JULY 21, 2020
Photograph: Donald Trump defends his performance in a cognitive ability test during an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace.
Like any smart, down-to-earth person, Donald Trump has been bragging about “acing” a simple cognitive test he took recently. He’s been doing it for a while now, but it wasn’t until his interview with Fox News’s Chris Wallace on...
JULY 21, 2020
President Donald Trump's announcement on Monday that he will resume regular coronavirus briefings at the White House was apparently news to America’s top infectious disease expert.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared to be caught off guard by the briefings' return during an interview with Maria Shriver on Instagram...
JULY 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of him in which he called the infectious disease expert an “alarmist.”
“I consider myself a realist, as opposed to an alarmist,” Fauci said in an interview on Instagram Live with Maria Schriver.
Asked if Trump’s characterization of him was unfair, Fauci said, “I believe...
JULY 21, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a teleconference meeting with officials and public representatives of Russia's Dagestan Republic amid the coronavirus pandemic at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on May 18, 2020. - (Photo by ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
The UK took its "eye off the ball" in relation to Russia's attempts to meddle in British...
JULY 20, 2020
Voting experts and political strategists from across the political spectrum are increasingly alarmed about the potential for a disputed presidential election in November, one in which one candidate openly questions the legitimacy of the results or even refuses to concede.
These experts are keenly aware of President Donald Trump's well-documented history of lying about voter fraud and claiming...
JULY 20, 2020
Robyn Beck A jury in 2018 found that Monsanto's herbicide Roundup substantially contributed to Dewayne "Lee" Johnson's contractng of terminal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Bayer on Monday lost an appeal challenging the outcome of the first case to go to trial in the US over the company's weedkiller Roundup, though the court reduced the punitive damages awarded to the...
JULY 20, 2020
Visitors are greeted by two large whale ribs that form the entrance. Artists Catherine King and Wayne Adams have called Freedom Cove home since 1992. - Great Big Story
As stay-at-home orders due to the ongoing pandemic have forced many of us to learn to love solitude and become reacquainted with our homes, one couple's life has...
JULY 19, 2020
By the Fourth of July, much of the nation had wearied of admonitions to stay home amid the pandemic and instead flooded popular destinations such as the Las Vegas Strip. - John Locher/AP
Isabelle Papadimitriou, 64, a respiratory therapist in Dallas, had been treating a surge of patients as the Texas economy reopened. She developed coronavirus symptoms...
JULY 19, 2020
It’s clear that the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the travel industry. The airline industry hasn’t been spared, either. Airlines have suspended flights, severely disrupting travel to, from and within many of the world’s busiest markets.
To cut costs, Delta Air Lines is giving its pilots an ultimatum: take a pay cut or risk furlough. According to...
JULY 19, 2020
FILE - In this April 21, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers return Monday, July 20, to Washington to try to pull the country back from the looming COVID cliff. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
President Trump sought to draw a hard line...
