ArchiveMarch 2020

The World Health Organization on Wednesday came out against sending people back to work and school in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that ending social distancing measures too soon could worsen the ongoing outbreak. “These measures are the best way to suppress and stop transmission, so that when restrictions are lifted, the coronavirus doesn’t resurge,” Dr. Tedros...

Donald Trump has been taking to the White House briefing room daily to talk about how his administration is addressing the novel coronavirus and about the results of measures the government is taking to try to slow the spread of the pandemic. But in the process, he’s not only lied and distorted facts, but he’s also made promises that so far have either run into roadblocks or...

On Monday, Republican Pennsylvania state Rep. Stephanie Borowicz introduced a resolution in the state’s General Assembly calling for “A State Day of Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer” in response to the coronavirus crisis. The resolution stated, “We know that, by His divine law, nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisement in this world” and...

Republican leaders have concocted a new excuse to absolve Donald Trump of all responsibility for his administration’s slow and bungled response to the coronavirus outbreak: Blame impeachment. On Tuesday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) became the latest GOP leader to use the impeachment excuse. Trump “did lose ‘precious weeks’ forced to defend himself against bogus impeachment...

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) tweeted and then deleted a slur against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday. When asked about it, he claimed autocorrect caused the use of what he called the “offensive” word in the tweet. According to the Grand Forks Herald, Cramer responded to a Daily Caller tweet about Pelosi with the words, “she’s retarded.” About 10 minutes later, he...

From the March 25 edition of Fox News’ “Fox & Friends”: MARK MORGAN, acting commissioner, Customs and Border Protection: As far as the wall goes, again, once again, the president is right. We’re well over 130 miles right now, and here’s what’s important: This is really a three-legged stool. We talked about the drugs pouring into our country — everybody gets...

Early Wednesday, Senate leaders and the Trump administration agreed to a $2 trillion emergency rescue package to help the nation recover from the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to a provision pushed by Senate Democrats, that money will not go to bail out Donald Trump’s properties. “Our unity gave us important strength and leverage in negotiations,”...

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham appeared on Fox News Wednesday morning, fresh out of a two-week-long quarantine after being exposed to people infected with coronavirus, and claimed that Donald Trump is listening to experts about the current outbreak — even as Trump flouts expert advice and pushes for an early end to social distancing measures. In an appearance on “Fox &...

The cruise ship industry is almost entirely made up of companies that are based in foreign countries and avoid paying U.S. taxes. But Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to bail out the industry after much of its revenue evaporated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At Sunday’s coronavirus briefing, Trump said the nation needed to set aside money to help save businesses. “Look at the cruise...

Donald Trump has been signaling that he wants to ease the social distancing measures the country has been implementing to stop the spread of COVID-19, saying that the efforts to flatten the curve are not worth the cost to the economy. But public health experts are sounding the alarm, saying that ending the social distancing measures too soon could cause an exponential increase in the number of...