President Trump has generated some the most ridiculous presidential photos of all time. Join us on a chronological look back at the last four years nym.ag/38tsOtU
March 13, 2017: A strong wind blows back Trump’s necktie exposing the office tape applied to its underside as he steps off of Air Force One nym.ag/38tsOtU
March 23, 2017: Trump has a big-kid moment during Truck Day at the White House nym.ag/38tsOtU
September 15, 2017: President Trump supervises an 11-year-old boy mowing the White House lawn nym.ag/38tsOtU
June 9, 2018: President Trump remains seated for the delicate dance of diplomacy at the G7 summit nym.ag/38tsOtU
January 14, 2019: Trump welcomes the Clemson Tigers football team to the White House with a McDonalds-catered feast nym.ag/38tsOtU
March 2, 2019: President Trump spots a beautiful flag after walking onstage at CPAC and just starts hugging it nym.ag/38tsOtU
February 7, 2020: The president’s more-than-natural complexion stands out in the late-day sun as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House nym.ag/38tsOtU
March 20, 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci has a moment as President Trump speaks during a COVID-19 briefing at the White House nym.ag/38tsOtU
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Almost nine months after the CARES Act was signed into law, Congress agreed on a second stimulus bill. Here's what's in it nym.ag/38qPefo
The $908 billion stimulus package includes $286 billion in direct aid, including $600 checks to Americans making under $75,000 and a $300 weekly unemployment boost for 11 weeks nym.ag/38qPefo
It also includes $325 billion for small businesses. Of that, $284 billion, will go to forgivable loans as part of the Paycheck Protection Program. Another $15 billion will go to live venues, cultural institutions, and movie theaters nym.ag/38qPefo
In America’s newest swing state, where the fate of the nation rests on the outcome of two Senate runoffs, all of the candidates are relying on Donald Trump for one last turnout extravaganza. @gdebenedetti reports nym.ag/2KHeA0z
@gdebenedetti If Democrats don’t take both Georgia seats, Mitch McConnell will control the Senate and be able to strangle much of Joe Biden’s agenda in the crib. And so surrogates are flooding into the state: Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Donald Trump Jr., and many others nym.ag/2KHeA0z
Ad spending is almost certain to surpass half a billion dollars before voting concludes on January 5. And Georgians have so far obliterated early-turnout projections nym.ag/2KHeA0z
A whıte woman called the polıce on her Black neıghbors. Sıx months later, they stıll share a property lıne. @AllisonPDavis reports on a June incident in Montclair that went viral, and on what happened next nym.ag/37EZpxX
To move to Montclair is to actively choose diversity and progressiveness in addition to a manicured lawn and a driveway with space for two cars nym.ag/37EZpxX
But in June, a white woman named Susan Schulz confronted her Black neighbors about a patio they were building in their backyard, then called 911 falsely claiming one of them pushed her. The story became local news, then national news nym.ag/37EZpxX
Kathy Wylde, the longtime head of the Partnership for New York City, started her career as a community organizer — and has a message for today’s young socialists. @freedlander reports nym.ag/2UXpMYK
Once an activist, Wylde came to believe that true power lived not in City Hall but in penthouses on Fifth Avenue and in the private offices of the city’s biggest banks nym.ag/2UXpMYK
By the time Michael Bloomberg took office as mayor, Wylde, the onetime rabble-rouser for the working class, had become a spokeswoman for the interests of Wall Street nym.ag/2UXpMYK
Once a COVID-19 vaccine arrives, how might it be distributed? On "What Is Even Happening?" — our new video series attempting to untangle questions in the news — @MrJDWalsh spoke with vaccine expert @PeterHotez about what a rollout might look like
"I think you'll start seeing some vaccine released to selected populations by the early part of next year" if one is proven safe and effective, says @PeterHotez. A more significant release of vaccine to the general public could come in the second or third quarter of 2021.
Because some early vaccines will need to be kept frozen at -70 degrees Celsius, @PeterHotez says that "you're probably going to have to go through specially centers, and exactly how they're going to set that up and what the logistics are remain to be determined."