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 President Trump declared Monday that he has “total” authority and “calls the shots” when it comes to deciding how and when to lift the pandemic restrictions and reopen the economy, even as governors on both coasts proceeded with their own plans and asserted their own powers.The contrary approaches hinted at what could become a fractured response from state and federal...…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 President Trump declared Monday that he has “total” authority and “calls the shots” when it comes to deciding how and when to lift the pandemic restrictions and reopen the economy, even as governors on both coasts proceeded with their own plans and asserted their own powers.The contrary approaches hinted at what could become a fractured response from state and federal...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA Democrat in North Carolina changed her voter affiliation, scared to be outed in a red state. A Republican in Washington stopped speaking to his Democratic neighbors and lied to pollsters about his support for President Trump, calling himself a member of the “silent majority.”Across the United States, political signs have been set ablaze, cars have been vandalized and neighborhood scuffles and shouting matches have proliferated in the waning days of the most toxic election season in more than half a century.Amid the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA Democrat in North Carolina changed her voter affiliation, scared to be outed in a red state. A Republican in Washington stopped speaking to his Democratic neighbors and lied to pollsters about his support for President Trump, calling himself a member of the “silent majority.”Across the United States, political signs have been set ablaze, cars have been vandalized and neighborhood scuffles and shouting matches have proliferated in the waning days of the most toxic election season in more than half a century.Amid the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareLeaders agonizing about whether, and how, to safely reopen colleges and universities this fall now have another worry: the frat house.In recent weeks, as students have trickled back onto campus, public health officials have been warning about an alarming rise in coronavirus cases that appears related to fraternity housing and parties that had been a staple of the college experience.With students often crammed into houses that were hard to police and regulate before the pandemic, public health officials say they think...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareLeaders agonizing about whether, and how, to safely reopen colleges and universities this fall now have another worry: the frat house.In recent weeks, as students have trickled back onto campus, public health officials have been warning about an alarming rise in coronavirus cases that appears related to fraternity housing and parties that had been a staple of the college experience.With students often crammed into houses that were hard to police and regulate before the pandemic, public health officials say they think...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIt was clear by Tuesday afternoon that Texas was in a full-blown crisis — and Gov. Greg Abbott (R) had largely been out of sight.More than 4 million households did not have power amid dangerously low temperatures, and an increasing number did not have heat or running water. Some families were burning furniture to stay warm, grocery stores were emptying, and people were dying. In the freezing darkness, many desperate Texans felt they were left to fend for themselves.Abbott emerged that evening for a series of television...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIt was clear by Tuesday afternoon that Texas was in a full-blown crisis — and Gov. Greg Abbott (R) had largely been out of sight.More than 4 million households did not have power amid dangerously low temperatures, and an increasing number did not have heat or running water. Some families were burning furniture to stay warm, grocery stores were emptying, and people were dying. In the freezing darkness, many desperate Texans felt they were left to fend for themselves.Abbott emerged that evening for a series of television...WW…

The Biden Agenda Scholars warn that the president-elect faces a tough road as he tries to address police reform and racism in an increasingly divided nation. A police officer recovers an American flag on Aug. 24 during riots over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. (Joshua Lott for The Washington Post) By For nearly two years, President-elect Joe Biden has sold himself to American voters as the man best able to heal a nation sundered by racism and partisan distrust. He has vowed to rein in police abuse, reform criminal sentencing and inject fresh resources into low-income...…The Biden Agenda Scholars warn that the president-elect faces a tough road as he tries to address police reform and racism in an increasingly divided nation. A police officer recovers an American flag on Aug. 24 during riots over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. (Joshua Lott for The Washington Post) By For nearly two years, President-elect Joe Biden has sold himself to American voters as the man best able to heal a nation sundered by racism and partisan distrust. He has vowed to rein in police abuse, reform criminal sentencing and inject fresh resources into low-income...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateMILWAUKEE - When Wisconsin Republicans opened an office earlier this year in the historical Bronzeville neighborhood, it was meant to be a physical symbol of President Donald Trump's commitment to urban voters. Signs on the window declared "Black Voices Matter," and the address was on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.But on Friday, as state officials began recounting ballots in Milwaukee County at the request of Trump's failed reelection campaign, the office had become, for many residents, a symbol of Republican hypocrisy."The...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateMILWAUKEE - When Wisconsin Republicans opened an office earlier this year in the historical Bronzeville neighborhood, it was meant to be a physical symbol of President Donald Trump's commitment to urban voters. Signs on the window declared "Black Voices Matter," and the address was on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.But on Friday, as state officials began recounting ballots in Milwaukee County at the request of Trump's failed reelection campaign, the office had become, for many residents, a symbol of Republican hypocrisy."The...WW…