Joe Biden said Thursday that Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic shows that the president “hasn’t done what’s rational to do.” Appearing via video chat on a home version of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the former vice president, who’s the Democratic front-runner to oppose Trump in November, ripped the president for his slow response to COVID-19. […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Many shops and services are shut, affecting millions of sole traders The 10-week wait for rescue grants for the self-employed whose work has dried up amid the coronavirus crisis has been defended by the government. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined plans for the self-employed to receive a taxable grant
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Major league owners and players seem to be in rare agreement By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist March 27, 2020, 1:08 AM 5 min read Major league owners and players seem to be in rare agreement. They want to play as many games as possible, as soon as possible. Ordinarily that would be something to
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“This is not permanently raising government spending,” said Louise Sheiner, a senior fellow at the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. “It’s a one-time thing. A big one-time thing, but it raises the level of debt and doesn’t do anything to the trajectory of debt after that, which makes it
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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, health officials have assured us that more tests are on the way. But week after week, it’s become abundantly clear that we still don’t have the number we need to properly assess the spread of the virus. A few weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration acknowledged the
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Image copyright Atlantic Records Image caption The singer’s second album is the follow-up to her self-titled, Brit Award-winning debut The future starts now for self-isolating Dua Lipa fans, after the star put out her new album a week early. Future Nostalgia, which features writing contributions from Tove Lo and Madonna’s producer Stuart Price, was brought
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Canceling March Madness because of the coronavirus pandemic will cost the NCAA about $375 million that it would have distributed to 350 schools across the nation. Some will be able to absorb the losses better than others. The NCAA announced Thursday it will distribute $225 million to its Division I member schools in June, nearly
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Welcome to Poll Watch, our weekly look at polling data and survey research on the candidates, voters and issues that will shape the 2020 election. With the United States now leading the world in confirmed coronavirus cases, Americans finally agree across party lines that the threat can’t be ignored. More than nine in 10 voters
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WASHINGTON — In the coronavirus crisis, even doctors can face a cash crunch. Dr. Benjamin Ticho, an ophthalmologist in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, has seen his revenue plunge 80% as patients stay home and he cancels non-emergency surgeries. He’s cut his staff’s hours sharply and is negotiating with his creditors. “We’ve reached out to many of
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ROME — Doctors and nurses in Italy‘s overwhelmed northern hospitals have welcomed a slight stabilizing in the number of coronavirus infections but fear the virus is still silently spreading in the south two weeks into the West’s most extreme nationwide shutdown. As the dead in Italy keep piling up, virologists warn that the actual number
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