March 2020

Bloomberg Greets Public Failure With Public Emotion. He’s Not Used to Either.

There is no billionaire way to end a presidential campaign. The candidate still finds a hotel ballroom, still stands before a preponderance of flags, still gives a little wave to supporters from the microphone — no, thank you — no matter how many salaries he has paid, or field offices he has opened, or delegates […]

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House passes bipartisan $8.3B bill to battle coronavirus

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House passed an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak that’s spreading rapidly and threatening a major shock to the economy and disruptions to everyday life in the U.S. The swift and sweeping bipartisan vote Wednesday was a relative rarity in a polarized Washington and came just nine days after

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China’s Uighurs trapped in factory toiling for tech titans

NANCHANG, China — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple and Lenovo. Throughout the neighborhood, women in headscarves stroll through the streets, and Arabic signs advertise halal supermarkets and noodle shops. Yet

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Court Bans Agents Who Botched Carter Page Surveillance From Seeking Wiretaps

WASHINGTON — A secretive federal court on Wednesday effectively barred F.B.I. officials involved in the wiretapping of a former Trump campaign adviser from appearing before it in other cases at least temporarily, the latest fallout from an internal inquiry into the bureau’s surveillance of the aide. A 19-page opinion and order by James E. Boasberg,

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China’s Uighurs trapped in factory toiling for tech titans

NANCHANG, China — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple and Lenovo. Throughout the neighborhood, women in headscarves stroll through the streets, and Arabic signs advertise halal supermarkets and noodle shops. Yet

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U.S. virus death toll hits 11; feds investigate nursing home

SEATTLE — Federal authorities announced an investigation of the Seattle-area nursing home at the center of an outbreak of the new coronavirus as the U.S. death toll climbed to 11, including the first fatality outside Washington state. Officials in California’s Placer County, near Sacramento, said Wednesday an elderly person who tested positive after returning from

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Dwyane Wade Is A Doting Dad As He Beams Over Daughter Zaya’s School Concert

Dwyane Wade was in doting dad mode as he took in his 12-year-old daughter’s school concert this week.  The NBA veteran captured segments of the show in a short video posted to Instagram last Sunday, showing Zaya, who is transgender, and her classmates onstage as he and his wife, Gabrielle Union, danced and clapped along in their seats. 

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