In Part II of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, senior writer Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux gives an update on the possible legal case against former President Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
A record 4,734 patients were recorded as having caught Covid-19 in-house on Jan. 19. During the January Covid-19 surge a year ago, hospitals reported around 2,000 patients each week on average had contracted Covid during their stay, compared to roughly 3,000 this year. The total number of people who contract Covid-19 while in the hospital … Read more
Office visits spiked in the last week of January as restrictions were lifted, new data from one of the country’s biggest office providers show. IWG said that it had seen a 50% spike in office visits between the first and final weeks of the month. The business said that the number of staff who visited … Read more
Trade advisor Peter Navarro speaks with reporters outside the White House on July 27, 2020.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot subpoenaed ex-White House advisor Peter Navarro. Navarro has backed former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that voter fraud cost him the 2020 election. Navarro has also said that he and … Read more
A big stock-market bounce after an ugly January might reflect misplaced confidence in a previously tried-and-true trading strategy, a Wall Street analyst warned on Monday. “After a tough markdown of stocks in January, some investors have shown interest in ‘buying the dip,” wrote Lisa Shalett, chief investment officer at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, in a … Read more
Marc Short, former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, appears on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” in February 2022.NBC News/”Meet the Press” Pence refused calls to leave the Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot because it would create bad optics, his former chief of staff said. Marc Short said Secret Service … Read more
February 5, 2022 | 7:53am 1 or 17 2 or 17 Here we go: Justin Timberlake reps the colors of his birth era while celebrating his 41st birthday with wife Jessica Biel. jessicabile?instagram 3 or 17 Thanks a bunch: Kerry Washington sends X’s and O’s to all who wished her a happy 45th birthday. Instagram … Read more
A recruiter talks to job seeker during a job fair at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. | Marta Lavandier/AP Photo by Associated Press 02/04/2022 09:13 AM EST WASHINGTON (AP) — US employers added a burst of 467,000 jobs in January despite a wave of Omicron inflections that sickened millions of workers, kept many … Read more
Chairman of the January 6th Committee Representative Bennie Thompson with other members of the committee. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Images) Subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for the nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from the nationcheck out our latest … Read more
Living in Los Angeles, I’d never felt the need to attempt “Dry January.” The city itself forces you to be sober enough to get behind the wheel of a car, while simultaneously incentivizing a healthy lifestyle with sunshine and hiking trails. In LA, overindulging actually requires more effort than simply consuming alcohol in moderation. But … Read more
