Show captionJoe Biden has pledged to recommit the US to climate efforts, potentially encouraging deeper action from the rest of the world. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/APClimate countdownDemocrat to stress climate change and pitch green investmentTrump to speak at event for California national guardUS politics – live coverageMon 14 Sep 2020 10.28 EDTRecord-setting wildfires in the western…
President Trump said the ball is in Joseph R. Biden’s court when it comes to an extended debate with podcasting star Joe Rogan. “I do!” Mr. Trump exclaimed on Twitter when mixed martial artist Tim Kennedy broached the subject. “On my podcast with @joerogan he offered to moderate a debate between @JoeBiden and @realDonaldTrump It…
Here are some significant developments:September 14, 2020 at 5:49 AM EDTQueensland top health official under police protection in Australia, following death threatsA top Australian public health officer has become the latest global official to face death threats over her response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, prompting the deployment of a police security detail.Jeannette Young, the…
Politics|Trump Issues Expansive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug PricesThe order expands on a presidential promise by trying to reduce the prices Medicare pays for prescription drugs, but experts said it was unclear whether the White House could carry out the directive.President Trump has made the executive order — and the war that has broken out with…
President Trump late Sunday said the “gloves are off” as he derided Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden as unfit for the presidency, too soft on anti-police protesters and inconsistent on fracking and other issues. “He would surrender your country to the mob, you know that,” he said at Xtreme Manufacturing in Henderson, Nevada. “I’ll always…
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…