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Oracle to Partner With TikTok in the U.S. After Microsoft Deal Is Rejected The partnership comes two days before Trump’s deadline for a deal to remove control of the video-sharing app from its Chinese-owned parent company.
By Matt Stieb
misinformation
Sept. 13, 2020
HHS Officials Altered CDC COVID-19 Reports to Help Trump Trump-appointed officials have been interfering to protect the president’s deliberately misleading COVID-19 spin.
By Chas Danner
climate change
Sept. 9, 2020
Federal Report Warns of Financial Disaster of Climate Change A report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission confirms that business-as-usual emissions are extremely bad for business.
By Matt Stieb
What We Know About Louis DeJoy’s Campaign Finance Scandal The postmaster general allegedly operated an illegal “straw-donor” scheme at his former company.
By Chas Danner
2020 census
Sept. 3, 2020
Leaked Census Document Warns of ‘Serious Errors’ Due to Shortened Timeline The Trump administration’s most effective attempt to undermine the census is also its simplest.
By Matt Stieb
Trump Wants to Cut Federal Funding to ‘Anarchist Jurisdictions’ Including NYC The president’s threat to defund Democratic cities if they defund the police is extremely unlikely to hold up in the courts.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus
Sept. 2, 2020
CDC Advises States to Prepare to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine As Soon As November The agency advised states to consider the immense challenge of distribution, as some public-health experts worry that Trump is rushing the process.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus news
Sept. 1, 2020
Here’s the Latest Good (and Bad) News About COVID-19 America’s epidemic is slowing — but a globe-spanning, coronavirus-induced hunger crisis is just beginning.
By Eric Levitz
white house
Aug. 30, 2020
Trump Reportedly Offered John Kelly FBI Director Job If He Pledged Loyalty A new book details how Trump tried to get John Kelly to swear personal allegiance to him, and how the DOJ limited the scope of the Mueller inquiry.
By Matt Stieb
trump administration
Aug. 24, 2020
Kellyanne Conway Announces White House Departure at the End of August The embattled counselor and her husband, Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway, both said they were stepping back to focus on their family.
By Matt Stieb
international affairs
Aug. 16, 2020
Why the Israel-UAE Deal Is More About Iran Than Peace The historic agreement shows that for Arab states, the cold war against Iran now trumps the Palestinian cause.
By Jonah Shepp
foreign interests
Aug. 13, 2020
UAE Strikes Peace Deal With Israel, Sells Out Palestinians In exchange for a promise that Israel won’t immediately illegally annex the Jordan Valley, Abu Dhabi normalized relations with the Jewish state.
By Eric Levitz
Trump Administration Sends More Federal Officers to Portland The 100-plus federal agents at the courthouse have made the unrest worse. As many as 150 more are reportedly on their way.
By Chas Danner
barking up the wrong tree
July 24, 2020
Despite What the White House Says, Paw Patrol Has Not Been Canceled White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany made the claim while lamenting “cancel culture, specifically as it pertains to cops.”
By Halle Kiefer
the pandemic president
July 21, 2020
Trump Attempts Sober Pose in Resurrected COVID-19 Briefing The president read a prepared statement word-for-word, recommended masks without downplaying them, and acknowledged the pandemic would get worse.
By Chas Danner
2020 census
July 21, 2020
Trump Tries Last-Ditch Order to Keep Undocumented Immigrants Off Census Trump’s plan to subtract undocumented immigrants from the total Census population probably won’t work, as it appears to violate the 14th Amendment.
By Matt Stieb
trump administration
July 20, 2020
DHS Agents Seen in Portland Are Deploying to Chicago — and Perhaps Further Trump will reportedly send 150 Homeland Security officers to Chicago this week. He also threatened to send federal agents to Detroit and Baltimore.
By Matt Stieb
Trump’s Military Tactics in Portland Will Likely Backfire Just because law enforcement officers can take certain action doesn’t mean they should.
By Barbara McQuade
coronavirus
July 16, 2020
The White House Is Still Blocking the Public From COVID-19 Hospitalization Data The Trump administration said it would repost COVID-19 hospitalization data after a CDC site went dark, but wouldn’t provide new info moving forward.
By Matt Stieb
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Hit Record High in 2019 And initial data suggests that there were 42 percent more overdoses in May 2020 than there were the previous May.
By Eric Levitz
Trump Administration Cancels ICE Plan to Block International Student Visas The rare reversal comes after Harvard and MIT sued ICE for requiring foreign students to leave the U.S. if they are taking online-only courses.
By Matt Stieb
soullessness
July 8, 2020
Area Republican Fully Devoid of Empathy Pence spokesperson Katie Miller reportedly said she was sent to child detention centers at the border to learn compassion, but “it didn’t work.”
By Claire Lampen
United States, World Leader in COVID-19 Deaths, to Leave WHO The Trump administration has officially notified the U.N. that the United States will leave the World Health Organization in 2021.
By Chas Danner
foreign interests
July 2, 2020
Please Don’t Prolong a Pointless War Just to Show Russia Who’s Boss A bipartisan group in the House just made it harder for Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. That’s a mistake.
By Eric Levitz
Trump, Intent on Self-Destruction, Asks Supreme Court to Kill Obamacare When you’re struggling in the polls amid a pandemic, renewing your fight to strip health coverage from millions of Americans isn’t a great move.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus
June 24, 2020
U.S. Records Highest Single Day Total of Coronavirus Cases With Over 38,000 The 38,000 new cases reported in the United States on Wednesday beat the previous single-day record from April 25.
