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No Paper Trail: Migrant Children Secretly Held in Hampton Inn Hotels Before Expulsion from U.S.

Under a shocking new Trump administration policy, hundreds of people who came to the United States seeking asylum were secretly held in hotels for days on end before being expelled from the country, often with little or no paper trail. This includes more than 200 unaccompanied immigrant children — including babies and toddlers — who were taken to hotels near the Texas-Mexico border by a private contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Who Profits & Where Is the Transparency in Trump Admin’s $6 Billion Vaccine Program?

As researchers around the world race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, we speak with Peter Maybarduk, director of Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines Program, about who is profiting from government efforts to fund vaccines, testing and treatment. The Trump administration has announced major contracts with pharmaceutical companies as part of its $6 billion program, Operation Warp Speed, including with firms that have never brought a vaccine to market.

A Vaccine by November? Science Journalist in Vaccine Trial Casts Doubt on Rosy U.S. Projections

With 30,000 people taking part in the first major COVID-19 vaccine study in the United States, hopes are high that the collaboration between drugmaker Moderna and the National Institutes of Health will yield positive results as early as November. Researchers around the world are working on more than 165 vaccine candidates, though only a handful are conducting large-scale human trials.

Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Using Pandemic to Enrich Billionaires as Millions Lose Work & Face Eviction

As millions of people in the U.S. lose work and face eviction due to the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic, the 1% have seen a massive increase to their wealth, with the Amazon founder and world’s richest person, Jeff Bezos, recently adding an estimated $13 billion to his net worth in a single day. World-renowned political dissident Noam Chomsky says the corporate windfall is yet more evidence that the U.S.

Nope, Dems are not in disarray over party platform and Medicare for All

While Republicans are in rebellion against each other over saving the lives and economic health of America, Politico is on the hunt for a “Dems in Disarray” story. They think they found one in a push by delegates to the Democratic National Convention to include a “Medicare for All” plank in the national platform, which they’re trying to make into a big deal break between presumptive nominee Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Baltimore ICU physician dies of COVID-19 after battling virus on front lines, joining too many lost

As Donald Trump continues to downplay and fumble pandemic response, the nation continues to face the novel coronavirus with meager federal oversight or support. Meanwhile, cases continue to rise, and medical professionals continue to brace against growing patient numbers. Now, yet another medical professional that worked on the front lines to fight COVID-19 has died of the virus. Dr.