This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDemocratic state legislators in Pennsylvania accused their Republican counterparts Wednesday of keeping a GOP lawmaker’s positive coronavirus diagnosis under wraps for days, arguing the lack of transparency may have increased their risk of contracting the potentially deadly infection.Republican state Rep. Andrew Lewis released a Wednesday revealing he received his positive test result on May 20 — a jarring announcement that rattled House Democrats who said they had no idea he had been sick or other GOP members had been...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDemocratic state legislators in Pennsylvania accused their Republican counterparts Wednesday of keeping a GOP lawmaker’s positive coronavirus diagnosis under wraps for days, arguing the lack of transparency may have increased their risk of contracting the potentially deadly infection.Republican state Rep. Andrew Lewis released a Wednesday revealing he received his positive test result on May 20 — a jarring announcement that rattled House Democrats who said they had no idea he had been sick or other GOP members had been...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump took to Twitter early Friday to condemn Minneapolis demonstrators as “THUGS,” threaten military intervention and predict local looting could lead to “shooting,” prompting the social-media company to take the unprecedented step of limiting the public’s ability to view and share his tweet.The label Twitter appended -- which the company also added later to a tweet from the White House -- marks the second time in a week the tech giant has taken action in response to Trump’s controversial remarks. Trump and his...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump took to Twitter early Friday to condemn Minneapolis demonstrators as “THUGS,” threaten military intervention and predict local looting could lead to “shooting,” prompting the social-media company to take the unprecedented step of limiting the public’s ability to view and share his tweet.The label Twitter appended -- which the company also added later to a tweet from the White House -- marks the second time in a week the tech giant has taken action in response to Trump’s controversial remarks. Trump and his...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump lashed out at Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) in a pair of late-night tweets Thursday after she called him “a petulant child” following his during his visit to a Ford manufacturing plant in the state earlier that day.“The president is like a petulant child who refuses to follow the rules,” Nessel said in a Thursday evening appearance on CNN. “This is no joke.”Nessel, who to Trump ahead of his visit telling him that he had a “legal” and “moral responsibility” to wear a mask, unleashed on the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump lashed out at Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) in a pair of late-night tweets Thursday after she called him “a petulant child” following his during his visit to a Ford manufacturing plant in the state earlier that day.“The president is like a petulant child who refuses to follow the rules,” Nessel said in a Thursday evening appearance on CNN. “This is no joke.”Nessel, who to Trump ahead of his visit telling him that he had a “legal” and “moral responsibility” to wear a mask, unleashed on the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareOn Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a surprising accusation: The New York Times, he said, was trying to endanger him and his family by revealing where they live in an upcoming story. As he lambasted the newspaper on-air, Carlson suggested that his prime-time show could expose the home addresses of the reporter and Times editors.Within hours, an army of conservative Twitter accounts started publicly posting the address and personal information of the reporter Carlson identified as the story’s writer. Many...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareOn Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a surprising accusation: The New York Times, he said, was trying to endanger him and his family by revealing where they live in an upcoming story. As he lambasted the newspaper on-air, Carlson suggested that his prime-time show could expose the home addresses of the reporter and Times editors.Within hours, an army of conservative Twitter accounts started publicly posting the address and personal information of the reporter Carlson identified as the story’s writer. Many...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateRoughly two weeks after a massive Black Lives Matter street painting appeared in downtown Redwood City, Calif., it was washed away - leaving the asphalt without a trace of the message's familiar bright yellow paint. But unlike in other cities where vandals targeting BLM murals have been arrested and even charged with a hate crime, this time it was the city that suddenly removed the artwork.Despite granting permission for the temporary street art and even providing the paint for the July 4 project, officials in the Northern...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateRoughly two weeks after a massive Black Lives Matter street painting appeared in downtown Redwood City, Calif., it was washed away - leaving the asphalt without a trace of the message's familiar bright yellow paint. But unlike in other cities where vandals targeting BLM murals have been arrested and even charged with a hate crime, this time it was the city that suddenly removed the artwork.Despite granting permission for the temporary street art and even providing the paint for the July 4 project, officials in the Northern...