Sunday's Headlines: With firing of State Dept. inspector general, Trump ramps up retaliatory purge
Trump's slow-motion Friday night massacre of inspectors general; Crisis exposes how U.S. has hollowed out its government; Obama criticizes nation's leaders for bungled handling of coronavirus pandemic; Americans head back to shops and restaurants amid early signs of recovery; Reviving New York's economy means luring back tourists. Will they want to come?; Covid testing is about saving lives. Trump thinks it's just about numbers.; Widespread testing might not work in America. We love our 'freedom' too much.; Pandemic scolding won't keep us healthy. But it gives us a sense of control.; Lost graduations are ultimately trivial. But they remind us why rituals matter.; The absurd cynicism of 'Obamagate'; He's spent over 800 days in solitary in Turkey. His art shows prison's darkness.; After comparing virus measures to Nazi rule, lawmaker says Hitler was not white supremacist ; Summer could slow virus's spread, but won't halt it, experts say; The mystery of the great naked mole-rat migration ; Disease modelers are wary of reopening the U.S. Here's how they reach their verdict.; What reparations mean to the descendants of the Rosewood massacre
The termination of Steve A. Linick again showed the president challenging norms of U.S. governance in his push to rid the federal bureaucracy of officials he considers insufficiently loyal to or protective of him and his administration.
By Philip Rucker, Karen DeYoung, Lisa Rein and Hannah Knowles ●Read more »
The unprecedented spate of removals and their timing have reinforced how President Trump is rather obviously seeking to undermine independent oversight of his administration.
Its halting response represents chronic weaknesses and years of underinvestment, compounded by President Trump's open hostility to the federal bureaucracy. Missteps, endemic obstacles and lack of clear communication have hampered efforts to meet the needs of the nation.
Since the coronavirus lockdown began in mid-March, the nation's top tourism destination has been shuttered. The despair over tourists may seem callous in a city that has counted, as of Friday, close to 20,500 covid-19 deaths among residents. But the city depends on visitors.
Occasionally, one of the bizarre rodents emerges from its underground colony for a pioneering midnight shuffle. Only the mole-rat knows how it decides when and where to go.
In 1923, a white mob burned down the small mill town of Rosewood, Fla., killing at least six people and driving out black residents. After survivors won reparations from the state, Rosewood descendants are left with a complicated legacy.
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