Tag: COVID-19

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures near a heart shape sign and the slogan "Race against time, Fight the Virus" during an inspection of the center for disease control and prevention of Chaoyang District in Beijing. As the rest of the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, China's ruling Communist Party has turned to its propaganda playbook to portray its leader as firmly in charge, leading an army of health workers in a "people's war" against the disease.

China joins coalition to distribute coronavirus vaccines worldwide

Mica Soellner · October 9, 2020 3:54 pm

Fed report shows a promising turnaround for low-wage workers, but that was before the pandemic

Karl Polzer · October 9, 2020 3:49 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Home affordability has worsened during the pandemic

Jay Heflin · October 9, 2020 3:44 pm

President Donald Trump walks out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to return to the White House after receiving treatments for covid-19, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Bethesda, Md.

CNN medical correspondent aghast at Trump throat-clearing: ‘They’ve got to keep a close eye on him’

Mike Brest · October 9, 2020 3:32 pm

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam prepares to address a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Northam made a statement and answered questions about the late term abortion bill that was killed in committee.

Northam directs $220M in federal money to public schools for COVID-19 preparedness

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2020 3:00 pm

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Washington.

Kayleigh McEnany: Trump will be ‘cleared’ to resume public activity Saturday

Tyler Van Dyke · October 9, 2020 2:36 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Catholic and Jewish leaders sue New York over 10-person limit on services and mask mandate

Nicholas Rowan · October 9, 2020 2:27 pm

"SNL" creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels, above with the cast of the show, accepts the award for outstanding variety sketch series for "Saturday Night Live" at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards. It's unclear whether the cast will address the Weinstein controversy tonight. The show did not last week.

Jack White replacing Morgan Wallen on SNL after he broke COVID-19 protocols

Mica Soellner · October 9, 2020 2:04 pm

New Jersey lawmakers advance bills designed to help seniors

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2020 2:00 pm

The end of President Trump's term was marred by an oil price crash caused by the coronavirus pandemic that briefly had crude trading below zero.

Energy and Environment

Trump’s first-term gains for oil industry could be undone by Biden

Josh Siegel · October 9, 2020 10:30 am

China’s reputation takes a well-deserved global hit

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2020 4:00 am

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Casino closures hurting public health systems in tribal nations

Cassidy Morrison · October 9, 2020 3:00 am