Joe Biden has a critical task ahead of him: containing COVID-19. While the U.S. makes up approximately 4% of the world’s population, it has had approximately 20% of all COVID-19 cases. As of Thursday, the U.S. had reported 10.4 million COVID-19 infections and 241,800 deaths, just ahead of India (8.7 million cases to date). To […]
BERLIN, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 11: People sit in a restaurant closed except for takeout food under a four-week semi-lockdown during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic on November 11, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images European stocks weakened Thursday, as worries over the impact of rise in coronavirus cases on economic growth took […]
President Donald Trump used executive orders to put up roadblocks for unions representing federal employees, and now President-elect Joe Biden seems poised to reverse those moves. In May 2018, President Donald Trump signed executive orders mandating stricter deadlines and procedures when federal workers collectively negotiated new contracts, curbing on-the-clock time for union duties as well […]
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A woman tried in vain to save her housemate who was killed by her boyfriend in their home Sunday morning in the Central Florida city of Bartow, deputies said. According to a police report from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Heather Rivenbark ran into Nicholette Higgins’ room, telling her she was afraid of her boyfriend, […]
Evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress has become one of the few high-profile supporters of President Trump to publicly acknowledge that the election was won by Joe Biden — and to urge his followers to pray for (rather than against) him. “When Joe Biden becomes president, we should commend him for the things he does right. We […]
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the media after receiving a briefing from the transition COVID-19 advisory board on November 09, 2020 at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Biden spoke about how his administration would respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Biden will inherit a struggling economy when he takes […]
A Porsche Taycan sportscar on the production line in Germany. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Elections have consequences, as they say — especially for investors. Here’s a roundup of the key changes for investors following the presidential election, under the assumptionthat the Senate remains split after Georgia’s runoff elections. 1. We may see improved COVID-19 policies Now […]
Nine U.S. Supreme Court justices have the fate of health insurance coverage for approximately 20 million Americans in their hands. Tuesday morning marked oral arguments in a Supreme Court case challenging the Affordable Care Act. The Trump administration and 18 Republican-leaning states argue the whole law must go. After federal lawmakers in 2017 zeroed out […]
Joe Biden has a critical task ahead of him: containing COVID-19. Analysts say there were two issues on the ballot: the economy and coronavirus. The two, of course, are now inevitably, critically intertwined. Biden has reportedly already started working on the transition of power with his team, including coordinating his strategy for COVID-19. Biden’s transition […]