important 1. Story of the Week: Viral Learning Curve This week researchers said face masks do protect people against infection by the coronavirus. But in the U.S., the masks are being treated as an...

important 1. Trump’s Election Delay Tweet Crosses GOP Line Even Stephen Calabresi called it “fascistic.” After President Donald Trump suggested delaying the Nov. 3 election, the conservative...

important 1. Oregon: Feds to Begin Leaving Portland Today Mission accomplished. President Donald Trump is declaring victory, while Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says federal paramilitary agents — the...

important 1. Democrats Grill Barr Over Protests, Russia Probe “Shame on you, Mr. Barr.” Those words from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler summed up the tone of Attorney General...

important 1. White House Sends More Feds to Portland The Trump administration plans to send in at least 100 extra federal agents to Portland, which would nearly double the force already there. The...

important 1. Trump Cancels Convention, Citing Pandemic Last month President Donald Trump balked at North Carolina’s coronavirus restrictions and moved the Republican National Convention to Florida,...

Move to circumvent CDC raises urgent questions about transparency and data accuracy Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined U.S. Senator Patty...

important 1 US MASKS UP DESPITE LACK OF NATIONAL MANDATE While mask-wearing has becoming a political football during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s beginning to shift in important ways: The state of...

important 1 WHITE HOUSE CUTS CDC OUT OF VIRUS DATA LOOP In what the White House says is a bid to streamline information, all COVID-19 data from hospitals will now go to a Department of Health and...