| Trump spends a morning at home tweeting his heart out Posted: 07 Oct 2020 10:52 AM PDT  Plummeting in the polls and confined to the White House with nothing on his public schedule, President Trump spent much of Wednesday morning in a frenzy of tweets and retweets.
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| St. Louis husband and wife who pointed guns at protesters are indicted Posted: 06 Oct 2020 05:11 PM PDT  Mark and Patricia McCloskey were each indicted on charges of exhibiting a firearm and tampering with evidence.
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| Elderly couple kidnapped, smuggled into Canada and held hostage by ‘cocaine ring' Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:44 PM PDT  'My understanding from the family is that they're shook up, but doing fine,' says friend Justus Martin
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| Crucial radar that failed during Laura is down for Delta. ‘You’re operating blindly.’ Posted: 07 Oct 2020 01:32 PM PDT  "When you lose data, when you lose radar like you did in Mobile and Pensacola, you have no idea what's happening, plus you have no record of what's occurred. You're operating blindly."
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| Clever-Approved Halloween Decorations Posted: 07 Oct 2020 08:19 AM PDT |
| California's Glass Fire has destroyed more than 350 commercial buildings, including a 3-Michelin star restaurant in Napa and the state's oldest resort Posted: 07 Oct 2020 02:50 PM PDT  California's oldest resort, White Sulphur Springs, lost 17 of its 20 buildings — the owners have plans to rebuild, according to NBC.
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| Debate moderator Susan Page loses her patience, scolds Pence and Harris for talking over her Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:21 PM PDT  It's Mike Pence and Kamala Harris' debate, and moderator Susan Page is just along for the ride.After last week's disastrous presidential debate between President Trump and Joe Biden, Page undoubtedly knew she had her work cut out for her, having to manage two campaigns that have demonstrated they have no qualms about bulldozing a moderator in a debate in order to get their points across. Nevertheless, her strategy of cutting Pence and Harris off with increasingly insistent "thank yous" wasn't working on Wednesday night -- prompting her to halt the whole debate to scold both candidates.Harris and Pence were in the middle of a heated back-and-forth about the military when Page, the Washington bureau chief for USA Today, attempted to pivot to a new topic. But Pence wanted to get a last word in. "I'm sorry vice president, but you've had more time than she has," Page said, trying to cut him off.When Pence continued talking, Page lost her patience. "I did not create the rules for tonight," she snapped. "Your campaigns agreed to the rules for tonight's debate with the Commission of Presidential Debates. I am here to enforce them, which involves moving from one topic to another, giving roughly equal time to both of you, which is what I'm trying very hard to do." Watch the reprimand below. > Susan Page stops VP Pence as he goes past time limit: "I did not create the rules for tonight... I'm here to enforce them."VPDebate pic.twitter.com/FL5qAhC0Zj> > -- The Hill (@thehill) October 8, 2020More stories from theweek.com Mike Pence was the unlikely winner of the vice presidential debate The myth of Mike Pence's appeal Trump is shockingly bad at this
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| Pham Doan Trang: Vietnam arrests leading pro-democracy blogger Posted: 07 Oct 2020 12:08 PM PDT  Pham Doan Trang is accused of anti-state activities, which could see her jailed for years.
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| Postal worker charged after nearly 2,000 pieces of mail, including ballots, found in trash Posted: 07 Oct 2020 04:47 PM PDT  U.S. Attorney Sara Merin said Nicholas Beauchene admitted to dumping the mail, though there was "no indication that there was any political motive."
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| Trump suggests he caught COVID-19 because he let Gold Star families get too close Posted: 08 Oct 2020 06:56 AM PDT  Trump said that he didn't want to cancel a packed Gold Star families event at the White House despite it being "obviously dangerous."
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| Russia fires hypersonic missile in birthday blast for Vladimir Putin Posted: 07 Oct 2020 04:20 AM PDT  Russia's armed forces marked birthday of President Vladimir Putin's 68th birthday with the successful test launch of a hypersonic missile. The Tsirkon missile, which can travel at 8 times the speed of sound, was launched on Tuesday from a vessel in the White Sea in Russia's north-west, said the chief of the General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov. It successfully hit its target in the Barents Sea, he added. The missile covered a distance of 450 kilometres in four and half-minutes after reaching a hypersonic speed of more than Mach 8. President Putin takes pride in hypersonic weapons, contrasting Russia's status as world-leader in their development with the Cold War when Moscow played catch-up to the US in terms of military technology. Mr Putin praised the test in remarks broadcast on television: "This is a major event not only in the life of the armed forces but also for all of Russia, for the whole country." Mr Putin has previously argued that Russia had to develop new weapons in response to the development of the US missile defence system that threatens to erode Russia's nuclear deterrent.
