Illinois Residents Urged — But Not Ordered — To Stay Home As COVID-19 Surges
The new advice came as the state reported 12,657 new COVID-19 cases and 145 deaths during the past 24 hours.
The new advice came as the state reported 12,657 new COVID-19 cases and 145 deaths during the past 24 hours.
President Trump has been tweeting, but his schedule has been empty since the election, and he hasn’t spoken publicly since Thursday. He will visit Arlington National Cemetery to mark Veterans Day.
President-elect Joe Biden is quietly pushing forward with the business of preparing to become America’s next commander in chief, ignoring President Trump’s efforts to block him.
Legislative leaders are canceling the planned two-week session after a “strong majority” of state representatives said they’d prefer not to convene amid surging COVID-19 cases.
The Supreme Court is weighing the fate of the Affordable Care Act, which provides health insurance for more than 20 million Americans.
Nearly 140 people are sick with the virus at the home in LaSalle, southwest of Chicago. Three residents have died in the past 24 hours, state public health officials say.
With Obamacare once again on the chopping block at the U.S. Supreme Court, comments from the justices appeared to suggest Tuesday that a majority is inclined to leave the bulk of the Affordable Care Act in place. Also, Attorney General William Barr wrote a memo authorizing federal prosecutors to pursue any “substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities.” There is no evidence of substantial election fraud.This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
As coronavirus cases surge nationwide, the city’s top doctor revealed a new map that assigns travel restrictions, including testing and quarantine requirements, based on color.
Unlike in 2016, the latest U.S. presidential race avoided major cyberattacks from foreign actors.
At least two of the court’s conservative justices seemed to suggest the law should stand whether or not the individual mandate is found unconstitutional.