Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday she does not like being asked about sexual assault allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden. Asked on CNN about why she believes the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee but did not believe Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he defended himself against sexual misconduct allegations, the Michigan Democrat said not every…
A pair of governors on Sunday reported an uptick in calls to poison control and an emergency hotline after President Trump had floated injecting disinfectant as a possible coronavirus treatment last week. “All I know is this: when the person with most powerful position on the planet is encouraging people to think about disinfectants, whether…
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday said her state has the capacity to double or triple the number of coronavirus tests it performs but it needs federal help in acquiring supplies that support the task. “The reagents and the swabs are absolutely essential. You can’t process all of these tests if you can’t take the…
On Friday afternoon, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) sat at a table draped in black.With a sign language interpreter behind her, she delivered a sober update on the coronavirus outbreak in her state, urging residents to stay off the roads and away from gas pumps.Then she sounded a note of optimism. “This is a moment…
April 18, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETShe is a first-term governor and rising star in the Democratic Party, a frequent critic of the Trump administration for its handling of the coronavirus health crisis and a prominent foil of the president’s in the heated debate over when to reopen the nation for business.Now the governor, Gretchen Whitmer…
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…