MAY 14, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday walked back comments made earlier this week, where he said the Obama administration didn't leave behind a "game plan" for a pandemic.
Mitch McConnell - Greg Nash
McConnell, asked about his comments during a Fox News interview, said that "I was wrong."
"They did leave behind a plan. I clearly made a...
MAY 14, 2020
According to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the 'One Nation One Ration Card' system will enable migrant workers and their family members to access PDS benefits from any Fair Price Shop in the country.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the press in New Delhi on Thursday. (Express Photo: Anil Sharma)
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced the national...
MAY 14, 2020
President Trump on Thursday urged Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) to call former president Barack Obama to testify about what Trump alleges without evidence was a conspiracy involving his predecessor — a prospect Graham promptly rejected.
President Trump delivers remarks during a news briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House earlier this week. -...
MAY 13, 2020
Image: Michael Steele. - Ronen Tivony
Michael Steele, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, blasted Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for saying that former President Barack Obama "should have kept his mouth shut" and not criticized President Donald Trump.
"I'm sure Mitch is aware that a grown a** black man who happens to be a former president has...
MAY 13, 2020
As companies look to cut costs amid the coronavirus pandemic, many of them have or will soon stop matching their employees' 401(k) contributions.
That can make it harder for you to stay on track with your savings.
During the financial crisis of 2008-09, nearly 1 in 5 employers that offered a 401(k) plan match pulled back their contributions. Some experts...
MAY 13, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: (L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci arrive for a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on the...
MAY 13, 2020
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Fed Chair Powell
Powell said that around 40% of Americans earning less than $40,000 a year lost a job in March, citing a Fed study set to be published on Thursday.
"This reversal of economic fortune has caused a level of pain that is hard to capture in words, as lives are upended...
MAY 13, 2020
Scientist Linqi Zhang shows a tube with a solution containing COVID-19 antibodies in his lab where he works on research into novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antibodies for possible use in a drug at Tsinghua University in Beijing Reuters
Abbott Laboratories is rolling out a new test that can tell whether people have had the novel...
MAY 12, 2020
Cleaning your car's headlights
So you want to clean your car's headlights? Well, you've come to the right place. Your headlight lenses may have gone yellowy over time, become fogged or filthy, or might have found new purpose as a terrarium for indigenous worms and insects. The Drive's crack How-To department is here to help get those...
MAY 12, 2020
Scrapping the money-spinning Indian Premier League this year because of the coronavirus pandemic would cost more than half a billion dollars, but cutting players' pay was not yet being considered, a top official has said.
The world's richest Twenty20 tournament is staring at a first wipeout in its 12-year history after the original March 29 start date was...