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| Felony rioting charges dropped against Kentucky lawmaker Posted: 06 Oct 2020 01:26 PM PDT |
| YouTube star may have broken electoral law with nudes for Joe Biden votes offer Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:46 PM PDT  Tana Mongeau even posted picture with Joe Biden's head on her bikini-clad body
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| Cocaine-laden plane crashes in Mexico after airborne pursuit Posted: 07 Oct 2020 12:44 PM PDT |
| Affidavit: Texas officer was offered handshake before fatal shooting Posted: 08 Oct 2020 06:31 AM PDT  A Black man who was killed by a Texas police officer offered him a handshake prior to being shot, a court document said.
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| Delta went from tropical storm to Cat 4 hurricane in 24 hours. How did that happen? Posted: 06 Oct 2020 01:53 PM PDT  Meteorologists are comparing it to Wilma, the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record. Here's what you need to know.
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| Siberia Burned. Arctic Ice Shrank. This Was the World’s Hottest September Ever Posted: 07 Oct 2020 08:50 AM PDT  Last month was the warmest September on record, blazing past September 2019's record global average by 0.05°C, and 2016's by 0.08°C, according to the latest report from the European Commission-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which tracks global climate trends. "In a way it would have been more surprising if suddenly we had seen the 10th warmest September on record, instead of the warmest," says Freja Vamborg, Senior Scientist at C3S and lead author of the report. In a year already defined by the record melting of Greenland's glaciers, near-record levels of shrinking Arctic sea ice, wildfires blazing across Siberia, and the hottest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica, this is one superlative we could do without.
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| Affirmative action debate ignores Asian American community college students Posted: 08 Oct 2020 06:34 AM PDT  As California votes on affirmative action, nearly half the state's AAPI students who start off at community colleges would benefit, advocates say.
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| A fourth White House press aide has tested positive for COVID-19 Posted: 06 Oct 2020 03:09 PM PDT  The White House communications department is quickly falling as the coronavirus spreads
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| 'We all had a hand in this': Louisville police officer who got Breonna Taylor warrant in the hot seat Posted: 08 Oct 2020 06:39 AM PDT  Joshua Jaynes' explanation to the Public Integrity Unit marks the first time the public has heard from the detective who obtained the search warrant.
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| Census head says order is being obeyed, but gripes continue Posted: 06 Oct 2020 01:06 PM PDT  The head of the U.S. Census Bureau says in a court declaration that the agency is complying with a judge's order for the 2020 census to continue through the end of October, even as the judge keeps fielding complaints from census takers about corners being cut in order to close cases and workers being laid off for no reason. Agency contracts have been extended allowing people to self-respond to the questionnaire online, by mail or by phone through this month, and census takers are still knocking on doors in areas where 100% of households haven't yet been counted, Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said in a statement to the court Monday. The statement of compliance from Dillingham was ordered by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh last week after she determined that the statistical agency and the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau, had violated her earlier preliminary injunction by picking Oct. 5 to end the census.
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| New York City set to impose new COVID-19 closures despite Orthodox Jewish protests Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:34 AM PDT  New York City will begin enforcing new shutdown rules on businesses and schools in coronavirus hot spots on Thursday that have already triggered angry protests from a small contingent of Orthodox Jews in one of the affected areas. Mayor Bill de Blasio first announced his plan to tamp down outbreaks in parts of Brooklyn and Queens on Sunday after the rate of positive coronavirus tests in some neighborhoods exceeded 3% for seven straight days. De Blasio's decision to delineate the neighborhoods where closures would be enforced using postal ZIP codes drew scorn from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat with whom he has often feuded.
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| Transgender woman's killing in Georgia marks "grim milestone" Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:12 AM PDT  Felycya Harris, a beloved interior decorator and dancer, is being remembered by friends for her upbeat personality.
