Joe biden 30 years ago

"A loophole has been created that allows landlords to continue evicting tenants that cannot pay rent" said Nicole Portnov, a lawyer with Maryland Legal Aid, representing Bennett. "Ms. Bennett is a quintessential example of this phenomenon, and in Ms. Bennett's case this has led to the use of a relatively seldom used eviction statute to put people in the street during a pandemic." … [Read more...] about Evictions, unemployment and hunger: The American economy Joe Biden inherits

Biden won back just 10% of them in November even after a campaign contrasting Trump's divisiveness with his own calls for unity. But the White House bully pulpit gives him a chance to win over more of them on some initiatives, especially with Trump exiled to Florida without access to his social media megaphone. … [Read more...] about Biden’s opening with Republicans is narrow but real

As many as 215,000 more people than usual died in the U.S. during the first seven months of the year, suggesting that the number of lives lost to the coronavirus was significantly higher than the official toll, which was then about 150,000. More than half the dead in the excess mortality count were people of color, a higher proportion than their share of the population, according to an analysis by The Associated Press and the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the criminal justice system. … [Read more...] about AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s falsehoods on virus, taxes and Bidens

Although British officials on Friday warned that the so-called UK variant of the coronavirus, already detected in at least 20 US states, was associated with a higher level of mortality, scientists have said existing vaccines still appeared to be effective against it. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 hospitalizations fall to lowest levels since mid December as US states report sharp drop in new cases and deaths  – while nation smashes through Biden’s one million shots-a-day target

The sector has been recovering. Yet after increases in production in June, the Federal Reserve said U.S. factory output was running 11.1% below pre-pandemic levels. Trump cited one component of an index composed by the Institute for Supply Management that indicates factory production grew in July as well. It was the best reading since August of 2018, not October as claimed by the president. But that same report showed that manufacturers are also cutting back on employment, suggesting that a boom has yet to begin. … [Read more...] about AP FACT CHECK: Trump muddies facts on mail ballots, Kamala Harris