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Douglas Wigdor says he continues to believe allegation Reade says then senator Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 Tara Reade pictured in April 2019. Douglas Wigdor said his decision was made on Wednesday. Photograph: Donald Thompson/AP The lawyer representing Tara Reade, who has accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, said on Friday he was dropping […] More
The end of one country, two systems is now clearly in sight. Though Beijing promised to respect Hong Kong’s freedoms and autonomy for a full half-century, it has chipped and then hacked away at them since the handover in 1997. Almost a year ago, the people of Hong Kong startled themselves and the world with […] More
Economists like to think of the wreckage caused by stock market downturns, widespread bankruptcies and corporate downsizing as “creative destruction.” As it destroys the old and the dysfunctional, the capitalist system continually spurs innovation, much as a forest fire prepares the ground for new growth. Or so the representatives of the dismal science argue. Donald […] More
President says he did not want to ‘give press the pleasure’ of seeing him in face mask Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Play Video 1:22 Trump says he wore mask at Michigan plant, but was avoiding cameras – video Pictures of Donald Trump wearing a face mask while on a visit in […] More
When assessing the geopolitical damage done by US President Donald Trump’s during his initial term in office, Palestine and the fate of the Palestinian people must be given a prominent place. In recent decades, US governments have not only declared their uncompromising fealty to Israel but, to a large degree, they have also tolerated Israel’s […] More
The US Senate has confirmed John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence, installing a Trump loyalist as head of the nation’s intelligence agencies. The Texas Republican seemed unlikely to get the position when he was nominated in February, as he had already been nominated for the job last year and then withdrew after Republicans questioned […] More
Columbia models imply US was too slow to react to coronavirus Early action ‘incredibly critical in reducing number of deaths’ Medical workers at Lenox Hill hospital hold a candlelit vigil to remember the victims of the coronavirus. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/Rex/Shutterstock Had the US begun social distancing just one week earlier, the country would have prevented […] More
Classic textbooks teach us that economic shocks typically hit either the demand or the supply sides of the economy. They usually stem from domestic developments, but sometimes they emerge from abroad. COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has defied this logic and has done so in new ways. For example, one of its distinctive features — one that has been particularly excruciating for policymakers — has been […] More
