UNITED STATES - JULY 21: Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, fixes his hair during the Senate Finance ... [+] Committee confirmation hearing for Michael N. Nemelka, nominee to be a deputy U.S. Trade Representative, in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty…
Isaac Groves, USA TODAY Published 5:03 p.m. ET July 25, 2020 CLOSE South Dakota Gov. Noem provides a daily coronavirus update on Tuesday. Sioux Falls Argus LeaderThe claim: South Dakota took minimal government action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and yet had the lowest spread of coronavirus while losing the fewest jobs.A meme that…
TOPLINE Republicans were set to unveil their proposal for a fifth coronavirus stimulus package on Thursday—the next step in a process that will ultimately decide the fate of relief payments affecting millions of Americans—but GOP lawmakers could not decide how to tweak unemployment payouts, delaying the draft until next week. President Donald Trump talks to…
TOPLINE Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) indicated Tuesday that the GOP will not include an extension of the $600 expanded unemployment checks in their plan for a fifth stimulus bill that’s set to be released in the coming days, setting the party on a collision course with Democrats who are in strong favor of extending the…
Washington (CNN)Months into the coronavirus pandemic, much about the disease remains unknown. As several countries attempt to regain a sense of normalcy despite recent surges in cases, politicians an…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…