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If it had happened in any other country, no other conclusion would suffice.

The law enforcement officers charged with protecting the Capitol building were completely overrun by a mob, raising questions about the security of Congress.

The Capitol Police had a decidedly different approach to previous protestors.

Shocking events in the nation’s capital.

In the midst of discussions leading up to the counting of the electoral votes on Wednesday, pro-Trump demonstrators broke through four layers of security fencing and entered the Capitol building in a stunning escalation of aggression.

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But some design experts say it could have been worse.

As a general rule, the CIA tries to stay out of the news. But its new website didn’t arrive on the scene very quietly.

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Users were first informed of the changes today via an in-app notification.

A marketing strategist says that we must be our own brand ambassadors: Demonstrating your value to the company is essential for moving up in your career.

A procedural affair that typically garners little attention.

A joint session of Congress is meeting today to formally count the electoral votes and certify Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. This procedural affair typically garners little attention in an election cycle, but the vote count this year will be marred by partisan politics as a number of Republicans are expected to object to the counts. Those objections will not change the results of the election—the states... Читать дальше...

You may not be trained in sales, says Maynard Webb, but your knowledge and passion will help you hone your pitch.

In January, 2020, Bakersfield, California, had housed nearly everyone who had been homeless for more than a year. Then they sustained it during the pandemic.

The once-great financial-planning app is adding new insights, subscription tracking, and motivational features—starting with the iPhone version.

These are questions that several interviewees shared—and some suggested answers.

Can fashion brands convince you to be an outfit repeater?

For decades, fashion brands have built their businesses on convincing customers to buy new clothes, racking up profits with each new purchase. But in new twist, fashion brands are persuading their customers to wear clothes they already own. Some are even paying them to do so.

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Who What Wear’s Katherine Power has a knack for launching brands that resonate with millennial women. With Merit, she’s expanding into clean beauty.

The ex-CEO of Haven—Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan’s just-ended health venture—on what he’s learned as a surgeon, researcher, and entrepreneur.

A new brand identity aims to embody the pharma giant’s shift from pills like Advil and Viagra to the science of vaccines.

Author Matt Casey calls his approach “lazy management” and says changing the job, instead of the manager, is the best solution.

This weekly digital newsletter covers global topics, from style and fashion to politics and the environment. Every article is interesting and insightful.

Removing urban highways could transform cities and help heal a legacy of racist planning. But it won’t be possible without help from the federal government.

But it’s unclear if the executive order will ever come to pass.

With just two weeks of his presidency left, President Trump has issued what could be among his final executive orders. This order bans U.S. transactions with eight Chinese apps, the most prominent of which are AliPay and WeChat Pay, reports Bloomberg. Under the order, the ban will be initiated in 45 days.

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Sensible tweaks to the law that protects social media platforms from liability for content could make critics happy. It might even help the platforms.

States have 15 million doses. They’ve only given out 4.5 million. This is the series of cascading failures that have taken the country to the point that vaccines may expire before we can give them out.

A computational biologist breaks down estimates of the critical vaccination level, which can help predict when life can start to return to normal.