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| Hurricane Delta is expected to gain strength and size before slamming into Louisiana and Texas as a major hurricane on Friday Posted: 08 Oct 2020 09:59 AM PDT  Hurricane Delta is the 25th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season. That puts this year on track to have more named storms than any year on record.
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| McConnell to Defend Barrett from ‘Self-Parodying’ Media’s Attacks on Her Faith: ‘Definition of Discrimination’ Posted: 07 Oct 2020 08:34 AM PDT  Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is set to blast critics of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's religious views in planned remarks on the Senate floor on Wednesday, calling the media's attacks on her Catholic beliefs the "definition of discrimination."The Kentucky Republican plans to call the "ongoing attacks by Senate Democrats and the media" a "disgrace," according to Politico Playbook."Only our self-parodying liberal media would call it a scandal that a young person in graduate school found community in shared religious beliefs and met their future spouse," McConnell's planned remarks say. "Most Americans would call that a beautiful story. … Every Supreme Court Justice in history has possessed personal views. Judges have a job to do and they swear to do it impartially.""It is the definition of discrimination to assert that Justice Barrett's particular faith makes her uniquely unqualified for this promotion," the statement concludes.The 48-year-old Notre Dame law professor and conservative Catholic mother of seven children, including two adopted children from Haiti, has been repeatedly attacked by Democrats and the media over her Catholic beliefs. Some have compared her purported membership in People of Praise to the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. Barrett's religious background was also center-stage in her 2017 confirmation hearing for the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals when Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) criticized her religious views."Why is it that so many of us on this side have this very uncomfortable feeling that, you know, dogma and law are two different things? And I think whatever a religion is, it has its own dogma," Feinstein said. "The law is totally different, and I think in your case, professor, when you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you, and that's of concern."However, even some Democrats have criticized the party's scrutiny of Barrett's beliefs, including Senator Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.) who has said "religion should not enter into" the conversation over who would fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He said it's "awful to bring in religion." In an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday, McConnell defended Barrett, as well as his decision to go forward with her confirmation hearing on October 12 amid Democrats' calls to delay the hearing until it can be held in person."It's about time we quit talking about the process and talk about the nominee herself," he said. "[Barrett's' an absolute sterling choice. The president could not have picked a better nominee … Quintessentially American. It's a great success story."Vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) called for the hearing to be delayed this week after a number of White House staff and Senate Republicans contracted the coronavirus. McConnell accused Democrats of using the outbreak as "another effort to delay the process on this outstanding Supreme Court nominee."The Senate minority leader said there is "nothing" that he can foresee preventing Barrett's confirmation ahead of the November 3 election. "We've been operating successfully with masking and social distancing since May," he said. "We're going to continue to operate. The American people are entitled to it and that's what we are going to do."
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| Putin Is Facing the Toughest Fight of His Presidency as Former USSR Goes up in Flames Posted: 08 Oct 2020 08:36 AM PDT  Yesterday, October 7, was Russian President Vladimir Putin's 68th birthday, and, in keeping with his Soviet-style personality cult, it would normally have been an occasion for Putin to bask in public fanfare. But this year was different. Putin is holed up at his residence outside Moscow, where he has been since early April, avoiding infection from the coronavirus that is again rampant in Russia, while unrest surges in three countries of the former Soviet Union, and France and Germany are pushing for new EU economic sanctions against Russia because of the poisoning of Russian democrat Alexei Navalny.In honor of Putin's birthday, the Russian news agency Tass released the final episode of a series entitled 20 Questions with Vladimir Putin, a special interview project to commemorate Putin's twenty years as leader. In this episode Putin does not discuss pressing economic issues or international affairs, but rather his hobbies, family and other personal matters. Significantly, while Putin mentions that he enjoys his "sweet" grandchildren, he also confesses to his interviewer that "when you occupy this position, sometimes it feels like you cease to be a human being and become nothing more than a mere function."Funeral for Reporter Who Set Herself on Fire Reawakens Russia's Passion to Stand up to PutinNo wonder Putin has begun feeling like an automaton. Bad things have been happening to Putin in battalions lately. On July 9, just as the number of coronavirus cases in Russia had begun to decline and the virus seemed under control, mass protests erupted in the Siberian district of Khabarovsk over the arrest