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Trump says coronavirus ‘peak in death rate’ likely in 2 weeks, extends social-distancing guidelines through April 30
Speaking at a contentious White House coronavirus news briefing on Sunday that involved testy standoffs with multople reporters, President Trump declared that “the peak in death rate” in the coronavirus pandemic “is likely to hit in two weeks,”…
Read More »Trump weighs rolling coronavirus quarantines
According to people close to the president, he may soon announce an approach that would suggest the quarantines should end on a rolling basis — keeping heavily infected hotspots like New York City shuttered for longer than areas…
Read More »273 Americans stuck in Central America flown back to U.S. on ICE deportation flights
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/03/27/coronavirus-americans-stuck-central-america-return-ice-flights/2932039001/ Nearly 300 Americans stranded in Central America due to the spread of the coronavirus have returned to the U.S. this week aboard flights used by U.S. immigration authorities to deport people back to their home countries.
Read More »Race to build temporary hospitals nationwide as coronavirus spreads
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at 114 facilities in all 50 states to convert into potential temporary hospitals in an effort to increase the nation’s hospital capacity in preparation for an expected influx of hundreds…
Read More »Aydin Buyuktas bends drone images into otherworldly urban landscapes
The resulting photo series, “Flatlands,” uses these surreal, digitally-manipulated scenes to warp the viewer’s sense of time and space, Buyuktas said in an email interview. https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/drone-photography-istanbul-aydin-buyuktas/index.html
Read More »Trump signs historic $2 trillion stimulus after Congress passes it Friday
President Donald Trump signed into law Friday afternoon a historic $2 trillion stimulus package as the American public and the US economy fight the devastating spread of Covid-19. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/27/politics/coronavirus-stimulus-house-vote/index.html
Read More »U.S. insisting that the U.N. call out Chinese origins of coronavirus
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/u-s-insisting-u-n-call-out-chinese-origins-coronavirus-n1169111 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is pushing the U.N. Security Council to call attention to the Chinese origins of the coronavirus, four diplomats posted to the United Nations told NBC News, triggering a stalemate as the global body…
Read More »US push to include ‘Wuhan virus’ language in G7 joint statement fractures alliance
A push by the US State Department to include the phrase “Wuhan virus” in a joint statement with other Group of Seven members following a meeting of foreign ministers on coronavirus https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/25/politics/g7-coronavirus-statement/index.html
Read More »Surgeon General says US has ‘turned the corner’ on coronavirus testing
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams told “Hannity” Tuesday the country has “turned the corner” on coronavirus testing and will start to collect necessary information about the trajectory of the virus as more tests become available to the…
Read More »Sailors test positive for coronavirus at sea as US military leaders
The Pentagon’s senior leadership broadcast a different message than President Donald Trump on Tuesday, with military leaders warning the coronavirus crisis could last well into the summer as the President https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/24/politics/pentagon-coronavirus-summer-sailors/index.html
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