2024: A nightmare scenario
With every passing day, two things about the next presidential election are becoming clearer. One is that Democrats are unlikely to nominate Joe Biden for another term. The other is that Republicans are unlikely to nominate Donald Trump for another term. The reason is the same in both cases: Both men look like losers. What is not becoming clearer is what candidates the parties are likely to nominate. Trump may try to pre-empt the process by
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The Department of Health and Human Services is considering whether to declare monkeypox a public health emergency if current management tactics don’t get the virus under control, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha said Sunday. "In the US right now, we're looking at public health emergency as something that HHS might deliver but I mean, might invoke but, you know, it really depends on what does that allow us to do," Jha told CBS "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan. "Right now we have over 2000 cas
Read MoreDmitry Rogozin’s firing will not save the Russian space program
The news that Dmitry Rogozin had been dismissed as director of Roscosmos, the state corporation that runs the Russian space program, was universally acclaimed in Western space policy circles. Rogozin’s history of making bellicose statements concerning Russia’s space partners has been a sore point even before his tenure at Roscosmos. However, his departure will not save the Russian space progra
Read MoreThe Memo: Jill Biden, Mayra Flores shine light on Dems’ Latino problem
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Read MoreBiden has upper respiratory infection but ‘doing just fine’ says White House pandemic coordinator
President Biden is “doing just fine” as of last night as he weathers COVID-19, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha said Sunday. “I checked in with his team late last night. He was feeling well. He had a good day yesterday. He's got a viral syndrome, an upper respiratory infection, that is, and he's doing just fine,” Jha told host Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” The president
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