All anyone cared about on Monday was Pfizer’s stunning vaccine news. Invariably, you’ll hear a
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Xanax For An Anxious World
The new week dawned with most of the developed world breathing a collective sigh of
Georgia, Not Donald Trump, Is What Matters For Republicans Now
“Now we take Georgia, and then we change America,” Chuck Schumer told a crowd gathered
Trump’s Reign Is Over. Now Comes The National Soul-Searching
On Saturday morning, just before noon on the east coast, NBC, CNN, and AP called
Hail Mary (Until The Whistle Blows)
“We’re going to win this race,” Joe Biden said late Friday, in Delaware. Although the
When The Count Is Finished
Donald Trump’s path to reelection narrowed further on Friday as vote counting continued in key
Trump Calls Election ‘Major Fraud,’ Declares Victory, Invokes Supreme Court
At 2:30 AM, Donald Trump convened a victory speech dressed up as a press conference
Trump Claims Election Theft, Democrats Likely Won’t Flip Senate
By half-past midnight on the east coast, the results of the most consequential election in
It’s Time To Be Honest About What America’s ‘Values’ Really Are
For most of the last three years, those of an optimistic persuasion in the US
‘Never, Ever, Ever’
Global equities were again buoyant as election day dawned in the US, where nearly 98
‘Fire Fauci!’ Failing The Rationality Test In The Kingdom Of Unreason
Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s favorite pandemic adviser, Scott Atlas, appeared on Russian state television
An Eleventh Hour Election Warning For Traders And Investors
Editor’s note: The following piece first ran here on Sunday. We’re keeping it featured prominently
‘Christmas Is Going To Be Different This Year’: Boris Johnson Orders England Back Into Lockdown
Just days after France, Italy, and Germany implemented strict new containment protocols amid an aggressive
No Magical Solution
Daily coronavirus cases in Germany topped 20,000 for the first time since the onset of
Difficult Days And Demands Of The People
“As the nation did after Memorial Day, we are [facing] another critical point in the
Boeing Lands In Xi’s Crosshairs As Taiwan Spat Nears Boiling Point
On a day when ominous headlines around new COVID-19 restrictions in Europe were front and
New White House Outbreak Undermines Trump Message In Final Week Of Campaign
Marc Short, Mike Pence’s chief of staff, tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. The news
A Slippery Slope Straight ‘To Hell’
Assuming US stocks “wanted” to go quietly into the weekend, the final US presidential debate
Running Interference
The mood was somewhat sour Thursday ahead of the last US presidential debate. Reports that
‘That’s The Plan’: Pelosi, Mnuchin See Stimulus Deal By Saturday, But Senate Hurdle Remains
Predictably, market participants were inundated with stimulus headlines after the closing bell Tuesday, as a
Stranger Than Fiction: Trump Calls Fauci A 500-Year-Old ‘Idiot’ On A Recorded Phone Call
Satire is dead. It’s a common refrain heard across social media and echoed by journalists
Why The Size Of A Senate Majority Is ‘More Important Than Ever’ And The Fate Of The Filibuster
When you think about the economic and market implications of a prospective Democratic sweep in
48 Hours, Two Minutes, Many Numbers
“If you said a trillion-eight, if you said 2 trillion, if you said 2 trillion-two
Mitch And Marie
Outside of housing, there’s little in the way of data on the docket stateside in
‘A Lot Of This Is Him’: Desperate Times, Dangerous Rhetoric As Election Looms
“A lot of this is the president himself,” an adviser to Donald Trump told Axios’s
Waiting Games
Markets were optimistic Friday as investors awaited news on fiscal stimulus in the US and
Mitch’s Message
“What I’ll put on the floor is a half a trillion dollars – that’s a
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