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2097 episodes transcribedFrom the start of the pandemic, the Trump administration said it was committed to ordering and stockpiling enough potential vaccine doses to end the o...
In Britain, news that the country had become the first to start administering a fully tested coronavirus vaccine was met with hope, excitement — and s...
Caitlin Dickerson, an immigration reporter for The Times, says there is one word that sums up the Trump administration’s approach to border crossing:...
The state of the 2020 U.S. election is, still, not a settled matter in Georgia. For weeks, conservatives have been filing lawsuits in state and federa...
Foresters once regarded trees as solitary individuals: They competed for space and resources, but were otherwise indifferent to one another.The work o...
The power to pardon criminals or commute their sentences is one of the most sacred and absolute a president has, and President Trump has already used...
This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault.When the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy this year, it created a final window for clai...
What kind of foreign policy is possible for the United States after four years of isolationism under President Trump?Antony Blinken, President-elect J...
Janet Yellen, who is poised to become secretary of the Treasury, will immediately have her work cut out for her. The U.S. economy is in a precarious s...
For Americans, months of collective isolation and fear could soon be winding down. A coronavirus vaccine may be just weeks away.According to Dr. Monce...
On a day early this fall, Nikita Stewart, who covers social services for The New York Times, and the Daily producers Annie Brown and Stella Tan spent...
Pressure and litigation appear to have been the pillars of President Trump’s response to his general election loss.His team filed a litany of court ca...
This week New York City’s public schools will close their doors and students will once again undertake online instruction.The shutdown was triggered w...
For years, Wil S. Hylton had been drawn to his cousin’s strength and violence. He was pulled in by the archetype that he embodied and was envious of t...
When the pandemic struck, Patty Schachtner, in her capacity as both a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and chief medical officer for St. Croix Cou...
There are several figures that tell the story of the American economy right now.Some are surprisingly positive — the housing market is booming — while...
President Trump is pushing the military to accelerate the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, all but guaranteeing a major place for the T...
As it became clear that Europe was heading into another deadly wave of the coronavirus, most of the continent returned to lockdown. European leaders p...
For four years, Democrats had been united behind the mission of defeating President Trump.But after the election of Joe Biden, the party’s disappointi...
For the folk duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, pandemic isolation brought about a creative boon. In a year that has been defined by uncertainty, t...
