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Titled ‘Dying in a Leadership Vacuum,’ the editorial – dated October 8 but made public Wednesday – says the US leadership “failed” the Covid-19 test, turning a crisis into a tragedy. While it does not mention the names “Trump” or “Biden” once, its political implications are crystal clear. NEJM editors …

The president shared a brief video message on Twitter after returning to the White House on Monday evening, thanking staff at Walter Reed Medical Center and stating that he felt “better than I have in a long time” after his three-day stay. “One thing that’s for certain: Don’t let [Covid-19] …

A Marquette Law School poll conducted from September 8 to September 15 – ending just three days before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death – found that 67 percent of Americans said hearings on a new nominee to the Supreme Court should be held in 2020. Support for filling a court …

The New York Times columnist commemorated the 19th anniversary of the most deadly attack on US soil in spectacular fashion. In a tweet on Friday morning, he claimed that “overall, Americans took 9/11 pretty calmly,” that “there wasn’t a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence,” and that then-president Bush …

Trust in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has fallen 16 points on average, a poll conducted last week by the Kaiser Family Foundation has revealed. Published on Thursday, the survey’s results appear to show widespread fear of the virus is now gradually giving way to economic anxiety, and impatience …

Seventy-three percent of Americans say that elected officials do not face “serious consequences” for misconduct, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. A closer look reveals that a mere 21 percent of those leaning Democrat and 32 percent of Republicans believe there is some basic justice for delinquent politicians. …

Gun sales in the company’s first fiscal quarter, ended July 31, jumped 141 percent from a year earlier to a record $230 million, Smith & Wesson said late Thursday. The firm also set an all-time quarterly high for guns shipped out, more than doubling to 584,000 units, as production was …

The metadata “bulk collection” program violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday. The opinion delivered by Judge Marsha Berzon reportedly contained multiple references to Snowden and his role in disclosing the program to the public – for which …

“Rioting is not protesting,” Biden said during a speech in Pennsylvania on Monday. “It’s lawlessness, plain and simple… Violence will not bring change.” The Democratic nominee’s remarks come shortly after a Trump supporter was gunned down in Portland, Oregon and almost a week after three rioters were shot – two …

According to the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, one should be particularly vigilant about the Russian trolls, lurking around the social media feeds, as Kremlin is allegedly once again seeking to prop up President Donald Trump and help him secure re-election in November. Speaking to NBC News’ “Meet …