By Matt Stieb
rule of law
June 20, 2020
Trump Fires U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman After He Refuses to Resign Berman, who has overseen many investigations of close Trump associates, had refused to step down in a dramatic standoff with Attorney General Barr.
By Chas Danner
trump campaign
June 18, 2020
Facebook Removes Trump Ads With Nazi Symbol Used to Identify Political Prisoners The ad condemning “dangerous” leftist groups featured an inverted red triangle used by Nazis to identify political prisoners in concentration camps.
By Matt Stieb
3 GOP Insiders on the Protests and Trump’s Perilous Moment “I think the president has handled it as well as any president ever could.”
By Ben Jacobs
Fired Inspector General Was Also Investigating Pompeo’s Saudi Arms Sale Pompeo claims he did not know inspector general Steve Linick was investigating him. Trump says he only needed to hear that Obama appointed him.
By Chas Danner
stimulus legislation
May 14, 2020
Trump to Pelosi: I’ll Help GOP Governors If You Cut Taxes on Rich The president is open to providing a little more aid to states (something many Republicans want) in exchange for capital gains tax cuts.
By Eric Levitz
trump administration
May 8, 2020
Pence Spokesperson Katie Miller Tests Positive for the Coronavirus Miller is married to top Trump adviser Stephen Miller. It is not yet clear how many White House aides and officials may have been exposed.
By Chas Danner
The White House Reportedly Buried a CDC Reopening Guide The guide offered specific advice to help restaurateurs reopen their restaurants as safely as possible.
By Chris Crowley
trump administration
May 5, 2020
Whistle-blower: White House Ignored Advice to Stockpile N95 Masks The vaccine expert also alleges that he was demoted for resisting Trump’s push to mass prescribe a dangerous anti-malaria drug as a COVID-19 cure.
By Eric Levitz
coronavirus
Apr. 28, 2020
In the Midst of a Pandemic, Trump Again Cuts Funding That May Prevent Pandemics The White House has rescinded $3.7 million for a study on bat-to-human coronavirus transmission — despite evidence that is how COVID-19 first spread.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus
Apr. 27, 2020
Trump Informed of Coronavirus Threat in Briefings He Often Doesn’t Read: Report Intelligence officials warned Trump of the threat in January, which may have informed him early on if he had read the briefings he’s known to ignore.
By Matt Stieb
Steve Mnuchin, American Winner The Treasury Secretary embodies the plutocratic principle that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
By Eric Levitz
coronavirus
Apr. 26, 2020
Trump to Sideline Fauci and Birx in Coming Weeks: Report The benching of the top public-health experts is an indicator of Trump’s reported pivot to an economic message in his press briefings.
By Matt Stieb
trump administration
Apr. 26, 2020
HHS Secretary Alex Azar May Be Fired, But Not for Mismanaging the Coronavirus On Sunday night, President Trump denied the reports and insisted Azar “is doing an excellent job.”
By Chas Danner
coronavirus
Apr. 23, 2020
Top Coronavirus Aide’s Last Job Was Breeding Dogs: Report Brian Harrison, chief of staff to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, doesn’t have much of a history in public health.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus
Apr. 21, 2020
Trump Organization Asks Trump Administration for Leniency on D.C. Hotel Lease Trump’s business has asked the administration to suspend rent payments for the Trump International Hotel in D.C., creating obvious ethical concerns.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus
Apr. 19, 2020
Trump Wants to Open the Country, But Republicans Don’t Want to Pay for Testing Republican lawmakers want to avoid federal funding for coronavirus tests, despite the necessity for such a project to safely reopen the economy.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus
Apr. 19, 2020
There Is A White House Blockade Stopping States From Getting Coronavirus PPE The NEJM has published a horrifying account of a health-care executive trying to evade what appear to be mafia tactics by the federal government.
By David Wallace-Wells
coronavirus
Apr. 16, 2020
Trump’s Coronavirus Economic Council Was a Disaster Before It Began The White House reportedly failed to tell business leaders they would be part of Trump’s effort to revive the economy. It got worse from there.
By Matt Stieb
coronavirus
Apr. 15, 2020
Trump Cuts Funding to the World Health Organization During a Global Pandemic Democratic aides are reportedly attempting to prove that the withdrawal of the Congressionally-approved aid is illegal.
By Matt Stieb
The Postal Service Deserves a Permanent Bailout America can afford to cover the losses of an overwhelmingly popular agency that provides a valuable service and good middle-class jobs.
By Eric Levitz
Where the Risk of Coronavirus Comes With Unparalleled Access These days, the White House is almost certainly the weirdest beat in American journalism.
By Ben Jacobs
Trump Administration Still Isn’t Prioritizing Coronavirus Testing Federal funding for coronavirus testing sites ends on Friday, even though Trump is aware expanded testing is a prerequisite for reopening the economy.
By Matt Stieb
Trump Fires Watchdog Overseeing $2 Trillion in Coronavirus Stimulus Funds The president removed the head of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee as part of a larger purge of inspectors general.
By Matt Stieb
trump administration
Apr. 7, 2020
Acting Navy Secretary Resigns After Calling Captain With Coronavirus ‘Stupid’ Thomas Modly resigned after audio leaked of him insulting a Navy captain, who was removed after requesting aid for coronavirus patients on his ship.
By Matt Stieb
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