Second gentleman Doug Emhoff Doug Emhoff Emhoff reflects on interracial marriage case: Without this 'I would not be married to Kamala Harris' Biden leans into empathizer-in-chief role Biden mourns 500,000 American lives lost to coronavirus MORE reflected on the “powerful” impact of the Supreme Court landmark ruling in Loving v. Virginia legalizing interracial marriage, saying he would not have been married to Vice President Harris if not for that decision. Emhoff could be seeing viewing the historic court documents from the case in a recent visit to the National Archives. “I gotta see this. … Geeking out as a lawyer on this one, hold on,” the second gentleman, an attorney who was also a partner at law firm DLA Piper in Los Angeles up until last year , said in a clip of the moment. ADVERTISEMENT “For hundreds of years, you could not literally marry somebody that you loved because of their race. I would not be married to Kamala Harris Kamala … [Read more...] about Emhoff reflects on interracial marriage case: Without this ‘I would not be married to Kamala Harris’
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Kamala Harris: ‘Black People Are Disproportionally Likely to Contract the Coronavirus and Die from It’
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Vice President Kamala Harris continued her push to get black people vaccinated for COVID-19. Harris, noting the history of medical testing on black people and their hesitance to get vaccinated as a result, emphasized the importance of African-Americans getting vaccinated because it is “disproportionally” affecting them. She said black people are “disproportionately likely to contract the virus and die from it.” “Let’s not let COVID get us. Let’s get the vaccine instead, right? Let’s not let this thing get us. We know black people are disproportionately likely to contract the virus and die from it,” Harris stated. “We know when you look at who the frontline workers are who have been most at risk, disproportionately, we are talking about people of color. When you look at the fact that black small businesses, as many as I have seen, 40%, are going out of business or have gone out of business. It is disproportionately affecting us. And if we want to … [Read more...] about Kamala Harris: ‘Black People Are Disproportionally Likely to Contract the Coronavirus and Die from It’
US Report on Khashoggi Death Expected to Single Out Saudi Crown Prince, Sources Say
WASHINGTON - A declassified version of a U.S. intelligence report expected to be released Thursday finds that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, four U.S. officials familiar with the matter said. The officials said the report, for which the CIA was the main contributor, assessed that the crown prince approved and likely ordered the murder of Khashoggi, whose Washington Post column had criticized the crown prince’s policies. President Joe Biden, a Democrat who succeeded the Republican Donald Trump five weeks ago, told reporters Wednesday he had read the report and expected to speak soon by phone with Saudi Arabian King Salman, 85, father of the crown prince, the country's 35-year-old de facto ruler. The report's release is part of Biden's policy to realign ties with Riyadh after years of giving the Arab ally and major oil producer a pass on its human rights record and its intervention in Yemen’s civil war. Biden is … [Read more...] about US Report on Khashoggi Death Expected to Single Out Saudi Crown Prince, Sources Say
Psaki: We Are Not ‘Ripping Kids from the Arms of Parents’ Like Trump Did
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that the Biden administration is not “ripping kids from the arms of their parents” when asked about the reopening of a migrant facility near the U.S. Mexico border for housing children. Co-host Meghan McCain asked, “This week, a migrant facility that operated under the Trump administration for only a month in September of 2019 is being reactivated to hold up to 700 children ages 13 to 17.” She continued, “President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly spoke out against kids in cages. I feel like this is the same thing, and that you’re still detaining kids at the border, and it’s not meaningfully different than what President Trump was doing.” Psaki said, “Absolutely not, the same thing Meghan. We are not ripping children from the arms of their parents. That is horrible and something we saw in the last administration, but we’re seeing kids are fleeing prosecution. They’re fleeing really … [Read more...] about Psaki: We Are Not ‘Ripping Kids from the Arms of Parents’ Like Trump Did
WHO: Coronavirus deaths down 20 percent worldwide last week
The number of deaths resulting from the coronavirus dropped 20 percent worldwide last week, compared to the previous week, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The total number of new cases reported also fell globally for the sixth consecutive week, the WHO said, with 2.4 million new cases last week. That figure represents an 11 percent decline from the week before. Worldwide coronavirus deaths have also fallen each of the last three weeks, according to figures analyzed by the global health alliance, with 66,000 new deaths reported last week. ADVERTISEMENT The WHO estimates 110.7 million cases and over 2.4 million deaths have been reported around the world since the start of the pandemic. The United States earlier this week passed the grim milestone of 500,000 lives lost to the pandemic. President Biden Joe Biden Klain on Manchin's objection to Neera Tanden: He 'doesn't answer to us at the White House' Senators given no timeline on removal of … [Read more...] about WHO: Coronavirus deaths down 20 percent worldwide last week