Politics

Kentucky just made it harder to vote during a pandemic

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media at the Capitol on April 9. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc…

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Trump wants his name on millions of stimulus checks, even if it delays them

US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing of the White House coronavirus task force in the Rose Garden…

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Trump announces halt to WHO funding, NYC revises death toll: Wednesday’s coronavirus news

World Health Organization leaders Michael Ryan, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Maria Van Kerkhove attend a press briefing on Covid-19 in…

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Data shows social distancing has slowed down the coronavirus outbreak. But what’s next?

Hospital workers in Valhalla, New York, cheer for passing first responders on April 14. | John Moore/Getty Images We’re flattening…

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Why millions of college students and young adults won’t get a stimulus check

Under the CARES Act, dependents age 17 to 24 won’t receive a $1,200 stimulus check or qualify for a $500…

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A preliminary Trump administration plan shows how far America is from reopening

A pedestrian passes by a boarded-up store in San Francisco on March 17. | Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chronicle via…

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I want to donate plasma for an experimental Covid-19 treatment. Because of homophobia, I can’t.

A mobile unit assistant with the Red Cross scans bags and tubes at a blood donation drive in San Diego,…

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Hungary’s “coronavirus coup,” explained

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Brussels, Belgium, on February 21, 2020. | Riccardo Pareggiani/NurPhoto via Getty Images What’s happened…

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The PPE shortage in America is a crisis — here’s a realistic plan to solve it

New York City nurses and supporters participate in a vigil expressing solidarity with healthcare workers nationwide demanding they receive the…

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The coronavirus likely came from China’s wet markets. They’re reopening anyway.

A wet market in Hong Kong on February 25. | Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images Should wet markets be banned?…

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