AUGUST 31, 2020
Hundreds march at a rally for Jacob Blake Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. - Morry Gash/AP Photo
President Donald Trump declared Monday that he would move ahead with a planned trip to Kenosha, Wis., in defiance of Gov. Tony Evers’ request that he stay away from the state amid raw tensions surrounding protests against racial injustice...
AUGUST 31, 2020
Scott Atlas, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, speaks with President Trump during a coronavirus briefing on Aug 12. - Jabin Botsford/TWP
One of President Trump’s top medical advisers is urging the White House to embrace a controversial “herd immunity” strategy to combat the pandemic, which would entail allowing the coronavirus to spread through most of the population...
AUGUST 30, 2020
Is Trump being outplayed on TikTok? - Photographer: Bloomberg
Imagine a bidder wanting to buy KFC, but being told the deal might not include the Colonel’s 11 secret herbs and spices. That’s effectively what Beijing has told the list of U.S. companies keen to purchase short-video app TikTok: The key ingredients may be out of reach.
At first it looked like the...
AUGUST 30, 2020
President Trump has long called investigations into his 2016 campaign’s ties with Russia a “hoax.” - Anna Moneymaker /NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department secretly took steps in 2017 to narrow the investigation into Russian election interference and any links to the Trump campaign, according to former law enforcement officials, keeping investigators from completing an examination...
AUGUST 30, 2020
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi greets the audience prior a press conference at the Institute for International Relations in Paris, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in France as part of a five-country trip to Europe, his first since the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
PARIS, FRANCE — China’s foreign minister defended...
AUGUST 30, 2020
An artist's rendition of Lystrosaurus in a state of torpor. - Crystal Shin/University of Washington
New evidence suggests the Lystrosaurus species that roamed the Earth with the dinosaurs went into a state of hibernation to survive what is modern day Antarctica.
The Lystrosaurus is a mammal-like animal from the early Triassic period that roamed modern day regions such as...
AUGUST 30, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) will campaign in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Monday to deliver remarks that will serve as his first major campaign address following this month's Democratic National Convention (DNC) and marks a return to the campaign trail after coronavirus shuttered in-person events months ago.
A speech Monday in the Pittsburgh area will...
AUGUST 30, 2020
The Republican National Convention (RNC) was an extravaganza like no other. It was beautifully produced against a backdrop of majestic patriotic symbols. The speeches were emotional, passionate and well-delivered.
It was also a massive violation of the Hatch Act, according to many, featuring speeches that were full of bald-faced lies, concluding with President Trump's acceptance of the Republican...
AUGUST 30, 2020
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn speaks about convalescent plasma at the White House on Aug. 23. - Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg
President Trump’s accusatory tweet barreled in at 7:49 a.m. a week ago Saturday: The “deep state” at the Food and Drug Administration was trying to sandbag his election prospects by slowing progress on coronavirus treatments and vaccines until after Nov....
AUGUST 30, 2020
ROHIT GHAI, President, RSA Security.
The pandemic is accelerating digital as more of our work, play and learning moves online, which in turn, leads to more cyber and digital risk. According to Rohit Ghai, president, RSA Security, the next phase of the pandemic will be a critical period as companies prepare for the "next normal" in...
