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Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus ”President Trump said he and the first lady would begin their quarantine and recovery process immediately, injecting fresh uncertainty into an already tumultuous final stretch of the 2020 campaign. White House physician Sean Conley said in a memo that the president and first lady were both “well at this time” and planned to remain at the White House while they recovered”
U.S. Stock Futures Drop on Trump Test”Futures tied to the S&P 500 fell 1.3%, suggesting that U.S. markets could drop after the New York opening bell. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note edged down.”
New U.S. Coronavirus Cases Above 40,000”New coronavirus cases in the U.S. topped 40,000 for the third day in a row, as President Trump said he and the first lady had tested positive for Covid-19.”
Why Are There Still So Few Black CEOs?”Dr. Adia Wingfield explains the "concrete ceiling" many Black workers face, and Telisa Yancy, COO at American Family Insurance, tells how she made it to the top.”
Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Signed Antiabortion Ad in 2006”The two-page advertisement was placed in a South Bend, Ind., newspaper in January 2006 by a group called St. Joseph County Right to Life. The ad, pegged to the anniversary of Roe, contained one page with a list of signatories under a statement saying, “We, the following citizens of Michiana, oppose abortion on demand and defend the right to life from fertilization to natural death.”
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
🎧 LISTEN: A TikTok Star Wrestles With the App's Possible BanMichael Le is one of TikTok's biggest stars. Now, he's contending with the potential ban of the app that supports his livelihood.
Long after the fire of a Covid-19 infection, mental and neurological effects can still smolder"As many as 1 in 3 patients recovering from Covid-19 could experience neurological or psychological after-effects of their infections...reflecting a growing consensus that the disease can have lasting impact on the brain."
THE COMMENT
“If the G-20 meeting goes forward, even online, it ought to be known as the Impunity Summit. Its only meaningful result will be to prompt MBS to conclude he is free to murder other journalists and torture more women’s rights activists without consequence. Democratic leaders have been talking about the need to shore up and defend liberal values that are under assault from China, Russia and other autocracies. An excellent way to start would be to condition their participation in the G-20 summit on MBS’s release of political prisoners and full acceptance of responsibility for Khashoggi’s murder.” - Washington Post Editorial Board
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