Asked by Kamala Harris if she were aware — before she got the nomination — of Trump’s vows to choose a Supreme Court nominee who would strike down the ACA, Amy Coney Barrett said: “I don’t recall seeing or hearing those statements.”I mean, unless you want unscrupulous liars on the court. then it makes sense.
With about 7.5 million coronavirus cases, the US has the highest number of confirmed infections in the world - about 20% of the global total despite having only 4% of the population. After the initial spike in late March, social distancing restrictions gradually brought infections to heel. By May, case numbers had stabilised. But as states peeled back lockdown measures, cases began to rise, reaching a countrywide high in July.
As COVID-19 cases spread through the White House and ruffle the Senate, cases among workers on Capitol Hill continue to rise in the center of American government, which to this day lacks a comprehensive testing regimen for all workers. There are now 123 Legislative Branch employees or contractors who have tested positive — or are presumed positive — for COVID-19, according to Ashley Phelps, a Republican spokeswoman for the House Administration Committee. This total has increased by 20 since Aug. 28.------------
(CNN)The top US general, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, and several members of the Pentagon's senior leadership are quarantining after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for coronavirus, several US defense officials tell CNN.
