Two very different presidents expressed two very different thoughts on voting as John Lewis was laid to rest in Atlanta. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham reacts.
The pandemic has cast a shadow over this year’s pilgrimage, which drew 2.5 million Muslims across the world last year.
A police officer charged in connection with the death of George Floyd has applied to have his charges dropped, court documents show.Lawyers for Tou Thao, 34, have put forward a motion stating that the former Minneapolis police officer could not have known that Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes, was about to commit a crime.
Only Congress has the power to move the election date—but Trump’s congressional allies are signaling they’re unlikely to approve a change.
A number of high-ranking Democrats have already said they would not consider an election delay, making the prospect extremely unlikely.
French prime minister says full lockdown must be avoided; Japan records 1,274 new cases on Thursday; number of global cases passes 17mAustralia sees record daily case riseUS passes 150,000 coronavirus deathsUK coronavirus live: latest updatesUS coronavirus live: latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 4.30pm BST Brazil’s first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro […]
Lewis honored as ‘true American patriot’Trump calls for election delay, falsely claiming mail-in votes will bring fraudFormer presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from Covid-19Economy suffers worst quarter since second world war as GDP shrinks by 32.9%Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 4.16pm BST The funeral for civil rights leader John Lewis has just […]
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert and his doctor “are all in” for him to take the drug, he told Sean Hannity Wednesday.
A Black videographer got stabbed at the Portland protests, and he says it is because he is pro-Trump
Policy contradictions and ever-changing restrictions are raising doubts about authorities’ competence in handling the resurgence of covid-19 cases.
New York City police are searching Thursday for a suspect accused of assaulting a 77-year-old man and then forcing him to withdraw $1,800 from an ATM.
Colombia was the deadliest country for land rights activists in 2019, as killings of environmental defenders soared in the Andean country, according to a report.
Second-quarter GDP fell a historic 32.9 percent while more than 1.43 million people filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, according to the Department of Labor.
Kelly Clarkson, Khloe Kardashian, and Chrissy Teigen were among the celebrity residents of Los Angeles, Calif. who were woken up in the early hours on Thursday because of an earthquake.
“If we theorize the organization as an atomic field, what are the atomic forces that bind people together?”
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