The West Wing was mostly empty, cleared of aides who were sick or told to work from home, and staff in the White House residence were in full personal protective equipment. President Trump said he was calling off the talks just hours after Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, argued that it was better to overdo the pandemic policy response to avert “tragic” fallout. Mr. Trump’s physician has given an incomplete, upbeat picture of his health. Medical experts warn that the president is entering a pivotal, unpredictable phase. The president had immediate access to first-class treatment as well as doctors who have honed their understanding of the disease over several months of the pandemic. The guidelines make it highly unlikely that a coronavirus vaccine will be given emergency authorization by Election Day. Dr. Rick Bright, who said he was demoted at the health department for blowing the whistle on a politicized coronavirus response, remains concerned about White House interference. They echo misinformation that the president has spread for much of the year, as he has sought to minimize the threat of the virus. With no bailout forthcoming from the government, financially strapped British universities beckoned students back to campus, with predictably dire results. The plan was intended to curb the outbreak in areas, many with large populations of Orthodox Jews, that have had sharp increases in cases. Top department officials were “a driving force” behind President Trump’s child separation policy, a draft investigation report said. In a report led by Democrats, lawmakers said Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook needed to be checked and recommended they be restructured and that antitrust laws be reformed. Lawmakers said they found multiple problems with each of the four giant tech companies. “We have too bright a future to have it shipwrecked on the shoals of anger and hate and division,” Joe Biden said in a speech near the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania. His outpouring of riffs, runs and solos was hyperactive and athletic, making deeper or darker emotions feel irrelevant. The band he led was one of the most popular of all time. His guitar solos stunned and inspired, but the musician, who died of cancer, was also a gifted songwriter, producer and keyboard player. We chart the trials of a tavern in Oakland, Calif., that was thriving until the pandemic brought economic and emotional turmoil. The former vice president is the leader our nation needs now. He will be a leader for all Americans. Have his supporters seen the light? A leader obsessed with acting tough makes a manly spectacle of his departure from the hospital. Her actions have become legend in a small Czech town. There’s no reason they can’t be virtual. Each one is in a battleground state. Votes from people there will matter a lot — and offer Joe Biden several paths to victory. Democracy would be better off for it. The disparate racial impact of progressivism’s pandemic-era policy blunders. The way medical professionals are paid keeps structural racism alive. It’s unethical and it must change. It all began with an endless gray tunnel. And ended with a vision of how to rebuild our lives. They may look high-tech, but so far there’s no evidence these devices are more effective than face masks. Michael Specter’s audiobook biography shapes the story of Anthony Fauci into a stirring, and very American, morality play. Jo Song-gil was the North’s acting ambassador to Rome when he vanished, raising the possibility that he had become the highest-ranking official to defect to the South since 1997. The man was shoved to the ground and hit his head after confronting another patron at a bar in upstate New York, the police said. The case is one of the first of its kind in the state. Mesut Ozil, one of soccer’s highest-paid stars, has offered to save the club’s beloved dinosaur mascot, who has been delighting supporters and players for 27 years. An annual assessment that a whistle-blower said was withheld for months did not hold back on the threat from violent extremists and tagged Russia as the primary source of disinformation. Inmates at an Oklahoma jail were handcuffed to a wall and forced to stand and listen to the ubiquitous children’s tune on repeat. The American diplomat’s willingness to meet with allies in Asia, despite the crisis embroiling the White House, speaks to fears of China’s rise. The storm, the ninth named hurricane of the Atlantic season, is expected to be “extremely dangerous” by the time it makes landfall along the northern Gulf Coast at the end of the week. With fears of a “twindemic” in the United States this fall, here’s a guide to understanding what’s making you feel terrible. “Zoom Where It Happens” has been showcasing script reads of throwback sitcoms, with all-Black casts, for a civic cause. Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. In “The Lenin Plot” Barnes Carr tells the mostly unknown story of America’s intervention in the earliest days of the Soviet Union. Beneath the mantle of acute apprehension burns a molten core of profound, long-term worry. In the school reopening effort, nurses have a crucial role: being the first to spot and stop the spread of a contagious disease. Mr. Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016, spoke to The Times about what lies ahead for Senator Kamala Harris at Wednesday’s V.P. debate. The actress is selling the East Hampton beachfront cottage that she bought in 1998, the same year she first appeared on “Sex and the City.” More Recent Articles |
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