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It was the end of April just as the U.S. confirmed its millionth covid-19 case and 50,000 deaths when White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci announced “highly significant” news about a drug called remdesivir.
That was surprising because the antiviral drug, owned by Gilead Sciences and developed with investment from the federal government, had languished for years with no apparent commercial use. It had struck out as a treatment for hepatitis C and Ebola.
But early in 2020, when the first global cases of a new pneumonia-like viral illness emerged in China, Gilead resurfaced the compound, branded as Veklury, and shared it with scientists across the globe. From the Oval Office, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said remdesivir would be the “standard of care” for treating coronavirus disease.
Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president.
Why the G.O.P. Argument Against Trying Trump Is So Dangerous
By Republicans’ logic, a president is free to commit insurrection so long as it’s at the end of his term.
By Bob Bauer
Mr. Bauer teaches constitutional law (the presidency) and political reform at New York University Law School. He served as White House counsel to President Barack Obama and was a senior adviser to the Biden campaign.
Feb. 2, 2021
House impeachment managers carried the impeachment article to the Senate last week.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
As the Senate trial of Donald Trump nears, the defense is coming into view. It appears that most Senate Republicans will not defend Mr. Trump’s conduct around the Jan. 6 Capitol siege. Instead, they will rally around an argument about the chamber’s constitutional powers and the supposedly dangerous consequences for our politics if the Senate tries a “late impeachment.”