Category: Electoral Politics

Couple behind promising COVID-19 vaccine remain modest despite success

A promising coronavirus vaccine that on Monday was revealed to be more than 90 percent effective is the work of a modest, married German couple who have become multi-billionaires with Pfizer’s backing. Dr. Ozlem Tureci, 53 and her 55-year-old husband, Dr. Ugur Sahin, founders of BioNTech, are on the verge of successfully developing the COVID-19

Couple behind promising COVID-19 vaccine remain modest despite success

A promising coronavirus vaccine that on Monday was revealed to be more than 90 percent effective is the work of a modest, married German couple who have become multi-billionaires with Pfizer’s backing. Dr. Ozlem Tureci, 53 and her 55-year-old husband, Dr. Ugur Sahin, founders of BioNTech, are on the verge of successfully developing the COVID-19

Couple behind promising COVID-19 vaccine remain modest despite success

A promising coronavirus vaccine that on Monday was revealed to be more than 90 percent effective is the work of a modest, married German couple who have become multi-billionaires with Pfizer’s backing. Dr. Ozlem Tureci, 53 and her 55-year-old husband, Dr. Ugur Sahin, founders of BioNTech, are on the verge of successfully developing the COVID-19

Couple behind promising COVID-19 vaccine remain modest despite success

A promising coronavirus vaccine that on Monday was revealed to be more than 90 percent effective is the work of a modest, married German couple who have become multi-billionaires with Pfizer’s backing. Dr. Ozlem Tureci, 53 and her 55-year-old husband, Dr. Ugur Sahin, founders of BioNTech, are on the verge of successfully developing the COVID-19

‘Lockdown’ named word the year by Collins Dictionary

The coronavirus pandemic has officially defined 2020. UK-based Collins Dictionary has announced “lockdown” as its word of the year, with other pandemic related words close behind. Defined as “the imposition of stringent restrictions on travel, social interaction, and access to public spaces,” the noun was one of six words in the dictionary’s top-ten of 2020

Trump claims Democrats and the FDA delayed coronavirus vaccine news

President Trump on Monday suggested, without providing evidence, that the Food and Drug Administration and the Democratic Party conspired together to delay the release of a coronavirus vaccine until after the 2020 presidential election. Trump made the claim in a tweet Monday evening, hours after the Pfizer drug company announced an initial analysis of their

Beloved cat who comforted weather observers at Mt Washington dies

A beloved cat who spent the past dozen years comforting weather observers atop New Hampshire’s Mount Washington has died. Marty, a black Maine coon cat who also helped his humans patrol the mountain’s observatory, succumbed to “an unforeseen illness,” summit operations manager, Rebecca Scholand, said in a Monday news release. “As a past observer who

Cindy McCain joins Joe Biden transition team advisory board

Cindy McCain, the widow of Republican Sen. John McCain, is joining the board of Joe Biden’s presidential transition team, according to a report on Monday. As a member of the advisory board, McCain will offer her input while the Democrat’s team turns his campaign promises into policies that can be enacted once he takes office,

Researchers believe COVID-19 can affect male fertility

A new study by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has discovered potential impacts COVID-19 can have on male fertility and sexually transmitted diseases. Researchers looked at tissue from autopsies of six men who died from the COVID-19 infection and found the virus was still in their testicles. They also found COVID-19 in

DNA leads to arrest in 22-year-old woman’s 1984 cold case murder

Phoenix police said Monday that DNA has helped solve the cold case of a 22-year-old woman murdered more than 36 years ago. They announced the arrest of David Kizziar, 67, in the murder and sexual assault of Aimee See, whose body was found three days after Valentine’s Day in 1984. Kizziar was arrested after police said

Georgia woman accused of posing as FBI agent to get free Chick-fil-A

A Georgia woman was arrested last week for allegedly posing as an FBI agent in order to get a free meal from Chick-fil-A, a report said. Kimberly Ragsdale, 47, was busted last Thursday trying to rip off the fast foot joint in the city of Rockmart, according to a police report obtained by The Smoking

Mama bear and cub shot after climbing on Russian nuclear sub

Nyet today, bear! A mother bear and her cub were gunned down by the Russian Navy — after the animals climbed on a nuclear submarine that was docked off the eastern coast of the country, the BBC reported. A hunting instructor was called in by the Navy to “neutralize” the wild animals moored off a

Joe Biden’s dogs, Champ and Major, take social-media by storm

Come January, the White House will once again be a doghouse. President-elect Joe Biden is returning to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. with two “First Dogs,” who are already building a loyal following on Instagram and Twitter. “We are the First Dogs of the USA, Champ and Major Biden. You can call us #DOTUS,” reads the bio on

Georgia senators call on secretary of state to resign

Georgia’s two Republican US senators are calling on the Peach State’s top election official to resign. In a joint statement Monday, Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler blasted Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s handling of last week’s races, which neither won and both heading to January runoff elections. “The management of Georgia elections

Biden picking Rahm Emanuel for cabinet would be ‘divisive’

