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New York Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens warned on Monday that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden created “a dangerous opening for Trump” by saying he would be willing to "listen to the scientists" and shut down the U.S. this winter.In a column headlined, "Biden’s Loose Lips Could Sink His Chances,” Stephens described the disclosure as the “former vice president’s biggest…

Former Washington Post reporter-turned-columnist Karen Tumulty came under fire Sunday for disclosing her son's employment with the Biden campaign in a column oozing with praise for the presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee's reelection bid.The Sunday column headlined “The woman who transformed Joe Biden’s campaign," gushes over Biden's campaign manager Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, and the "harmony" with which she was able to unite…

A new NBC News report on the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) -- the lab from where the coronavirus pandemic may have originated -- is inconsistent and misleading, according to a thread of tweets from Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin.“This NBC News report on their field trip to Wuhan Institute of Virology has several errors, but the…

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is urging Joe Biden not to participate in the three upcoming debates with President Trump unless the president agrees to "two conditions" Friedman has proposed."I worry about Joe Biden debating Donald Trump. He should do it only under two conditions. Otherwise, he’s giving Trump unfair advantages," Friedman began his…

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens blasted his own paper’s decision to disavow Senator Tom Cotton’s recent op-ed about the George Floyd unrest as “an invitation to intellectual cowardice.”James Bennet, the editorial page editor of the liberal newspaper, resigned Sunday amid reports of anger and outrage inside the Times over the publication of Cotton’s piece. The senator had called for troops to be sent…