White Democrats find former Vice President Joe Biden’s age and race more bothersome than do black and Hispanic Democrats, according to a poll released on Tuesday. Nearly half of white Democratic voters, 49%, told the Pew Research Center that they were bothered that the likely Democratic nominee was a white man in his 70s. Democratic…
The White House Coronavirus Task Force remains focused on the outbreak in Boston and Massachusetts — with a key member of the president’s team saying all eyes are on this region. “Our hearts go out to all these cities and the hospital workers on those front lines,” Dr. Deborah Birx said after announcing at Monday’s…
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 19: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses reporters at the daily coronavirus briefing. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 19: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses reporters at the daily coronavirus briefing. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Trump will address the nation on the coronavirus pandemic…
Thousands of traditional small businesses were unable to get funding from the program before it ran dry. As Congress and the White House near a deal to add an additional $310 billion to the program, some are calling for additional oversight and rule changes to prevent bigger chains from accepting any more money.Ruth’s Chris Steak…
April 19, 2020WASHINGTON — The White House and congressional Democrats on Sunday closed in on an agreement for a $450 billion economic relief package to replenish a depleted emergency fund for small businesses and to expand coronavirus testing around the country, with votes on the measure possible early this week.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin described the…
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…