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“It’s Criminal”: Biden Slams Trump as Gov’t Can’t Find Parents of 545 Children Separated at Border
During the second and final presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, moderator Kristen Welker asked Trump and Biden about immigration and family separation. Trump deflected questions during the debate, repeatedly stating that the Obama-Biden administration “built the cages” and falsely claiming that kids seeking asylum in the U.S. are “well taken care of.
Biden Admits Past Mistake Supporting Crime Bill as Trump Defends Attacks on Black Lives Matter
President Trump and Joe Biden sparred on their records over race and criminal justice in Thursday’s presidential debate. Trump simultaneously promoted his criminal justice reform efforts while continuing to lean on “tough on crime” rhetoric. Trump also criticized Biden for authoring the 1994 crime bill and supporting other laws that intensified mass incarceration in the U.S., which Biden acknowledged was “a mistake.
Trump Lies About COVID-19 Risks & Vaccine at Debate as Pandemic Is Tied to 300K Excess U.S. Deaths
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday in the second and final debate of the 2020 campaign. It was a more subdued debate than their first clash, when Trump refused to abide by the rules and interrupted Biden at least 128 times. Thursday’s debate was moderated by NBC’s Kristen Welker, who began by asking the candidates about COVID-19.
Help! I Can’t Stand How I Look on Zoom.
Now that I see myself on video, I can see the bags underneath my eyes and how I come off as an irreverent know-it-all.
My Family Members Think Their Votes Don’t Matter. How Do I Get Them to Cast Their Ballot?
It turns out, talking to your friends and family might be the best tactic.
How coronavirus is reshaping America’s job market
About 1 in 3 people were either working in a different job in September than they were in February or were unemployed, researchers say.
Arranger Alex Lacamoire Breaks Down His Process for Hamilton
His other work includes In the Heights, Dear Evan Hansen, and Bring it On: The Musical.
Biden’s Promise to Be a President for All Americans Isn’t Just Cheesy Rhetoric
It’s a policy reversal from a presidency that helps red states and harms blue ones.
Make Mitch McConnell Kill the Stimulus Bill
Democrats want it. The president wants it. Americans need it. If GOP senators want to kill it, they can own it, too.
The Census Says It’s Counted 99.9 Percent of Households. Don’t Be Fooled.
The Trump administration’s logic for ending the count early obscures that it may be rife with inaccuracies.
CDC broadens definition of who’s at risk of getting coronavirus
The updated guidance defines a “close contact” as anyone who spends at least 15 minutes within six feet of an infected individual over a 24-hour period.
Why the U.S. doesn’t have an at-home coronavirus test yet
Concerns about the tests’ reliability, how consumers might react to their results and how public health departments will track them have slowed development.
DOJ announces $8B-plus settlement with OxyContin maker
The settlement with the opioid manufacturer comes less than two weeks before Election Day.
Trump’s broadsides against science put GOP governors in a bind
The clashing messages come as large swaths of the country experience uncontrolled spread that state officials fear could swamp their already strapped health systems
White House looks at cutting Covid funds, newborn screenings in ‘anarchist’ cities
Documents show funding for a host of health programs is at risk under the president’s order targeting liberal strongholds.
How the Pandemic Is Worsening America’s Racial Gaps
Covid isn’t just disproportionately killing people of color; it’s sticking them in a feedback loop that exacerbates economic and racial inequity, says Chicago economist Damon Jones.
Federal deficit triples to $3.1T, Treasury data shows
Government spending exceeded more than $6.5 trillion in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, up from $4.4 trillion in fiscal 2019.
Hard-hit small businesses face long winter without lifeline
Some 60 percent of all U.S. businesses that have closed during the pandemic have not reopened.
‘We need to step forward’: Fed leaders call for new focus on race in the economy
The comments from the leading Fed officials were the latest evidence of the central bank’s growing attention to persistent inequality in the economy.
Ex-Mexican Military Head Arrested in U.S. on Drug Charges. Should He Be Tried for Massacres, Too?
We speak with legendary Mexican investigative journalist Anabel Hernández about a case that has sent shockwaves throughout Mexico: the U.S. arrest of Mexico’s former defense secretary for allegedly working with a major drug cartel while heading Mexico’s military.
“A Barrett Confirmation Is a Catastrophe”: What Democrats Can Do to Block Trump’s Supreme Court Pick
Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout says Senate Democrats can still block the confirmation of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, if they use every possible procedural method available to them to slow and frustrate the process. “A Barrett confirmation is a catastrophe,” Teachout says.
Biden rose above as Trump reined in the yelling, but not the lies, at final debate
Whew. Someone got through to Donald Trump that the constant interruptions and shouting did not work for him in the first presidential debate. Trump lost control a little as the debate wore on—witness when he suddenly, kind of out of nowhere, started yelling that Joe Biden isn’t really from Scranton, Pennsylvania—but this was a major turn-around in debate style. What Trump didn’t have to offer, though, was a turn-around in substance.
Photos of the Week: Watery Labyrinth, Giza Necropolis, Wuhan Opera
Movie-making in Italy, a drive-in viewing of the World Series in Los Angeles, a church set ablaze in Chile, wildfires in Colorado, grandmotherly Tai Chi in China, rugby matches in Australia, balloon crop-spraying in China, rescued huskies in Russia, and much more.
Your blow-by-blow recap of the mute-button presidential debate, with a little help from Twitter
No matter what happens, this is Donald Trump’s last presidential debate. That’s the straw American voters grasped at Thursday night ahead of the final showdown between the impeached and infected Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. This debate—the second of what was supposed to be three—was broadcast live from Belmont University in Nashville, moderated by NBC News’ Kristen Welker, and followed the same format as the first debate on Sept.
Biden Seizes Trump’s Populist Mantle
“What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people,” President Donald Trump said during his inaugural address. “January 20, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.”But in the final debate of his first term, Trump forgot them.
Trump Doesn’t Care
You’re losing. You’re losing bad. You’re out of money. Your ads are coming off the air in must-win states. Here it is, the last chance to speak to a big national audience—and for free, really the last opportunity to win back voters who have drifted away from you.
Biden reminds Trump he can’t protect preexisting conditions ‘in the ether’
If the Trump administration succeeds in striking down the Affordable Care Act in the courts, Democratic nominee Joe Biden knew exactly what he would do if elected president.
“What I’m going to do is pass Obamacare with a public option,” Biden offered at Thursday night’s debate. If you don’t qualify for Medicaid in your state, Biden explained, “You’re automatically enrolled, providing competition for insurance companies.