President Trump and President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan at their joint press conference. Photo: Olivier Douliery-Pool / Getty Images
President Trump told reporters today he wants immigrants to "come in from everywhere." He was speaking in the Oval Office today along with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev.
Why it matters: Trump was responding to a question about his comments last week that he wanted more immigrants from countries like Norway, and not from places like Haiti and African nations.
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Joe Biden on Thursday returned to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to give his first major speech on economic policy since becoming the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee.
Axios Re:Cap digs into Biden's plans, how they developed and how they may change, with former U.S. Commerce secretary and campaign surrogate Penny Pritzker.
Tokyo in the time of coronavirus. Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty
Many politicians and public health officials sounded a similar lockdown refrain in the spring: let’s do this right so we only have to do it once.
Reality check: While some countries have thus far managed to keep cases under control after opening up, dozens of countries that had initially turned a corner are now seeing a worrying rebound. They have to decide if and how to return to lockdown — and whether their populations will stand for it.