on unsubstantiated murder charges of the popular governor, Sergei Furgal.The unrest in Khabarovsk, a cause for deep concern in the Kremlin, was soon overshadowed by events in Belarus, where the largest political rally in over a decade took place in Minsk on July 30 in support of the opposition presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Opposition protests, accompanied by mass arrests, plunged Belarus into turmoil after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in power for 26 years, reported a landslide victory in the August 9 presidential elections. Despite a severe crackdown, the protests have continued. On October 4, 100,000 people marched in Minsk demanding Lukashenko's resignation.The events in Belarus, a neighboring country that serves as Russia's strategic buffer to NATO states, pose a huge dilemma for Putin. The overthrow of an authoritarian leader like Lukashenko by a grassroots democratic movement would set a dangerous example that Russians might at some point follow. But if the Kremlin sends paramilitary forces into Belarus to support Lukashenko, as Putin suggested last month might be done, such a move could result in more Western sanctions against Russia, which would further damage Russia's faltering economy.Adding to the Kremlin's troubles, a violent conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27 over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies in Azerbaijan, but is controlled by ethnic Christian Armenians who are backed by the Armenian government. Russia would like to put an end to what is the deadliest fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia in 25 years, but both countries are ignoring appeals for a cease-fire.Just days later, a political uprising engulfed the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan, yet another former Soviet republic. As with Belarus, claims of rigged elections ignited the turmoil. On October 5, following parliamentary elections the previous day, masses of demonstrators took to the streets, eventually seizing government buildings and the office of the president, Sooronbai Jeenbekov, who is now in hiding. Kyrgyzstan has seen years of political conflict, characterized more by fighting among elite rival groups and clans than by struggles for democracy, so the situation there is not comparable to that in Belarus, which has much greater implications for the Kremlin. Nonetheless, the Kremlin cannot ignore the chaos in a country that depends economically on Russia and houses a Russian military base.The spread of COVID-19, which has caused significant unemployment and economic disruption in Kyrgyzstan, contributed to the political discontent there, as it has elsewhere, including in Russia. (From January to September 2020, the number of bankruptcies of Russian citizens and individual entrepreneurs increased by 64.9%, to 77,000.) According to Russia's Levada-Center, a polling organization, Putin's approval ratings dropped to an all-time low of 59% when the coronavirus reached pandemic levels in April and May of this year, only to climb back up as the rates of infection declined. So the recent steep rise in Russia's coronavirus cases, with daily totals approaching the record high of 11,656 on May 11, is further cause for disquiet among Putin and his government.But of all the problems Putin faces as he continues to isolate, communicating with his political and military advisors mainly through video conferences, the most troubling may be that of Navalny, who the Kremlin failed to eliminate as planned on August 20. As with GRU defector Sergei Skripal, Russia's security services botched their job, and Navalny not only survived, but is speaking out publicly about the poisoning, which he attributes to Putin directly. And he is urging tougher western sanctions on members of Putin's inner circle. In a recent interview with Germany's Bild newspaper, cited by Radio Liberty, Navalny stressed that "the most important thing is to impose entry bans against those who profit from the regime and freeze their assets… They embezzle money, steal billions, and at the weekend they fly to Berlin or London, buy expensive apartments, and sit in cafes."Although the fearless Navalny plans to return to Russia once he has recovered from the poisoning to continue his opposition to the Putin regime, he does not pose an immediate political threat to Putin. According to an in-depth analysis last week by Levada-Center Deputy Director Denis Volkov, only one third of the 77% of Russians who had heard about Navalny's poisoning believe that it was a deliberate attack. Most think that it was a provocation by western security services or something Navalny did to himself. This is because of long-formed views of older Russians, who get their news on Russian state-controlled television, from which Navalny and other opposition politicians are banned. Navalny's audience comes from younger Russians who regularly consult the Internet. Volkov points out that: "Russian television and the Internet do not just differ in interpretation, but present two different pictures of what is happening."But, Volkov says, this situation is changing: "For his supporters, Navalny is important, first of all, because he 'speaks the truth,' 'gives an alternative point of view,' 'fights against the authorities' and 'is not afraid.' Although Navalny gained his fame as the author of high-profile anti-corruption investigations, in his current image this characterization fades into the background. In the context of declining public support for top officials, his image as an alternative to the current government and its policies is becoming increasingly important. And this makes the Kremlin nervous."Volkov goes on to point out that Navalny's positive image is a result of his painstaking