| Prominent Trump backer, evangelical minister Jeffress admits Biden has won Posted: 11 Nov 2020 11:57 AM PST  Evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress has become one of the few high-profile supporters of President Trump to admit in public that the election was won by Joe Biden — and to urge his followers to pray for (rather than against) him.
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| What we can learn from the Amish about coronavirus Posted: 12 Nov 2020 10:00 AM PST  The outbreak is indicative of what happens when people gather in small social situations — something millions of lockdown-weary Americans are eager to do, regardless of whether they are Amish or not.
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| ‘Horrific’: Florida man shoots girlfriend, plus roommate who tried to help, police say Posted: 11 Nov 2020 12:36 PM PST  A woman tried in vain to save her housemate who was killed by her boyfriend in their home Sunday morning in the Central Florida city of Bartow, deputies said.
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| 'Unity at the expense of my equality... is not an option': Ayanna Pressley turns the screws on Democratic leadership over party divides ahead of Georgia runoffs Posted: 11 Nov 2020 09:55 PM PST  "We have sacrificed and shelved and moderated and whispered in the name of unity for a very long time," Pressley told the radio show "Signal Boost."
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| Storm Eta drenches Tampa Bay, threatens more flooding as it moves offshore Posted: 12 Nov 2020 10:54 AM PST  Eta, the 28th named storm of the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC), made its fourth landfall at around 4 a.m. on Thursday near Cedar Key, Florida, after it already slammed Central America, Cuba and the upper Florida Keys. The storm had moved offshore into the Atlantic and was about 40 miles (65 km) north-northeast of Jacksonville on Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 kph), the NHC said.
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| Federal appeals court upholds Harvard University's use of affirmative action policies Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:25 AM PST  The lawsuit charged that Harvard discriminated against Asian American students in order to boost African American and Hispanic enrollment.
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| The new Miss USA says she doesn't support banning guns but believes AK-47s are better left to the military Posted: 11 Nov 2020 03:20 PM PST  Miss USA Asya Branch publicly supports the Second Amendment but told Insider "there's no reason" for civilians to have AK-47s and similar guns.
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| Can dead people vote? Yahoo News explains Posted: 11 Nov 2020 09:28 AM PST  With President Trump refusing to concede, there is a growing chorus of Republican voices spreading a ghoulish conspiracy theory: that the dead may have helped elect Joe Biden the 46th president of the United States.
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| Covid-19 vaccine may have unpleasant side effects. That will mean it's working. Posted: 12 Nov 2020 02:04 AM PST  Early data suggest several of the coronavirus vaccines may cause people to feel crummy for a few days. And then they'll need a second dose.
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| French-Irish teen's mother criticises Malaysian police at inquest Posted: 11 Nov 2020 01:35 AM PST  The mother of a teenager whose body was found in the Malaysian jungle told an inquest Wednesday the police response to her disappearance while on holiday had been slow and ineffective.
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| There might be a way to get Americans who refuse to wear masks to change their minds | Opinion Posted: 10 Nov 2020 01:36 PM PST  Who wears a mask? In short, not enough people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommend that Americans wear face masks to limit transmission of COVID-19, yet Americans have low compliance levels with this policy.
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| Democrats win 218th seat to cling on to House majority: ‘We have the gavel’ Posted: 11 Nov 2020 01:06 AM PST  Democrats held enough seats in the suburbs to retain their House majority
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| Republican state AGs ask Supreme Court to hear mail-in ballot dispute Posted: 10 Nov 2020 03:39 PM PST  A group of Republican attorneys general on Monday urged the Supreme Court to take a case challenging a lower court ruling that extended Pennsylvania's deadline to receive mail-in ballots.
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| Misshapen Cincinnati Christmas tree is the perfect depiction of 2020 Posted: 11 Nov 2020 01:21 PM PST  The tree took to Twitter to defend itself.
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| A fifth-grade teacher in Texas is accused of fatally shooting her 17-year-old son while taking him to school, local reports say Posted: 11 Nov 2020 12:13 PM PST  According to an affidavit cited by local news, Sarah Hunt told police she "didn't mean to" shoot her son.
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| US Postal Service 'whistleblower,' cited by Republicans and right-wing activists as evidence of election tampering, retracts his claims, officials say Posted: 10 Nov 2020 05:44 PM PST  The original claim had been cited by Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, who called for a federal investigation.
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| What is a 'lame duck' president? Hint: The political term has nothing to do with waterfowl. Posted: 12 Nov 2020 08:01 AM PST  The description of a "lame duck" refers to a politician who remains in power but will soon be replaced by a newly-elected successor.
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| Pennsylvania court blocks counting of some mail-in ballots Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:06 AM PST  The Commonwealth Court found Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar lacked the authority to extend the deadline to Nov. 12 from Nov. 9 by which voters could provide missing information to validate their ballot. The case was brought by U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee.
