As new polling continues to give clues toward the states in play for the presidential campaign, President Trump was once again at the center of two story lines that consumed the news.President Trump said he was putting a moratorium on offshore drilling at an event in Jupiter, Fla.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesSept. 12, 2020, 3:00…
The Afghan government and the Taliban are finally coming to the table, after repeated delays. But the violence continues, and the challenges are vast.Abdullah Abdullah, head of the government’s delegation to the peace talks, before leaving for Qatar from Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Friday. He said he hoped for “the beginning of a big transformation.”Credit...High…
Jimmy Carter has set the record straight about who joined Willie Nelson in smoking pot on the roof of the White House during Carter's presidency.It wasn't a White House staffer member, it was one of Carter's sons.“When Willie Nelson wrote his autobiography, he confessed that he smoked pot in the White House one night when he was spending the night with…
A recent review of research suggests that the proportion of all patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who also have asthma is similar to the prevalence of asthma in the wider population.Share on PinterestResearch indicates that people with asthma may not be more at risk of severe COVID-19.In their latest advice, the Centers for Disease Control and…
A political appointee of President Trump has been interfering with COVID-19 reports by health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because their data doesn’t match the ‘optimistic messages’ sought by the White House.In one instance, CDC Director Robert Redfield and his scientists were accused of trying to ‘hurt the president’ with their…