work on the internet, his effective team of like-minded colleagues and his network of regional headquarters: "For some of his supporters from the regions, Navalny was the first politician from Moscow whom they saw in person. All this allowed him to slowly but surely build up his authority." Although current Russian political views are dominated by the older generation, which is afraid of change and dislikes Navalny, it is only a matter of time, Volkov says, before the younger generation becomes more politically active.It is worth noting that Putin's birthday also marks the fourteenth anniversary of the as yet unsolved murder of Russian journalist and fierce Putin critic Anna Politkovskaya, who was gunned down in the stairwell of her Moscow apartment building on October 7, 2006. Referring to this "coincidence"—some say the killing was a birthday gift to Putin—St. Petersburg Parliamentary deputy Boris Vishnevsky, a member of the liberal Yabloko party, had this to say:"Today, sitting in his bunker, Putin will receive flattering congratulations from the stalwarts of his 'vertical' power base, who assure him that 'without Putin there will be no Russia.' But the event that happened on a previous October 7 [Politkovskaya's murder] will be remembered for a very long time. As well as Anna Politkovskaya herself. And today's event [Putin's birthday] will be forgotten as soon as the birthday boy loses power."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Miami Beach city manager Jimmy Morales, who led city’s COVID-19 response, resigns Posted: 07 Oct 2020 02:54 PM PDT  Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales has resigned as the city's top administrator.
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| Trump gives Bill Barr ultimatum as he demands roundup of political enemies Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:49 AM PDT  Rambling phone interview on Fox Business sees president vent rage about rivals' supposed crimes against him
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| Rhea Chakraborty: Bollywood actor granted bail after nearly a month Posted: 07 Oct 2020 01:40 AM PDT  She was arrested in a drugs case related to the death of her actor-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput.
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| Before attack, a Pakistani teen sought better life in France Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:11 PM PDT  Ali Hassan was only 15 when he left Pakistan to be smuggled to Europe, following the path of his older brother and many other young men from his home country dreaming of a better life. Before the Sept. 25 attack, he proclaimed in a video he was seeking vengeance after the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo published caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Little is known about Hassan's time in France.
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| Harris attacks Trump for failing to condemn white supremacists: ‘It wasn’t like he didn’t have a chance. He didn’t do it and then he doubled down.’ Posted: 07 Oct 2020 08:06 PM PDT  Sen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday said that President Trump had had the opportunity to condemn white supremacy, but "he didn't do it — and then he doubled down."
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| A federal judge has ordered Twitter to reveal the identity of an anonymous account linked to a conspiracy theory about murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:44 AM PDT  Since his death in 2016, Seth Rich has been the subject of a conspiracy that claims, without evidence, that he was killed as part of a cover up.
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| Japan fishermen oppose 'catastrophic' release of Fukushima water to ocean Posted: 08 Oct 2020 04:13 AM PDT  Japanese fish industry representatives on Thursday urged the government not to allow the release at sea of tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, saying it would undo years of work to restore their reputation. Tokyo Electric has collected more than a million tonnes of contaminated water since the plant was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. "We are dead against a release of contaminated water to the ocean as it could have a catastrophic impact on the future of Japan's fishing industry," Hiroshi Kishi, president of JF Zengyoren, told a meeting with government officials.
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| Ed Sheeran's manager called Princess Beatrice an 'idiot' for the time she accidentally struck the pop star with a sword Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:24 AM PDT  Sheeran reportedly had to receive hospital treatment for the injury, which was caused when the princess jokingly tried to knight another musician.
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| "Jump ball": Cook Political Report shifts Lindsey Graham's Senate race to a "toss-up" Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:47 PM PDT  "Jaime is peaking at exactly the right time, and he's got a deluge of money," a state Republican strategist says
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| ‘Halloween decoration’ outside a hotel was actually a human body, Maryland police say Posted: 07 Oct 2020 01:01 PM PDT  Police are investigating the death as a homicide.
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| Court documents call for Parkland parents to prove mental anguish after school shooting Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:53 AM PDT  Parents who sued a school district after their children died in a mass shooting at a Florida high school are being asked to turn over their psychiatric records to prove they have suffered mental anguish.
