Nov 16, 2017

Franken accuser: "Not my call" whether he should step down

Leeann Tweeden. Screengrab via MSNBC

Leeann Tweeden on whether Sen. Al Franken should resign:

"People make mistakes. I'm not calling for him to step down, that's not my place to say that. If there are other people that come out and say he's done this, I mean I don't know. If I'm the only one that's come out and said that Senator Franken's done something to me — but if there are other women who have come out, you know, I've gotten a phone call from a woman, I've only gotten a message that said something similar has happened to her and I haven't returned it yet, so that's to be determined but I don't know, that's not my call."

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Updated 39 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Coronavirus dashboard

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Global: Total confirmed cases as of 1 p.m. ET: 6,789,313 — Total deaths: 396,388 — Total recoveries — 2,784,210 — Map.
U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 1 p.m. ET: 1,906,060 — Total deaths: 109,305 — Total recoveries: 491,706 — Total tested: 19,231,444 — Map.
Education: Students and teachers flunked remote learning.
Public health: Fauci: "Very concerned" about spread of coronavirus amid George Floyd protests — Cities offer free coronavirus testing for protesters.
Tech: The pandemic is accelerating next-generation disease diagnostics — Robotics looks to copy the software-as-a-service model as use of robots accelerates.
Jobs: Better-than-expected jobs report boosts stock market.

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Buffalo police officers arrested after shoving 75-year-old protester

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Two Buffalo police officers were charged with assault on Saturday after a video emerged of them shoving a 75-year-old protester while clearing a demonstration in the wake of George Floyd's killing, AP reports, citing prosecutors.

The state of play: Both officers pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault, and were released without bail. After the law enforcement officers were initially suspended without pay on Friday, all 57 officers on the Buffalo Police Department's Emergency Response Team resigned in a show of support for their fellow officers' suspensions.

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Humility for forecasters: Jobs shocker is record miss

President Trump speaking in the Rose Garden following the release of the jobs report on May 5, 2020. Photo: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Economists were projecting that May's jobs figures would show a loss of 8 million jobs and an unemployment rate approaching 20% — Great Depression territory.

The state of play: Instead, a record 2.5 million workers were added, and unemployment fell to 13.3% from April's post-World War II high of 14.7%.

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