moment when the economic recovery would kick into high gear. Their expectation was that widespread vaccination would ease labor shortages. Schools and offices would reopen, which would mean a comeback for local businesses
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 24 2021
Opinion
The Death of Technocracy
As we ride into the summer, I’m delighted to see that we’re looking at the COVID-19 pandemic largely in the rear-view mirror, swinging our tequila bottles above the windshield of our national cherry-red convertible as we drive into the future, speeding toward the border where we finally can be unconcerned with masks or unexpected school closures.
I’ve been a bit surprised at how
The American Spectator
Dec 29 2020
News
NATO Jets Intercepted Russian Military Flights 350 Times in 2020
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) scrambled its fighter jets over 400 times in Europe in 2020, chiefly to intercept approaching Russian military planes, the defense alliance said Dec. 28.
About 350 of these missions were in response to Russian military aircraft, NATO said in a statement. While that represents a “moderate” increase compared to 2019, it comes amid Russia’s
The Epoch Times
Dec 29 2020
News
What The Early Vote In Georgia Can — And Can’t — Tell Us
Through Monday, more people — 2,337,477 — have officially voted in Georgia’s upcoming Senate runoff than in any other runoff in Georgia history. That’s a meaningful milestone considering that the eight previous runoff elections have all been low-turnout affairs. But it doesn’t necessarily tell us anything about who is going to win this year’s races.
For instance, we don’t know how those
538 (ABC News)