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| 'Staggering numbers': Early voting is breaking records in 2020, fueled by a big mail-ballot lead for Democrats Posted: 07 Oct 2020 04:06 PM PDT  More than 5 million people have already voted early in the presidential election. Democrats have taken a commanding lead in returning mail ballots.
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| Louisville SWAT team tells investigators raid on Breonna Taylor’s home was an ‘egregious act’ Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:39 AM PDT  Several members of the Louisville Metro Police Department's SWAT unit responded to the raid on 13 March
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| Inside Bjarke Ingels's Innovative Houseboat Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:00 AM PDT  For the Danish starchitect, home is a radically transformed ferryboat in Copenhagen's harbor
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| 'Former staff' claim abuse by ex-Rep. Hill in Twitter hack Posted: 07 Oct 2020 02:40 PM PDT  An old government Twitter account for former California U.S. Rep. Katie Hill was hacked Wednesday, purportedly by "former staff" who criticized a planned movie about her life and accused Hill of workplace abuse. In a statement on Twitter, Hill said she returned control of the account to the House Clerk when she resigned, including password changes and access restrictions. "Regardless of their author, the content of the hacked tweets is something I have talked about at length ... regarding my decision to resign, as well as the constant work and reflection I've done since then."
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| 'Mercenary' hacker group runs rampant in Middle East, cybersecurity research shows Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:21 AM PDT  Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists and Indian business executives have been among those targeted by a group of hired hackers, according to research published on Wednesday by software firm BlackBerry Corp. The report https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/company/newsroom/press-releases/2020/blackberry-uncovers-massive-hack-for-hire-group-targeting-governments-businesses-human-rights-groups-and-influential-individuals on the group, known publicly as Bahamut, the name assigned to the mythical sea monster of Arab lore, highlights how cybersecurity researchers are increasingly finding evidence of mercenaries online. BlackBerry's vice president of research, Eric Milam, said the diversity of Bahamut's activities was such that he assumed it was working for a range of different clients.
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| Trump files 'emergency' appeal to the Supreme Court to halt the Census count Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:41 PM PDT  The Trump administration filed an emergency application on Wednesday night with the Supreme Court, asking it to halt an earlier appeals court decision that extended the count of the 2020 Census to the end of the month.> BREAKING: Trump administration files emergency application to halt census count at the Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/YHW7yknwcE> > — Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) October 8, 2020In late September, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that due to hurdles faced during the coronavirus pandemic, the Census Bureau could continue counting through the end of October; plaintiffs argued that the extension would reduce the risk of undercounting harder-to-access populations such as immigrants, minorities, and lower-income groups, The Washington Post reports. The Trump administration nevertheless set a "target date" of Oct. 5 to end the count, which Koh called a "violation" of her order."Defendants' dissemination of erroneous information; lurching from one hasty, unexplained plan to the next; and unlawful sacrifices of completeness and accuracy of the 2020 Census are upending the status quo, violating the Injunction Order, and undermining the credibility of the Census Bureau and the 2020 Census. This must stop," Koh said.Koh's order to extend the census count would bump back an analysis of the data from the end of the year to April 30, 2021; the Trump administration has argued against this, saying Census workers won't have enough time to analyze the data if counting extends to the end of the month. That's a concern for the administration because, as NPR notes, Trump wants to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the total and "if the bureau delivers the state counts by Dec. 31, Trump would be able to attempt to make that unprecedented change to who counts when reapportioning House seats among the states, even if he does not win re-election."More stories from theweek.com Mike Pence was the unlikely winner of the vice presidential debate The myth of Mike Pence's appeal Trump is shockingly bad at this
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| Hunt on for Indian tiger after eighth human kill Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:23 AM PDT  Indian authorities are hunting for a tiger which has killed eight people in the last two years after another fatal attack, officials said Wednesday.
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| Kushner's COVID-19 "task force" consisted of untrained volunteers using personal email: documentary Posted: 08 Oct 2020 09:48 AM PDT  Volunteers were told they needed to acquire "stuff" for the government. "Stuff" meant personal protective equipment
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| The prosecutor vs. the 'king of sound bites': Why the Harris-Pence debate is no ordinary VP faceoff Posted: 07 Oct 2020 01:13 PM PDT  Even before President Trump's hospitalization from COVID-19, there were many reasons why the vice presidential debate could draw more viewers than usual.
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