“You know what solves it? When the economy crashes, when the country goes to total hell and everything is a disaster. Then you’ll have a [chuckles], you know, you’ll have riots to go back to where we used to be when we were great.” -- Donald Trump on Fox News, February 2014.
Deaths
US: 37,158 (+2544)
World: 154,256 (+8735)
Countdown: 200 days
We’re not overreacting to the coronavirus. In other words, the benefits of social distancing aren’t very visible, while the pain from it is. That creates a situation in which it can be easy to take for granted that social distancing is, according to experts and models, likely preventing hundreds of thousands of deaths in the US.
In Trump's 'LIBERATE' tweets, extremists see a call to arms. Trump's tweets pushed many online extremist communities to speculate whether the president was advocating for armed conflict, an event they’ve termed “the boogaloo."
Trump lashes out at Democrats, seeking to pass the blame for economic pain.
President Trump claims "partisan" voices are spreading misinformation about coronavirus testing. But it's public health experts who say the shortage of coronavirus tests will make re-opening the U.S. economy difficult.
Coronavirus in NY: New Yorkers must wear masks or cover face in public, Cuomo says.
Around the country, labs and public officials tell AP that critical shortages in supplies such as swabs and chemicals make it impossible to increase COVID-19 testing to the levels needed to keep the virus in check and reopen the economy.
First hit, first opened? Seattle eyes reopening economy.
Fox News keeps inviting TV doctors on air who say crazy things. -- Oz, Phil, and Drew. None of them are virologists. But they’re all spouting dangerous bullshit. Fox News is literally trying to kill you.
Voting by mail in the spotlight as U.S. Congress debates how to secure November elections. — Will it matter?
Millionaires to reap 80% of benefit from tax change in US coronavirus stimulus.
A stimulus program set up to prevent small businesses from shuttering and their employees from going on unemployment officially ran dry Thursday morning, less than two weeks after launching.
Beaches, parks to reopen in Jacksonville, Florida on Friday. Additionally, parks will resume their normal operating hours, but the city's beaches will only be open for use between 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and then 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Ohio racetrack owner vows to reopen despite coronavirus restrictions. "I'm not asking, I'm opening.”
Heartland hotspots: A sudden rise in coronavirus cases is hitting rural states without stay-at-home orders. -- Imagine my shock.
Two weeks after the firing of the captain of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy's top admiral is mulling the next steps in the ship's saga that, among other things, could include the possible reinstatement of Capt. Brett Crozier.
Landlords are targeting vulnerable tenants to solicit sex in exchange for rent, advocates say.
Don't take pets' heartworm medicine to treat coronavirus, FDA and state agencies say. The U.S. Food and Drug administration and Michigan state agencies have recently issued warnings against taking ivermectin – a pill to treat parasites – as a coronavirus cure or prevention for pets or people.
Switzerland's famed Matterhorn mountain was illuminated with an American flag for a few hours as a symbol of solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus crisis spotlights the inequalities in American education.
Democrats grapple with questions about Tara Reade's sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden.
The Next Casualty of the Coronavirus Crisis May Be the Academic Calendar.
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