ShareSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell squashed two bills intended to ensure voting security on Thursday, just one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller warned that Russians were attempting to sabotage the 2020 presidential elections "as we sit here."McConnell said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bills because they were "so partisan," but, as previously reported, earlier this year McConnell received a slew of donations from four of the top voting machine lobbyists in the country."Clearly this request is not a serious effort to make a law. Clearly something so partisan that it...…ShareSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell squashed two bills intended to ensure voting security on Thursday, just one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller warned that Russians were attempting to sabotage the 2020 presidential elections "as we sit here."McConnell said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bills because they were "so partisan," but, as previously reported, earlier this year McConnell received a slew of donations from four of the top voting machine lobbyists in the country."Clearly this request is not a serious effort to make a law. Clearly something so partisan that it...WW…

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·June 9, 2020, 4:44 PM UTCIowa set a new record for primary election turnout this month after secretary of state Paul Pate sent applications for mail-in ballots to all registered voters. More than 520,000 ballots were cast, according to Pate’s office, beating the previous record of 450,000 set in 1994. Now, Republicans in the state senate are trying to prevent him from doing the same in the general election this November. The Iowa Senate State Government Committee on a party-line vote late last week that would prohibit Pate, also a Republican, from proactively sending applications...…·June 9, 2020, 4:44 PM UTCIowa set a new record for primary election turnout this month after secretary of state Paul Pate sent applications for mail-in ballots to all registered voters. More than 520,000 ballots were cast, according to Pate’s office, beating the previous record of 450,000 set in 1994. Now, Republicans in the state senate are trying to prevent him from doing the same in the general election this November. The Iowa Senate State Government Committee on a party-line vote late last week that would prohibit Pate, also a Republican, from proactively sending applications...WW…

Skip to main contentYou have permission to edit this article.EditHomeSearchNewsCoronavirusWeatherSportsFeaturesVideoWatchContactNew York (CNN) — Retail pharmacists and technicians around the country say they’re overworked, underpaid and fed up.Now some are walking off the job.Pharmacy staff at Walgreens locations across the country called out of work on Monday to protest harsh working conditions, leaving some stores closed or critically understaffed. Organizers told CNN that hundreds of workers participated in the organized action, which is expected to last through Wednesday.The walkouts...…Skip to main contentYou have permission to edit this article.EditHomeSearchNewsCoronavirusWeatherSportsFeaturesVideoWatchContactNew York (CNN) — Retail pharmacists and technicians around the country say they’re overworked, underpaid and fed up.Now some are walking off the job.Pharmacy staff at Walgreens locations across the country called out of work on Monday to protest harsh working conditions, leaving some stores closed or critically understaffed. Organizers told CNN that hundreds of workers participated in the organized action, which is expected to last through Wednesday.The walkouts...WW…

·March 30, 2020, 3:30 PM UTCThis article is part of a Fortune —a look at the impact of the pandemic on more than 50 industries.Fifty years ago, a postal worker strike halted mail delivery. The eight-day strike, carried out by 150,000 letter carriers across 30 cities, prompted then-President Richard Nixon to declare an emergency and send in the National Guard to deliver mail. “The United States Postal System is a vital element of our entire communications system. The poor depend heavily upon it for medical services and also for government assistance,” . “Veterans depend...…·March 30, 2020, 3:30 PM UTCThis article is part of a Fortune —a look at the impact of the pandemic on more than 50 industries.Fifty years ago, a postal worker strike halted mail delivery. The eight-day strike, carried out by 150,000 letter carriers across 30 cities, prompted then-President Richard Nixon to declare an emergency and send in the National Guard to deliver mail. “The United States Postal System is a vital element of our entire communications system. The poor depend heavily upon it for medical services and also for government assistance,” . “Veterans depend...WW…

ShareA new survey out by found that Democratic voters had contrasting views on whether convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was murdered or died by suicide in his New York City jail cell based on which primary candidate they backed.Epstein, who was being held on charges of sex trafficking, was found dead after an apparent suicide on August 10. The multi-millionaire was allegedly part of a years-long underage trafficking ring that is speculated to have involved some of the nation's wealthiest and well-connected.Epstein's associations and the have caused some to question whether there was a...…ShareA new survey out by found that Democratic voters had contrasting views on whether convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was murdered or died by suicide in his New York City jail cell based on which primary candidate they backed.Epstein, who was being held on charges of sex trafficking, was found dead after an apparent suicide on August 10. The multi-millionaire was allegedly part of a years-long underage trafficking ring that is speculated to have involved some of the nation's wealthiest and well-connected.Epstein's associations and the have caused some to question whether there was a...WW…

·July 24, 2020, 2:30 PM UTCOur mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, .“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” So goes the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service (USPS), adapted in 1912 from The Persian Wars by Herodotus and inscribed in the stone atop the main USPS building in New York City. The inscription, however, leaves out the quest for profit, which is currently threatening the “swift” delivery of...…·July 24, 2020, 2:30 PM UTCOur mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, .“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” So goes the unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service (USPS), adapted in 1912 from The Persian Wars by Herodotus and inscribed in the stone atop the main USPS building in New York City. The inscription, however, leaves out the quest for profit, which is currently threatening the “swift” delivery of...WW…