NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Outdoor diners in New York City. - Michael loccisano
If you were to find yourself in a group of ten people in the US capital Washington today, the risk that one person has Covid-19 would be 18 percent. The equivalent figure in Paris is 32 percent.
That's according to a dashboard developed by a team of US scientists that...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
The Trump campaign promised evidence of misconduct in Detroit, but the affidavits filed turned out to be largely a grab bag of complaints by Republican poll watchers. - Brittany Greeson/NY Times
Almost from the moment the election ended, President Trump and his allies have relentlessly attacked the integrity of both the voting and vote counting, a narrative they...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. - MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump is refusing to concede the 2020 election to President-elect Joe Biden, but once Trump moves to the acceptance stage of his defeat, the urgent...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
A view of the White House as President Trump continues to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
When the dust settles, President-elect Joe Biden’s margin of victory in the 2020 election will exceed Ronald Reagan’s defeat of Jimmy Carter in 1980 and may surpass Barack Obama’s margin in 2012....
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden spoke Thursday morning with Pope Francis, adding to the list of world leaders who have acknowledged the incoming administration.
The call between Biden and the pope comes as the Trump campaign questions the integrity of the presidential election with a series of legal actions across battleground states.
Biden will become the second Roman...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President Trump turns away in the rain after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. Media covering him this week are struggling with how to warn about worst-case outcomes without giving unwarranted credence to pathetic, last-gasp flailings. - Carlos Barria/Reuters
President Trump lost. The nation knows it. The world...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President Trump departs after a coronavirus briefing at the White House on April 17, 2020. - Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Every American wishes the coronavirus that emerged last year would simply go away, but no one wishes that more fervently and futilely than President Trump.
The last year of his term in office has been defined by the spread of...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
With the number of coronavirus cases rising in nearly every state, officials have a blunt message about Thanksgiving: Don't hold large gatherings this year.
From coast to coast, governors and other officials are imposing restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving and pleading with residents to be cautious of the risk of transmitting Covid-19 in their homes or during their travels.
In...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denounced President Donald Trump and Republicans on Thursday for sowing doubt in and refusing to accept the the presidential election results.
“The election is not in doubt," Schumer said at joint news conference with Pelosi on Capitol Hill. "This is nothing...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
HOUSTON, TX - NOVEMBER 10: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Medical staff members treat a patient suffering from coronavirus in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC) on November 10, 2020 in Houston, Texas. According to reports, COVID-19 infections are on the rise in Houston, as the state of Texas has reached over...