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| MSNBC Cuts Loose Two More Contributors With Biden Transition Ties Posted: 10 Nov 2020 02:58 PM PST  MSNBC is shedding more contributors as numerous on-air figures join President-elect Joe Biden's transition efforts.On Tuesday, an MSNBC spokesperson confirmed that Barbara McQuade and Richard Stengel will no longer be paid contributors after both were announced as part of Biden's agency review teams, which will help prepare the incoming administration to work with existing agencies. McQuade, a legal analyst for MSNBC/NBC News and University of Michigan Law School professor (and occasional Daily Beast contributor), was listed as a member of the president-elect's Department of Justice Review team; Stengel, an MSNBC political analyst, was listed on the Biden review team for the United States Agency for Global Media.MSNBC cutting ties with the two paid contributors comes just one day after the network cut loose several other contributors that have worked with Biden's campaign or transition efforts.Following a New York Times report that historian Jon Meacham had assisted the president-elect's team with speechwriting—a fact he did not disclose on-air even while commentating on Biden's victory speech—the network ended paid-contributor deals with him and Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an MSNBC medical expert who was appointed to Biden's coronavirus task force this week.Here's How Much Money Fox News Hosts Have Made Off GOP Speaking GigsAccording to a network insider, both Meacham and Emanuel are still permitted to appear on the network as guests with proper disclosures of their Biden ties, but could no longer be paid contributors while working with the president-elect's team.NBC News and MSNBC do not allow their on-air contributors to endorse or run for office while appearing as a paid analyst on the network. According to the Washington Post, NBC News does not allow staff to work for a political campaign or political action committee while being paid by the network.While many networks have similar rules, others often allow their personalities to engage in informal political activities on behalf of campaigns that seem to push the boundaries of traditional mainstream journalistic ethics.And, in some cases, the lines have been blurred even further. For example, Fox News hosts like Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro have appeared on-stage at rallies with President Donald Trump, while other Fox stars have routinely made paid speaking appearances at Republican Party events and fundraisers. And on CNN, paid contributor Ana Navarro hosted a fundraiser for Biden this year, while Van Jones has acted as an informal advisor to the Trump White House on criminal-justice reform matters.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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| Turkey offended by Pompeo's plan to discuss religious issues Posted: 11 Nov 2020 08:00 AM PST  Turkey took offense at a U.S. statement that said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would promote religious freedom during an upcoming visit to Istanbul and called Wednesday on Washington to focus on racism and hate crimes in the United States instead. The State Department said in a statement Tuesday that Pompeo would travel to Istanbul to meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Greek Orthodox Christians.
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| Pelosi calls on Republicans to 'stop the circus and get to work' on addressing the coronavirus crisis Posted: 12 Nov 2020 08:31 AM PST 
At a press conference on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scolded Republicans for "continuing to ignore" the COVID-19 crisis.
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| Yerevan reels from defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh Posted: 11 Nov 2020 09:05 AM PST  On Yerevan's emblematic Republic Square, a giant screen continuously broadcasting videos to the glory of Armenian soldiers fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh has been quickly, quietly removed.
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| Sunken boats. Stolen gear. Fishermen are prey as China conquers a strategic sea Posted: 12 Nov 2020 06:52 AM PST  Beijing's aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping's visions of power.
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| Pfizer vaccine-trial participant reveals what it's like to be injected with the first effective vaccine for COVID-19 Posted: 12 Nov 2020 10:07 AM PST  "It's a monumental opportunity to be able to help your fellow citizens," Jenny Hamilton, a security officer in Atlanta, said.
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| ‘I don’t think that would be helpful’: Anthony Fauci hopes Trump doesn’t fire him after veiled threats Posted: 10 Nov 2020 04:52 PM PST  The president suggested at a campaign rally that he would wait until after the election to fire Mr Fauci
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| Saudi will strike those who threaten its security, crown prince warns Posted: 12 Nov 2020 10:12 AM PST  Saudi Arabia will strike those who threaten the kingdom's security and stability with an "iron fist", the crown prince said on Thursday, one day after an attack on a Remembrance Day ceremony injured two in the kingdom. Islamic State claimed Wednesday's attack on a non-Muslim cemetery in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah during a World War One remembrance ceremony involving French and other embassies. "We will continue to hit with an iron fist against anyone who thinks of threatening our security and stability," Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, said in a speech carried by Saudi state news agency SPA.
