“Senator Rubio was the natural choice for this temporary assignment on the basis of accumulated committee service,” McConnell said in a statement. “His proven leadership on pertinent issues only made the decision easier.” Rubio is among the Senate’s most vocal Russia and China hawks, and he has actively sought to position himself as a go-to…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., told "The Story" Thursday that China has permanently damaged its reputation around the globe because of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.Rubio reacted to a Fox News report that U.S. officials are increasingly confident that the coronavirus likely escaped from…
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…