Although there are doubts as to whether the president’s grand acceptance speech and a fireworks display Thursday in the White House would be appropriate for a pandemic-challenging crowd of more than 1,000 people given what proponents say are “unsurpassable” conditions for those who it’s in the way of Hurricane Laura. …
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Chen Guangcheng, known for fighting his work against forced abortions under China’s one child policy, faced years of harassment by authorities before fleeing to the US Embassy in Beijing in April 2012, ahead of a visit by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. After a month of tense negotiations, Chen was …
Read More »New York AG is trying to deposit Eric Trump in an investigation into Trump’s finances
In court Monday, Letitia James’ office said Eric Trump initially agreed to sit for a deposition on July 22, only to refuse, “less than two days before he was scheduled to testify in agreement.” The James office outlined the scope of the investigation into whether the Trump Organization “felt the …
Read More »Trump’s aggressive stance on virus treatments raises concerns about security policy
Several top health officials were previously skeptical that there was enough data to justify authorization for emergency plasma. Among those skeptics: Dr. Francis Collins, head of the National Institutes of Health; Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the nation’s infectious disease expert; …
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Scientists and public health officials said Monday they are skeptical overpowering plasma is an effective treatment for patients hospitalized with Covid-19, even after the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the treatment and President Donald Trump showed it as a breakthrough. “ There are no formally …
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