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| Biden's White House chief of staff pick calls new role 'the honor of a lifetime' Posted: 11 Nov 2020 05:32 PM PST  President-elect Joe Biden announced Wednesday night that he has chosen Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff, saying Klain has been "invaluable to me over the many years that we have worked together," including during the 2009 economic downturn and 2014 Ebola outbreak.After graduating from Harvard Law, Klain joined Biden's Senate team in 1989. Klain has spent the last several decades active in Democratic politics, and he was "Ebola czar" for former President Barack Obama during his second term.In a statement, Biden said Klain's "deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spectrum is precisely what I need in a White House chief of staff as we confront this moment of crisis and bring our country together again."Klain called it an "honor of a lifetime to serve President-elect Biden in this role, and I am humbled by his confidence." On Twitter, he thanked people for their "kind wishes" and said he "will give my all to lead a talented and diverse team in a Biden-Harris" White House.More stories from theweek.com Trump's willing accomplices 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater'
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| Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, poised to break stereotypes Posted: 10 Nov 2020 09:09 PM PST  In the Biden White House, the first lady wants to keep her job teaching and the second gentleman plans to quit his law firm to support the vice president's career. When it comes to political marriages, we've reached a new moment. Doug Emhoff, the 56-year-old husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, will leave his private law practice by Inauguration Day to focus on his role at the White House, a spokesperson said Tuesday.
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| Police reviewing death of Lori Vallow's ex-husband after 'murder' comment in 2018 audio Posted: 12 Nov 2020 08:50 AM PST  The audio released by Lori Vallow's ex-sister-in-law revealed that Vallow said in 2018 that she "was going to murder" her third husband.
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| Nurse Charged With Murdering 8 Babies and Trying to Kill 10 More Posted: 12 Nov 2020 07:11 AM PST  A British nurse has been charged with murdering eight babies, as well as the attempted murders of 10 others, after a years-long investigation into an unexplained spike in baby deaths at a hospital's neonatal unit.It's the third time that Lucy Letby, 30, has been arrested. She was previously detained in 2018 and 2019 as authorities probed the string of infant fatalities at the Countess of Chester Hospital in England. Both times, the nurse was released with no further action against her, but she appeared in court Thursday to finally face 18 formal charges.In the courtroom, the nurse learned that she faces eight charges of "murder of a victim under 1 year old," and each infant victim's name was read aloud to her. According to BBC News, five baby boys and three girls died. They were named Cemlyn Bennett, Joseph Johnson, Barney Gee, Joseph Gelder, Eli Gelder, Elsie McNall, Daisy Parkin, and Maddie Freed.Letby did not speak in court other than to confirm her identity and her representatives have not said whether or not she plans to plead guilty. The media has been ordered not to report the names of the alleged victims of attempted murder, but there are reportedly five boys and five girls.The charges all relate to a string of baby deaths, and non-fatal collapses, at the Countess of Chester Hospital near Liverpool in 2015 and 2016. According to a National Health Service report into the incidents, the hospital launched a probe after resident doctors became concerned about what was described as a "higher-than-usual number of neonatal deaths on the unit, several of them being apparently 'unexplained' and 'unexpected.'"The police became involved a year later. This week, the inquiry's leader, Detective Chief Inspector Paul Hughes, said that Letby's third arrest came after more than three years of investigative work by his team.Susan Gilby, chief executive of the hospital where Letby is accused of committing the crimes, said in a statement that the major development was of "serious concern" and added that the trust that runs the hospital will be "fully supportive and respectful of the judicial processes."Neil Fern, who is representing some of the families in the legal case, told The Guardian: "The families are overwhelmed with the news and there is a mix of emotion. All the families now have hope that they can finally start to learn the truth of what happened in the first days of their children's lives. We have been working with the families for many years on these cases and they have had to live with the consequences for all that time."Letby is expected to make another court appearance on Friday.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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| Laura Ingraham dragged for interviewing anonymous poll worker claiming voter fraud Posted: 11 Nov 2020 06:19 AM PST  The disguised woman told Ingraham she saw envelopes being opened and passed around near a Biden-Harris vehicle. Fox News host Laura Ingraham is being criticized today for her interview of an anonymous person who described seeing envelopes being ripped open and marked for a vote for Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden. The unnamed woman told Ingraham she saw envelopes being opened and passed around near a Biden-Harris campaign vehicle, where she saw workers opening ballots and changing the vote.
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| The Cuban-American leader of the Proud Boys has said the group isn't explicitly for white supremacists, but a previously ousted underling tried to stage an unhinged, anti-Semitic, racist coup Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:37 AM PST  A one-time member of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys attempted to stage a white-supremacist coup against its leadership.
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| India-crewed ships with Australian coal stuck at Chinese ports: union Posted: 11 Nov 2020 06:49 AM PST  Two Indian-crewed merchant ships carrying Australian coal have been stuck at Chinese ports for several months, union officials said Wednesday, with the sailors becoming the latest casualties of escalating tensions between Canberra and Beijing.
