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Jul 25 2020
News
Florida surpasses New York as state with second-most coronavirus cases
Florida reported about 414,000 coronavirus cases Saturday, becoming the second-highest state total in the U.S. after California.
Why it matters: Florida has become the domestic epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, and is on track to keep getting worse. California has about 435,000 cases and New York has roughly 411,000, according to their respective health departments.
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Axios
Jan 04 2021
News
Author canceled after defending literary classics, ‘attacking’ educator
A critically acclaimed young adult author has been “canceled” and dropped by her agent after vociferously defending classic books in a Twitter-fueled rage.
Jessica Cluess, the author of the popular “Kingdom of Fire” series (among others) picked a fight with an anti-racist and anti-bias educator Lorena Germán who founded the #DisruptTexts movement which aims to get more works by people
New York Post (News)
Jan 04 2021
News
Fox News extends streak, sets cable news records in 2020
Ratings for Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel topped all news and basic cable channels for a fifth straight year in 2020, according to Nielsen data released on Tuesday.
The network averaged 1.9 million viewers per day and 3.6 million in primetime - record levels for cable news channels - during a news-heavy year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, protests for racial justice and a
Reuters
Aug 22 2012
News
Todd Akin: I’m running, but not to Tampa
A defiant Todd Akin, the embattled Republican Senate candidate from Missouri, vowed on Wednesday to stay in the race, but he also said he will respect wishes from party leaders who want him to skip the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Politico
Jun 02 2019
News
Trump denies calling Meghan 'nasty' despite audio recording
US President Donald Trump has denied calling the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, "nasty" despite the comments being recorded. "I never called Meghan Markle 'nasty'," he tweeted on Sunday, adding: "Made up by the Fake News Media, and they got caught cold!" Mr Trump made his remarks about the duchess in a Sun newspaper interview ahead of his state visit to the UK. The US former actress has
BBC News
Mar 07 2013
News
Nearly 13 Hours Later, Sen. Paul Ends His Filibuster; Here's The Video
After nearly 13 hours during which he had only a few short breaks while sympathetic senators took over the talking, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky ended his filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination early Thursday.
NPR (Online News)
Sep 07 2020
News
New York infection rate stays below 1 percent for 30 straight days
The coronavirus infection rate in New York state has remained below 1 percent for 30 consecutive days, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced Sunday, a significant milestone for a state that was once the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S.
The announcement came as New York continues to move ahead with a gradual reopening of its economy. Cuomo, however, struck a cautious note while
The Hill
Jun 10 2020
News
As Many As 35 Million People Haven’t Yet Received Stimulus Checks
As many as 35 million people entitled to stimulus payments from the U.S. government haven’t yet received them, according to a House Ways and Means Committee analysis.
Congress allocated the money, officially called economic impact payments, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, in late March. The legislation provides up to $1,200 to U.S.
HuffPost
Dec 06 2020
Fact Check
Video Doesn’t Show ‘Suitcases’ of Illegal Ballots in Georgia
The Trump campaign is falsely claiming that surveillance camera footage captured election workers in Georgia adding thousands of illegal ballots that were brought into an Atlanta facility in suspicious “suitcases” on election night.
The campaign presented the video to Georgia state lawmakers on Dec. 3. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, wrote on Twitter the same day: “The
FactCheck.org
Aug 18 2021
News
Trump rips Biden's Afghan actions: 'Our country has never been so humiliated'; 'blows Vietnam away'
Former President Donald J. Trump strongly condemned President Joe Biden and the catastrophe unfolding in Kabul, Afghanistan since the weekend, in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Tuesday.
Trump told "Hannity" that Biden has humiliated the United States more than any other president in history, explicitly eclipsing fellow Democrat Jimmy Carter's Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979.
Fox News Digital