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COVID Infections Hit New Record in US on Heels of Election
On top of the surge in cases nationwide, coronavirus hospitalizations are also soaring in more than a dozen states.
Trump Officially Leaves Paris Agreement After Years of Environmental Wreckage
The agreement is largely symbolic of how the U.S. will act -- or not -- on climate in the next four years.
Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Shell Oil Over Hypocritical Emissions Reduction Tweet
The question was seen by Ocasio-Cortez and other critics as a gross deflection of Shell's own responsibility.
Trump Suggests He May Fire Fauci After the Election
The president and the nation's top infectious diseases expert have clashed at numerous points during the pandemic.
Trump’s Rallies Are Connected to at Least 700 COVID Deaths and 30,000 Infections
“The communities in which Trump rallies took place paid a high price in terms of disease and death,” a new study finds.
Opposition to Pipelines and Fracking Is Actually a Winning Electoral Strategy
Winnable fracking bans will be on the table in the next Congress.
Trump’s HHS Is Withholding Detailed COVID Hospitalization Data From the Public
Health experts say the information must be disseminated to help improve public health responses to the pandemic.
Don Jr. Wrongly Claims the Coronavirus Death Rate Is “Almost Nothing”
One respected health model projects that daily deaths in the U.S. will exceed 2,200 by New Year's Day.
Uninsured COVID Patients Aren’t Being Told Their Hospital Bills Are Covered
The problem with the COVID-19 uninsured program is that even doctors don’t always know how it works or that it exists.
Kushner Tapes Reveal He Bragged Over Trump Taking Back Charge From “the Doctors”
Nearly 200,000 more Americans have died since Kushner told Woodward the “pain” phase of the pandemic was over.