Feb 15, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Parkland shooting survivor to lawmakers: "Please, take action"

Senior David Hogg, who survived yesterday's school shooting in southern Florida, stared straight into CNN's camera Thursday morning and sent a strong message to President Trump and lawmakers: “Please, take action. Ideas are great… But what’s more important is actual action… that results in saving thousands of children’s lives. Please, take action.”

Why it matters: Yesterday's shooting in Parkland joins Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs as one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern American history. All of them took place in the last five months.

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Fadel Allassan

16 mins ago - Technology

Trump claims TikTok will be banned if not sold by Sept. 15

President Trump said Monday that TikTok will be shut down in the U.S. if it hasn't been bought by Microsoft or another company by Sept. 15.

Why it matters: Trump appears to have backed off his threat to immediately ban TikTok after speaking with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who said Sunday that the company will pursue discussions with TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to purchase the app in the U.S.

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Updated 27 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

Global: Total confirmed cases as of 2 p.m. ET: 18,147,574 — Total deaths: 690,573 — Total recoveries — 10,753,815 — Map.
U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 2 p.m. ET: 4,687,828 — Total deaths: 155,062 — Total recoveries: 1,468,689 — Total tests: 56,812,162 — Map.
Politics: White House will require staff to undergo randomized coronavirus testing — Pelosi says Birx "enabled" Trump on misinformation.
Business: Virtual school is another setback for retail — The pandemic hasn't hampered health care.
Public health: Former FDA chief says MLB outbreaks should be warning sign for schools.

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Fadel Allassan

1 hour ago - Politics & Policy

Filing suggests Manhattan DA is investigating Trump for possible fraud

Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP

The Manhattan District Attorney's office suggested for the first time Monday that it's investigating President Trump and his company for "alleged bank and insurance fraud," the New York Times first reported.

The state of play: The disclosure was made in a filing in federal court that seeks to force accounting firm Mazars USA to comply with a subpoena for eight years of Trump's personal and corporate tax returns.