Joe Biden has one critical task ahead of him: COVID-19. The former vice president will become the 46th president of the United States after 20 electoral votes from his native state of Pennsylvania will push him over the finish line of 270 electoral votes, giving Biden a total of 273 …
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President Donald Trump has quashed hopes for a new federal stimulus package before the presidential election in November. And that could leave America’s renters and landlords in a lurch. On Twitter TWTR, +0.26% Tuesday afternoon, Trump initially said that he had instructed his team to stop negotiating with Democrats until …
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In this photo taken on July 11, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump wears a mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images.) President Donald Trump was transported on Marine One from the White House to Walter Reed Hospital late Friday, the …
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The financial hurdles women confront to attain financial security in retirement can be colossal, as a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing last week validated bluntly. The hearing entitled, “Women and Retirement: Unique Challenges and Opportunities to Pave a Brighter Future” focused on the barriers that women face in planning …
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The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 worldwide continued to head toward 30 million on Thursday, and the U.S. case tally climbed above 6.6 million, as President Donald Trump contradicted the head of the main U.S. public health agency to insist a vaccine would be ready …
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The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 in the U.S. rose above 3.8 million on Tuesday, and President Donald Trump appeared to change his view of face masks in the face of falling poll numbers. Trump tweeted an image of himself wearing a mask with a message …
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If it weren’t for the “Giant 5,” your money would have been better off sitting in cash than the stock market over the past few years, according to Wolf Richter of the Wolf Street blog. Yes, investment gains since early 2017 have been completely dominated by Apple AAPL, +0.24% , …
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The rise in COVID-19 infections as many states reopen is alarming. State officials have blamed young people congregating in bars. In some states, bars are banned from serving alcohol, and plans to allow indoor dining are back on hold. But in many other states, indoor restaurants have reopened and stayed …
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Under growing pressure from health officials and lawmakers from both parties, President Donald Trump on Wednesday finally endorsed wearing face masks. Kind of. “I’m all for masks,” Trump said during an interview with Fox Business, despite last month telling the Wall Street Journal that some people wear masks just to …
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