China dismisses reported Energy Department conclusion lab leak sparked COVID pandemic
China is dismissing new reporting that the Department of Energy has concluded a lab leak was most likely behind the COVID-19 pandemic, with a foreign ministry spokesperson saying the issue should not be politicized. “Certain parties should stop rehashing the ‘lab leak’ narrative, stop smearing China and stop politicizing origins-tracing,” Mao Ning said at a regular press conference on Monday. Mao said the tracing of the virus's origin “is about science and s
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Read MoreRecession or not, Americans feel like they're poorer
The nation may not be in recession, but Americans are reckoning with a classic recessionary symptom: feeling poorer. Half of American respondents say they are worse-off financially than a year ago, according to a Gallup poll released this month. In nearly 50 years of polling on this question, only once before have so many people reported dwindling fortunes: during the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. The nation’s collective economi
Read MoreHaley’s mental competency tests could rock Washington — but would be hard to implement
Former Ambassador Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign proposal to impose mental competency tests for politicians aged 75 and older has reignited debates about how to decide who is fit to lead. It puts the spotlight on calls for generational change sure to be front and center during the 2024 campaign cycle and on battles over whether those calls constitute a form of ageism.
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