Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images
U.K. police confirmed Wednesday afternoon that a British couple is in critical condition after having been exposed to the nerve agent Novichock — the same used on a former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter in the U.K. in March, reports the AP.
Bottom line: It is unclear whether this instance is related to the poisoning of Skripal, which was blamed on the Russian government. However, both incidents occurred near Salisbury, England, just miles apart.
The rise in coronavirus cases in certain parts of the U.S. is stunting confidence across the country, a crop of new reports show.
Driving the news: After stalling during the previous two-week period, overall economic sentiment declined for the first time in two months, according to the Economic Sentiment Index, a biweekly survey from data firm CivicScience and Hamilton Place Strategies (HPS).
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
Republicans, win or lose next week, face a big — and growing — math problem.
The state of play: They're relying almost exclusively on a shrinking demographic (white men), living in shrinking areas (small, rural towns), creating a reliance on people with shrinking incomes (white workers without college degrees) to survive.