Governments intensify response as number of U.S. cases surpasses 500
Uncertainty continued to permeate the U.S. response effort amid muddled directives from the Trump administration and reports that some patients were unable to access testing.
Trump shakes hands with Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, at the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting. (Reuters)
Coronavirus case at CPAC threatens to upend Trump’s routine
The potential close call raises the question whether the global outbreak will have a more direct impact on the president’s daily life and reelection campaign.
With global economy in balance, the White House and Fed are at odds over how to help
President Trump and his top advisers want the central bank to do more, but many economists and Fed leaders say the president and Congress must take the lead on a stimulus package.
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Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to run for Senate
Bullock’s entry into the race would increase Democrats’ chances of picking up the four GOP seats they would need in order to reclaim control.
Attendees began to flee the area as the blasts were heard, Ghani was forced to cut his speech short, but escaped unhurt, according to his spokesman Sediq Sediqqi.
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Sara Fearrington has spent the past decade trying to navigate the widening gap between a federal minimum wage of $2.13 for tipped workers that hadn’t gone up in 29 years and a cost of living that has more than doubled. That has turned her into a minimum-wage activist.
Max von Sydow
1929–2020 He starred in “The Seventh Seal” as a knight who plays chess with Death, and “The Exorcist” as a Jesuit priest battling for the soul of a possessed girl. He was also in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and the cable series “Game of Thrones.”
On Sunday, women began a two-day protest and strike in what organizers hope will be a turning point for women’s rights in a country disfigured by violence and machismo.
The show thrives on heavy-handed meddling. Did Peter Weber's season go too far?
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The real Elizabeth Warren met Kate McKinnon’s Warren in SNL’s cold open
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Zach McDowell once relished the Twitter battle over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), but now he worries his behavior is hurting the candidate.