Progressive Democrats and activists will be warily watching Joe Biden’s cabinet choices, US Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez said Monday — while publicly weighing in against former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. “Someone like Rahm Emanuel would be a pretty divisive pick,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told the New York Times. “And it would signal, I think,

‘Let’s not have lectures’ from Democrats who denied 2016 result

President Trump should not be expected to “cheerfully, immediately” accept the outcome of the contested 2020 race, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a speech from the Senate floor on Monday. In his first remarks since Joe Biden was called the winner of the presidential election based on projections, McConnell defended Trump’s use of

Trump Faces Criminal Investigation And Lawsuits As Soon As He Leaves Office

Trump will be facing at least one criminal investigation and multiple lawsuits after he no longer has the presidency to shield him. Video: Now that Trump has lost he is staring down the barrel at multiple lawsuits, a criminal investigation, and potentially $100 million in IRS fines. pic.twitter.com/QD6BuBjcqQ — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 9,

Trump lost. Get over it

“It’s time for the president’s lawyers to present the facts, and it’s time for those facts to speak for themselves,” Sen. Blunt, who chairs the Senate Rules Committee, said on ABC’s This Week. “It seems unlikely that any changes could be big enough to make a difference, but this is a close election, and we need

Trump news – live: President ‘terminates’ defence secretary and is already ‘considering’ 2024 run

Melania Trump, first lady, and Donald Trump, US president, on election night (EPA)Donald Trump ‘s inner cicle have been told the president is not backing down on his objections to the result of the US presidential election after losing to Joe Biden, as the first lady, Melania Trump, is reportedly planning to leave him and

Making Voting Great Again Can Literally Save Lives

In October 2018, Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle and opened fire on the praying congregants while shouting anti-Semitic slurs, murdering 11. Even as he entered the hospital after having been shot by police, to be treated by Jewish doctors, he was still yelling, “I

‘How Biden Can Beat Covid-19.’ It obviously won’t be easy

“The difficult thing for the Biden administration is that they will take office after the worst of SARS-CoV-2 has already torn through our communities,” Dr. Megan Ranney, an associate professor of emergency medicine and public health at Brown University, told me. “The next two months are going to be a defining moment for our country….

The Grown-Ups Are Back In Charge As Biden Unveils Full COVID Plan

In a sign that the government will soon be run by adults with an interest in governing, Joe Biden unveiled his full COVID plan on his transition website. The testing part of the plan alone will make a huge difference because Biden will do things that aren’t being done right now:– Double the number of

Biden Voters Rebuild a ‘Blue Wall’ That Trump Smashed

On Saturday, a new calm set in.“I don’t think I need the Wellbutrin anymore — no more antidepressant for me,” said Ruth Briggs, 65, who was skipping down Arch Street in Philadelphia. “Four years of depression, just four years. It’s been horrible. And it’s lifted.”In his first address to the nation as president-elect, Mr. Biden

Harris shattered a glass ceiling, but she’ll still be held to a higher standard

When Barack Obama was in the White House, many on both the left and the right cited the first Black president as proof that the nation had progressed significantly on racial issues. But that notion was washed away by the election of Trump, which showed that Obama’s presidency had been an aberration, not evidence of

‘SNL’ fans fuming over delay due to college football

Fans eager to see “Saturday Night Live’s” take on Joe Biden’s election victory were crawling up the walls when the sketch show took a backseat to the Clemson vs Notre Dame college football game. Viewers took to social media to vent their anger over having to watch the game drag into double-overtime as NBC delayed

Donald Trump May Flee The White House Next Week

Trump is refusing to accept the reality that he lost the election to Joe Biden, but he is thinking about going to his Florida club next week. The New York Times reported, “Mr. Trump has been eager to leave the White House, and after musings about a rally this week fell flat, aides said he

Irish Home of Biden’s Great-Great-Great Grandfather Cheers His Victory

BALLINA, Ireland — As America turned slowly blue, Ballina held its breath.Was it really possible that Joseph R. Biden Jr., considered a native son of this charming town on Ireland’s west coast — albeit five generations removed — was about to become the next American president?It was. On Saturday, the election was called for Mr.

Joe Biden addresses the nation as networks resist making the final call

Calling for calm, civility, unity. “My responsibility as president will be to represent the entire nation and I will work as hard for the people who didn’t vote for me as for those who did.” (Or close to that, anyway) “There’s no reason we can’t own the 21st century. We just need to remember who

Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows tests positive for COVID-19

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a new report Friday. Meadows, 61, informed a close circle of advisers after Election Day, Bloomberg News reported. His diagnosis with the dangerous bug follows that of his boss, President Trump, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 last month, and comes in

Steve Bannon Loses Lawyer After Suggesting Beheading of Fauci

Stephen K. Bannon, the former adviser to President Trump who is known for his right-wing extremism, suggested on Thursday that the F.B.I. director and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci should be beheaded, and Twitter responded by banning one of his accounts.On Friday, a prominent lawyer who was defending Mr. Bannon against fraud charges in federal court