When the Supreme Court handed down its ruling striking down a Louisiana law that would have limited abortion access in that state, progressives celebrated. Their reasoning on June 29 was simple: By joining the court’s liberal justices, Chief Justice John Roberts had proven his commitment to the principle of precedent. …
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Dear Moneyist, I am a full-time student and I’m 50 years old. I graduate in December 2020 and maintain a 4.0 GPA so I work hard to achieve academic success. Due to achieving such academic prowess, I was limited to work hours throughout the 2019 year and my combined income …
Read More »NewsWatch: The hidden risk in your S&P 500 index fund
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Read More »Key Words: New York Gov. Cuomo says President Trump has put politics above public health throughout pandemic
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a scathing critique of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, saying he has denied the reality of the situation from Day 1: “ ‘He said it doesn’t exist, it’s going to go away, by Easter we’ll be reopened, it’s going …
Read More »Defiant Fauci tells InStyle magazine: ‘I think everybody thinks I’m doing more than an outstanding job’
Anthony Fauci is on a mission to get more Americans to take COVID-19 seriously. In an interview with InStyle magazine, in which he posed wearing sunglasses and stars-and-stripes socks, Fauci said this of his original advice to not wear face masks: “I don’t regret anything I said then because in …
Read More »Personal Finance Daily: The perils of waiting 10 days or more to get a COVID-19 test result, and consumer complaints to the CFPB are skyrocketing as the coronavirus outbreak continues
TGIF, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance Consumer complaints to the CFPB are skyrocketing as the coronavirus outbreak continues ‘The database is like a canary in the coal mine.’ This fizzy canned cocktail has a hint of honey — and a soft spot for bees Siponey Royale combines …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Global cases of COVID-19 edge closer to 14 million as U.S. sets record case tally, Brazil tops 2 million
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 edged closer to 14 million on Friday, as the U.S. counted a record number of cases in a single day and regions around the world resumed restrictions on movement in a battle to contain the spread. Brazil’s case tally rose …
Read More »‘This was avoidable’: U.S. coronavirus cases hit new single-day record of 70,000
The surge in coronavirus cases has reached a new record. On Thursday, the U.S. recorded more than 70,000 new cases of COVID-19, up from 20,000 a day in June, according to data aggregated Johns Hopkins University, the COVID Tracking Project, and other independent calculations from the Washington Post and Reuters. …
Read More »Key Words: 15 women accuse Washington’s NFL team of rampant sexual harassment in front office: report
“ “I have never been in a more hostile, manipulative, passive-aggressive environment … and I worked in politics.” ” That’s Julia Payne, a former vice president of communications with Washington, D.C.’s, NFL team, quoted in a Washington Post report late Thursday describing a “nightmare” workplace for women amid a team …
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