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| Trump-endorsing newspaper tells president he’s lost election in scathing editorial Posted: 12 Nov 2020 08:43 AM PST  'It's an insult to reason and logic to argue that isolated irregularities constitute proof of a grand national conspiracy'
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| Ex French President Hollande asks Macron: 'How are you doing? Is it not too hard right now?' Posted: 11 Nov 2020 04:25 AM PST  Former French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday asked his successor Emmanuel Macron how he was doing in the face of crises ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to Islamist attacks. In 2016 Hollande, faced with very low ratings, decided not to seek re-election. In his book Lessons of Power, recording his five years in office, Hollande famously warned his pomp-loving successor:" don't forget French royals lost their heads at the guillotine".
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| Biden says people need coronavirus relief 'right now' as Republican and Democratic divisions hold up a stimulus package and $1,200 checks Posted: 10 Nov 2020 01:53 PM PST  Democrats are seeking another stimulus package with federal unemployment benefits and direct payments, but divisions with Republicans remain.
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| South Korea’s KAI looks to enter military transport market Posted: 12 Nov 2020 07:47 AM PST  Korea Aerospace Industries is considering adding military transport planes to its product line with the goal of partnering with foreign aircraft manufacturers, Defense News has learned.
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| Police, county attorney's office hide 738,000 records in Kentucky sex abuse case Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:24 AM PST  Louisville police and the county attorney's office claimed sexual abuse records were turned over to the FBI. But an email indicates that's not true.
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| Lucille Bridges, who took daughter Ruby to become first Black student at all-white school, dies at 86 Posted: 11 Nov 2020 06:39 AM PST  Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then 6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student at her all-white New Orleans elementary school, has died at the age of 86.
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| Tropical Storm Eta barrels toward Gulf Coast with heavy rain, wind Posted: 12 Nov 2020 05:27 AM PST  "This is an unpredictable storm in a very unpredictable year," an official said.
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| Dahleen Glanton: Black women and Latinas are poised to start a political revolution without white women Posted: 11 Nov 2020 06:02 PM PST  This election revealed the potential for a powerful women's coalition going forward. White women won't be in the forefront, though. Black women and Latinas will lead the charge. Of course, many white women will be involved because of their sheer numbers. But the last two presidential elections have shown that white women as a whole are not as reliable as Black women and Latinas when it comes ...
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| Huge China-backed trade pact to be signed at Southeast Asian summit Posted: 11 Nov 2020 07:39 PM PST  Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations are set to sign an enormous free trade deal at an online summit that started Thursday, with the pact seen as a coup for China in extending its influence across the region.
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| Progressives blame 'divide-and-conquer racism' for Democrats' House losses Posted: 11 Nov 2020 08:05 AM PST  Progressive House Democrats are shifting the blame for last week's dismal House showing.As it became clear Democrats wouldn't expand their majority in the House this year, moderate Democrats began blaming their party's left wing, including in a testy post-election caucus call where Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) profanely decried any mention of "socialism" within the party. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) quickly told the party to stop "pointing fingers," and on Tuesday, a memo began circulating among progressive representatives that tried to break down just went wrong.While the memo did reflect Ocasio-Cortez's plea to stop "placing blame" before a campaign post-mortem was conducted, it did lay out progressive strategies to drive future House gains. Instead of playing into President Trump's "racist appeals against immigrants and Black Lives Matter," Democrats should "take on the Republican party's divide-and-conquer racism head-on," the memo says. Democrats should "invest in organizing the base," "connect economic justice to racial justice," and "drive an economic message that connects with all working people" as well, the memo details. As Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) put it, Democrats need to "really respect every single voice," namely those of marginalized people, instead of "silencing" them like Spanberger suggested.Part of that economic message is clear in the suggested Biden Cabinet picks the progressive Justice Democrats and Sunrise Movement unveiled Wednesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as Labor Secretary and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as Treasury Secretary top their list. Tlaib would be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) would be secretary of state, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison would be attorney general, among their other choices.Republicans could retain control of the Senate if Georgia's runoffs go their way, which would jeopardize hopes of approving progressive nominees. Biden said Tuesday he wouldn't let the alignment of the Senate affect his choices, and that he may announce some picks by Thanksgiving.More stories from theweek.com Trump's willing accomplices 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater'
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| Fiery crash closes bridge linking Ohio, Kentucky for days Posted: 11 Nov 2020 07:04 AM PST |
| Biden win in Arizona ‘confirmed’ as analyst says there is now no way back for Trump Posted: 12 Nov 2020 01:49 AM PST  Joe Biden has managed to turn Arizona blue after 24 years
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| With air bases at risk, Agile Combat Employment must mature Posted: 12 Nov 2020 06:27 AM PST  The U.S. Air Force must evolve from its dependence on well-established airfields, or risk yielding an operational edge.
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| A lawsuit alleging sexual assault was just filed against a police officer involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor Posted: 10 Nov 2020 04:45 PM PST  The lawsuit claims Hankison befriended young women at a local bar where he moonlighted, offered them rides home if they were drunk and assaulted them.
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