MAY 9, 2020
The pandemic has given front-line physicians like Dr. Maxine Dexter a rare view of the life-or-death stakes of government decision-making. - Amanda Lucier / NY Times
Maxine Dexter, an intensive care physician, remembers exactly where she was sitting the Thursday morning her political ambitions were born. She was looking out her bedroom window toward northwest Portland — the...
MAY 8, 2020
A Secret Service agent stands guard as President Trump and retired Army Gen. Jack Keane arrive at the White House. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Multiple members of the U.S. Secret Service have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to Department of Homeland Security documents reviewed by Yahoo News.
In March, the...
MAY 8, 2020
FILE - In this April 22, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump passes Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA — The decision to shelve detailed advice...
MAY 8, 2020
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping walk down the stairs as they arrive for the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
The United States on Friday accused China and Russia of stepping up cooperation to spread false narratives over the coronavirus pandemic, saying Beijing was increasingly adopting techniques honed by Moscow.
"Even...
MAY 8, 2020
The case against Michael T. Flynn had become a political cause for President Trump and his supporters. - Tom Brenner /NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department’s decision to drop the criminal case against Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, even though he had twice pleaded guilty to lying to investigators, was extraordinary...
MAY 8, 2020
The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent in April, the highest level since the Great Depression, as most businesses shut down or severely curtailed operations to fight the deadly coronavirus.
Over 20 million people lost their jobs in April, the Labor Department said Friday, wiping out a decade of job gains in a single month. The staggering...
MAY 7, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill on April 10, 2018. Andrew Harnik/AP
Facebook named the first 20 members of a new oversight board Wednesday. The oversight board has been called a "Supreme Court" for users of the giant social network and its Instagram app to appeal content moderation decisions made by Facebook.
Who’s on the oversight board?
Denmark’s first...
MAY 7, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As President Trump rushes to reopen the economy, a battle has erupted between the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the agency’s detailed guidelines to help schools, restaurants, churches and other establishments safely reopen.
A copy of the C.D.C. guidance obtained by The New York Times includes sections for child...
MAY 7, 2020
Twitter users are wondering if Team Trump has actually seen “Star Wars.”
Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale - Getty Images
If a planet-destroying death machine doesn’t inspire confidence in the American people, what will, right?
On Thursday, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale caused a great disturbance in the Force by tweeting about the president’s “juggernaut” of a reelection bid, calling...
MAY 7, 2020
Couples wearing face masks amid concerns over the COVID-19 novel coronavirus walks through a market in Seoul on April 22, 2020.
The tulips were blooming in Seoul and Dr. Jerome Kim was strolling in his government-issued KF-94 mask with his wife when he got a text message alerting him to a confirmed coronavirus infection in his neighborhood.
It was...
