White House senior advisor Jared Kushner said Thursday that the NBA players refusing to play in protest of a recent police shooting are lucky to be rich enough to be "able to take a night off from work."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed that Congress will get President Trump's income tax returns from the next Treasury Department secretary if Democratic nominee Joe Biden is elected.
All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday also have been postponed, with players choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice.
"The frustration that the players feel is something that's felt broadly among the ownership group, too. We want to see change," Sacramento Kings co-owner Chris Kelly told CNBC.
Treasury yields reversed higher on Thursday after the Fed announced a major policy shift to allow inflation to run hotter and unemployment to stay lower to support the economy.
The Federal Reserve announced a major policy shift Thursday, saying that it is willing to allow inflation to run hotter than normal in order to support the labor market and broader economy.
Abbott Laboratories said on Wednesday it won U.S. marketing authorization for a Covid-19 portable antigen test that can deliver results within 15 minutes and will sell for $5. CEO Robert B. Ford explains how it is a gamechanger.
The samples were collected at the oncology facility during the height of the New Jersey's outbreak. None of the samples returned positive for the coronavirus, the study found.
Amazon will track everything from physical activity to sleep. It is also bringing some new features to the market, including technology to measure users' body fat percentages and emotional states.
Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday, threatening the lives of people who didn't evacuate.
One for Democracy, backed by former hedge fund executive Mike Novogratz, raises money from donors and distributes it to groups that seek to get out the vote.
Many public health specialists and epidemiologists have repeatedly said that widespread and rapid testing for the coronavirus is critical to driving the U.S. response.
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