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With Old Allies Turning Against Her, Birx Presses On Against the Coronavirus Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, has found herself a woman without a country, denounced by Democrats and called "pathetic" by the president. Politics · Aug 6	Doug Mills/The New York Times
Doug Mills/The New York Times With Old Allies Turning Against Her, Birx Presses On Against the Coronavirus Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, has found herself a woman without a country, denounced by Democrats and called "pathetic" by the president. Politics · Aug 6

In Stimulus Talks, McConnell Is Outside the Room and in a Tight Spot With Republicans divided and President Trump undercutting negotiations on a pandemic relief package, the majority leader is in a difficult bind, partly of his own making. Politics · Aug 5	Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Erin Schaff/The New York Times In Stimulus Talks, McConnell Is Outside the Room and in a Tight Spot With Republicans divided and President Trump undercutting negotiations on a pandemic relief package, the majority leader is in a difficult bind, partly of his own making. Politics · Aug 5

David Brooks Where Do Republicans Go From Here? The party looks brain-dead at every spot Trump touches. But off in the corners, there's a lot of intellectual ferment. Aug 7	Tim Enthoven
Tim Enthoven David Brooks Where Do Republicans Go From Here? The party looks brain-dead at every spot Trump touches. But off in the corners, there's a lot of intellectual ferment. Aug 7

Paul Krugman Coming Next: The Greater Recession The suspension of federal benefits would create damage almost as terrifying as the economic effects of the coronavirus. Aug 6	Jim Tankersley The Real Reason the American Economy Boomed After World War II How expanding opportunity for women, immigrants and nonwhite workers helped everyone — and why we need to do so again. Aug 6
Paul Krugman Coming Next: The Greater Recession The suspension of federal benefits would create damage almost as terrifying as the economic effects of the coronavirus. Aug 6

Jim Tankersley The Real Reason the American Economy Boomed After World War II How expanding opportunity for women, immigrants and nonwhite workers helped everyone — and why we need to do so again. Aug 6