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue stood beside President Trump in the Rose Garden on Thursday afternoon, the head of a corporation that bills itself as America’s largest Hispanic-owned food company remembered his grandfather. The Spanish immigrant and Trump have something in common, Unanue said.“We’re all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder, and that’s what my grandfather did,” the executive . “He came to this country to build, to grow, to prosper. And so we have an...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue stood beside President Trump in the Rose Garden on Thursday afternoon, the head of a corporation that bills itself as America’s largest Hispanic-owned food company remembered his grandfather. The Spanish immigrant and Trump have something in common, Unanue said.“We’re all truly blessed at the same time to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder, and that’s what my grandfather did,” the executive . “He came to this country to build, to grow, to prosper. And so we have an...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by At least two people who died in early and mid-February had contracted the novel coronavirus, health officials in California said Tuesday, signaling the virus may have spread — and been fatal — in the United States weeks earlier than previously thought.Tissue samples taken during autopsies of two people who died at home in Santa Clara County, Calif., tested positive for the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by At least two people who died in early and mid-February had contracted the novel coronavirus, health officials in California said Tuesday, signaling the virus may have spread — and been fatal — in the United States weeks earlier than previously thought.Tissue samples taken during autopsies of two people who died at home in Santa Clara County, Calif., tested positive for the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen President Trump was asked during what authority he has to reopen the country, he didn’t hesitate to answer. “I have the ultimate authority,” the president responded, cutting off the reporter who was speaking.Trump later clarified his position further, telling reporters, “When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total and that’s the way it’s got to be. … It’s total. The governors know that.”The local leaders, Trump said, “can’t do anything without the approval of the president of the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen President Trump was asked during what authority he has to reopen the country, he didn’t hesitate to answer. “I have the ultimate authority,” the president responded, cutting off the reporter who was speaking.Trump later clarified his position further, telling reporters, “When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total and that’s the way it’s got to be. … It’s total. The governors know that.”The local leaders, Trump said, “can’t do anything without the approval of the president of the...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareFour Oscars. Two BAFTAs. A Golden Globe. A Palme d’Or.By most accounts, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s critically acclaimed film “Parasite” — a provocative commentary on class warfare packaged into a dark comedic thriller — deserved all the awards it received.President Trump disagrees, though he admitted he doesn’t know whether the film is good.On Thursday night, Trump took a quick break from attacking Democrats and during a campaign rally in Colorado Springs to bemoan the movie’s at the Academy Awards this month....…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareFour Oscars. Two BAFTAs. A Golden Globe. A Palme d’Or.By most accounts, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s critically acclaimed film “Parasite” — a provocative commentary on class warfare packaged into a dark comedic thriller — deserved all the awards it received.President Trump disagrees, though he admitted he doesn’t know whether the film is good.On Thursday night, Trump took a quick break from attacking Democrats and during a campaign rally in Colorado Springs to bemoan the movie’s at the Academy Awards this month....WW…

CommentGift ShareOne Utah county hopes coronavirus vaccine doses are in everyone’s horoscopes.Health officials in Salt Lake County, hoping to sway more residents to go get their shots — suggesting the time is right, now that Mercury isn’t in retrograde anymore — analyzed a swath of data about their 1.2 million residents and tweeted a breakdown of vaccination status by astrological sign.The tweet Tuesday sparked a wave of social media indignation at deeply private Scorpios (the least vaccinated) and seemed to give attention-craving Leos (the most vaccinated) one more reason to pat themselves...…CommentGift ShareOne Utah county hopes coronavirus vaccine doses are in everyone’s horoscopes.Health officials in Salt Lake County, hoping to sway more residents to go get their shots — suggesting the time is right, now that Mercury isn’t in retrograde anymore — analyzed a swath of data about their 1.2 million residents and tweeted a breakdown of vaccination status by astrological sign.The tweet Tuesday sparked a wave of social media indignation at deeply private Scorpios (the least vaccinated) and seemed to give attention-craving Leos (the most vaccinated) one more reason to pat themselves...WW…