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HBO's "The Swamp" wants to sell America a fairy tale about bipartisanship
The Democrats are imperfect in many ways, but the nation's main problem is not lobbyist-fueled gridlock. It's harmful GOP ideology.
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Opinion | Noah Berlatsky: "The bog we are sinking in wasn't created mostly by partisanship and or even lobbying influence. It was created by right-wing cruelty and dysfunction." - @NBCNewsTHINK
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A crisis is looming for U.S. colleges — and not just because of the pandemic
More than 500 colleges and universities show warning signs of financial stress in at least two areas, The Hechinger Report's analysis found.
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A crisis is looming for US colleges — and not just because of the pandemic.
More than 500 colleges and universities show warning signs of financial stress in at least two areas, @hechingerreport’s analysis found. nbcnews.to/31dZQuy (1/6) #NBCNewsThreads
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Massive explosion rocks Beirut, causing injuries and widespread damage
Videos on social media appear to show a huge blast by a port in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
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Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 tests
Residents and staff account for up to 4 out 10 pandemic deaths in the U.S., according to some estimates.
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The Trump administration’s plan to provide every nursing home with a fast COVID-19 testing machine comes with an asterisk: The government won’t supply enough test kits to check staff and residents beyond an initial couple of rounds.
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'It is what it is': Trump in interview on COVID-19 death toll in U.S.
The president told Axios in a recent sitdown that the "horrible plague" is "under control."
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"They are dying, that's true. And you have — it is what it is. But that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. It's under control as much as you can control it," Pres. Trump says when asked about the uncontrolled spread of coronavirus in the US.
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Trump, Kushner and the cruel calculus that may have doomed COVID-19 testing
It's easy to get numbed by this presidency's cascade of awfulness, but, even by Trumpian standards, the amorality of such a suggestion is breathtaking.
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Opinion | Charlie Sykes: Did President Trump and Kushner ignore blue state COVID-19 testing as deaths spiked? nbcnews.to/2PmipXR - @NBCNewsTHINK
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Americans may not know who won on election night
Stark changes in voting behavior because of the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a delay in results if the election is close.
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Americans are used to knowing the results of a presidential election on Election Night.
But a surge of mail-in votes amid the pandemic, and nuances to how they get counted per state, could delay the projection of results for days, if not longer.
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U.S. needs to get daily cases down to 10,000 before fall, Fauci says
"If we don't get them down, then we're going to have a really bad situation," Fauci said.
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The U.S. will need to bring its daily coronavirus case count down to 10,000 by September to gain some level of control over the pandemic before fall, Dr. Fauci says.
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Georgia teen loses parents to coronavirus four days apart
"I know they're watching me from above," Justin Hunter said of his parents, Angie and Eugene Hunter.
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A 17-year-old in Georgia lost both of his parents to COVID-19 four days apart.
"When they told me I couldn't come in, to look at or see them, I was torn up," Justin Hunter said.
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Sickened by COVID-19, low-wage workers lose jobs. Others are denied paid leave.
McDonald's and Marriott franchises are among hundreds of businesses that have illegally denied paid sick leave during the pandemic, records show.
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Hundreds of businesses, including McDonald’s and Marriott franchises, illegally denied paid sick leave to workers during the pandemic, data shows.
This article was published in partnership with @publicintegrity.
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Actor Wilford Brimley, pitch man for Quaker Oats, dead at 85
Brimley was a staple of movies and TV, but he's perhaps best known as a pitchman for Quaker Oats and diabetes education.
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Actor Wilford Brimley, whose big-screen credits include 'Cocoon,' 'The Natural' and 'The Firm,' died Saturday at age 85, his manager says.
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Alabama lawmaker who celebrated KKK leader resigns church
Rep. Will Dismukes stepped down from the church where he was a pastor after withering criticism over his appearance at event for Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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An Alabama state lawmaker who delivered an invocation at a birthday celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general who was the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, has resigned from the church where is a pastor, officials say.
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Trump says he's banning TikTok in the U.S.
"We're banning them from the United States," Trump said Friday night aboard Air Force One.
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BREAKING: President Trump says he plans to use his executive power to ban the popular video creation app TikTok in the U.S. as early as Saturday.
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Isolating until COVID-19 test results come back could dramatically slow its spread, CDC says
The federal government will now reimburse doctors who tell their patients to isolate while they wait for their test results to come back.
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Self-isolating while waiting for COVID-19 test results could dramatically slow the spread of the virus, the CDC says.
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Teen detained after failing to complete homework ordered released
The Black student's case highlights racial disparity in the justice system, critics say.
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A 15-year-old Black girl placed in a detention center after she failed to complete her homework will be released, Michigan's Court of Appeals says.
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No deal: Hill coronavirus relief talks falter as benefits expire
The two sides did not plan to meet in person Friday, but were scheduled to meet in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office Saturday morning, aides said.
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DEVELOPING: Negotiations between top Democrats and the Trump admin. on coronavirus relief have hit a standstill, guaranteeing that millions of people will lose critical unemployment benefits on Friday — with no clear path ahead for a new aid package.
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Mask dispute leaves Staples customer with broken leg after woman throws her to ground
Margot Kagan, who recently had a liver transplant and was walking with a cane, was thrown to the ground by another customer she had told to wear a mask.
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A New Jersey woman suffered a broken leg after she was allegedly thrown to the ground in a Staples store by another customer whom she had told to wear a mask, authorities say.
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A New Jersey woman suffers a broken leg after she was allegedly thrown to the ground in a Staples store by another customer whom she had told to wear a mask, authorities say
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Masks and the modern man: Liz Plank on what COVID-19 can teach us about manhood
Why are some men still spooked by masks? Liz Plank dives into the long and complicated history of masculinity and mask wearing, wondering if there is better way for men to frame the issue -- and re-frame what it means to be masculine in 2020.
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Men are more likely to die from COVID-19 than women, so why are they less likely to protect themselves from it?
@feministabulous dives into the long and complicated history of masculinity and mask wearing in @NBCNewsTHINK's "Positive Spin" → nbcnews.to/2Pcq8b0 pic.twitter.com/RMmRTpWo3D
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$600-a-week jobless benefits expire, posing fresh danger to Trump's re-election
The Senate left town Thursday with no action on aid that has been an economic lifeline for millions of out-of-work Americans struggling in the pandemic.
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DEVELOPING: US Senate adjourned Thursday for a long weekend with no action on COVID-19 relief, all but ensuring that a $600 weekly federal unemployment benefit would expire Friday.
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Asian Americans face dual challenges: surging unemployment and racism
"This is why racializing COVID-19 as 'the China virus' has profound societal repercussions,” one researcher said.
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Asian Americans are facing dual challenges during the coronavirus pandemic: surging unemployment and racism. nbcnews.to/3fhcHBl - @NBCAsianAmerica
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