Speaking on the floor, McConnell mocked the demands of Democratic leaders for Republicans to raise the price ceiling of their negotiations to $ 2 trillion from $ 1 trillion. “The Speaker’s last spin is that it’s some heroic sacrifice to lower their demand from a composite $ 3.5 trillion marker …
Read More »CDC: A quarter of young adults considered suicide during pandemic
Roughly 30.9 percent of respondents said they had symptoms of anxiety or depression. Roughly 26.3 respondents reported trauma and stress-related disorder due to the pandemic. Another 13.3 percent of respondents said they were addicted to drug use, including alcohol and presenting it as illegal drugs, to treat stress from the …
Read More »When are the presidential debates for 2020?
With many of the usual staples of presidential campaign policies – such as rallies, town halls, fundraisers and arenas filled with convention data – shocked by the coronavirus pandemic, this autumn’s presidential debate is likely to take on a larger format. The debates – long a public service to give …
Read More »Supreme Court rejects Republican effort to make it harder to vote
The Supreme Court just defeated the Republican Party, and rejected the GOP’s attempt to make it harder for voters to cast absent votes on Rhode Island. There are only three courts in public distribution Republican National Committee v. Common Cause Rhode Island – Guidelines Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil …
Read More »Sweden’s first epidemiologist wants to keep schools open to spread Covid in drive for herd immunity, shows emails
Mr. Salminen replied that his agency had rejected the idea after considering that allowing a spread among children would increase the rate of spread elsewhere in society. “We thought so too, but over time, the children will still spread the infection.” “True,” replies Dr. Tegnell, “but probably mostly to each …
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