West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice took a victory lap on national cable networks on Feb. 1, explaining how West Virginia succeeded in vaccinating a greater share of its residents than any other state. In appearances on both CNN and MSNBC, Justice said that his state had actually injected more than […]
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Major news networks and the Associated Press have declared Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election. What now? Here’s what we know. What does the media’s “call” of a winner actually mean? The media’s “call” of Biden as the winner doesn’t hold force of law. It’s simply the […]
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President Donald Trump prematurely, and falsely, said early Wednesday that he won re-election for president, and called for the counting of ballots in the United States to cease. “This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country,” Trump said in remarks from the East […]
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Remember Florida’s presidential election recount in 2000, with the hanging chads, the magnifying glasses, and the weeks of courtroom battles about how to count the votes? There could be post-election vote-counting chaos again in the 2020 election — maybe in Florida, maybe some other state, or even in several states […]
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More than four months into the coronavirus pandemic, how close are the U.S. and the world to a safe and effective vaccine? Scientists say they see steady progress and are expressing cautious optimism that a vaccine could be ready by spring. As of early July, roughly 160 vaccine projects were […]
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Donald Trump’s pledge during the 2016 presidential campaign to save the coal industry helped him assemble strong support in coal states such as West Virginia and Kentucky. Once in office, Trump loosened regulations for the industry and was a big cheerleader on the hustings for coal. He revoked the Stream […]
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