Trump has commuted the prison sentence for Roger Stone, who had reportedly been "praying" for Trump to do so. 1/21 | POLITICO, The Hill After months of decline, America's death rate from coronavirus has risen sharply, with death tolls increasing by more than 100% in Texas,
The Supreme Court says Trump doesn’t enjoy absolute immunity from a state prosecutor’s criminal investigation. It also says he enjoys special rules. 1/27 | Vox In a 5-to-4 decision invoking the country’s long history of mistreating Native Americans, the Court rules that much of eastern
The Supreme Court has ruled Trump isn't immune from the Manhattan DA's request to obtain the president's tax returns. 1/21 | NBC News Civil rights groups are concerned by potential fallout from the Supreme Court ruling in favor of employers who want to deny
Secretary of State Pompeo says the US may follow India and ban TikTok for security concerns. The FBI says it’s opening a new China-related counterintelligence case “approximately every ten hours.” 1/24 | CNBC, Axios Canada's Trudeau turns down a White House invitation to visit. Were he
The US is now approaching three million COVID-19 cases, and hospitals in many states are reporting unprecedented levels of hospitalizations. 1/25 | US News & World Report After weeks of controlling coronavirus outbreaks, California is becoming a new hot spot, with cases up 90% over the past two weeks.
TMN is taking a few days off. We’ll see you on Monday. About 45 million Americans have lost their jobs during the pandemic. At the same time, US billionaires made $584 billion. 1/22 | ABC News Seattle clears the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. 2/22 | The Seattle Times Russia
Fauci says at the current pace, US coronavirus infections could top 100,000 new cases a day. 1/21 | STAT The CDC calls American Airlines' decision to resume full flight capacity a "substantial disappointment." 2/21 | CNBC The EU announces it will now allow travel from certain
China formally adopts a controversial security law, giving it new powers over Hong Kong. In anticipation, the US begins eliminating Hong Kong’s special status. 1/25 | BBC News, CNBC The CDC says the coronavirus is spreading too rapidly and broadly for the US to get it under control. 2/
As of yesterday, there have now been 500,000 confirmed deaths worldwide and 10 million cases of COVID-19—and record-breaking daily new infections. 1/19 | The Associated Press Public health experts dispute Pence and Azar's claims that increased testing, not reopening, is the cause for the
The White House renews trying to kill off the Affordable Care Act in a brief filed with the Supreme Court. Democrats see the effort playing in their favor. 1/22 | NPR, Politico The House of Representatives votes to make Washington DC the 51st state; the Senate is not expected to
