Kali9 / Getty Images CDC Study: Mask Mandates and Restaurant Closures Have Only Minor Impact on COVID Cases The researchers said that these findings will be important as communities battle highly transmissible coronavirus variants. By Erin Coates March 5, 2021
Gregory Bull / APCommentary With California Set to Receive Biggest Bailout in History, State Earmarks Millions to House Immigrants in Hotels How can the state afford such a costly service during the pandemic? Well, it's expecting a massive windfall courtesy of the US taxpayer. By Grant Atkinson March 5, 2021
John Moore / Getty ImagesCommentary Neanderthal Thinking? Connecticut Becomes First Blue State to Announce Major Rollback of Lockdown Biden referred to Texas and Mississippi's lifting of COVID restrictions as 'Neanderthal thinking.' Will he treat Connecticut the same way? By Garion Frankel March 5, 2021
Samuel Corum / Getty ImagesCommentary Watch: Psaki Ties Herself in Knots Trying to Defend Biden's 'Neanderthal' Comment Jen Psaki had a golden opportunity to explain away President Biden's 'Neanderthal thinking' comment. Instead, she doubled down on it. By Garion Frankel March 5, 2021
Monkey Business Images / ShutterstockCommentary Poll: Americans Are More Ready Than Ever to Get Back to Pre-Pandemic Times More Americans are ready to get back to ‘normal’ than at any point since the pandemic began, according to a poll. By Johnathan Jones March 5, 2021
Mary Altaffer / APCommentary As Media Cheered Cuomo's COVID Response, His Staff Was Busy Altering Nursing Home Report to Conceal Damning Death Toll The New York Times reported that Cuomo's aides took out the high nursing home death count from a report prior to it being made public. By Cameron Arcand March 5, 2021
Mandel Ngan - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Mississippi Gov Hits Back at Biden After 'Neanderthal' Insult: We 'Don't Need Handlers' 'I guess I just think we should trust Americans, not insult them,' Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a tweet. By C. Douglas Golden March 5, 2021
Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images New Jobs Report Shows Economy on the Comeback Trail as More States Ditch Lockdowns The Labor Department reported a surge in hiring and a decreased unemployment rate in February 2021. By The Associated Press March 4, 2021
John Minchillo / APCommentary CoronaGate: Cuomo Pandemic Response Hearkens Back to Infamous Presidential Abuse Cuomo’s administration issued over 40 executive orders and altered over 250 laws in only the first four months of accumulating this power. By Brett Kershaw March 4, 2021
Oliver Contreras - Pool / Getty ImagesOp-Ed Josh Hammer: Biden and Fauci Are the Ones with 'Neanderthal Thinking,' Not Us 'Remember the Trump White House's "15 Days to Slow the Spread" program? That was now approximately 350 days ago.' By Josh Hammer March 4, 2021