Month: April 2020

Five inmates at a federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, have died since March 28 after contracting the coronavirus. Harold Lee’s family fears he could be next, Reuters reports. Lee, who was sentenced in 2018 for […]

CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin Tests Positive for Coronavirus

CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced on Friday that she tested positive for coronavirus after experiencing symptoms a day earlier. “I am OKAY,” Baldwin said in an Instagram post announcing her diagnosis. “It came on suddenly […]

European Stocks Sink as Pandemic Hits Business

European stock markets sank on Friday, erasing meager gains for the week, as more companies flagged a hit to business from the coronavirus pandemic while oil prices extended their previous day’s gains on hopes of […]

Mnuchin Says Small Business Rescue Loans Launch Friday

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was pressing ahead with the Friday launch of a $349 billion coronavirus rescue loan program for small businesses, after conceding to bank demands to fix aspects of the […]

U.S. Navy Relieves Aircraft Carrier Commander Who Urged Swift Coronavirus Action

The U.S. Navy relieved the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt’s captain of his command on Thursday, punishing him for the leak of a scathing letter he sent to superiors that sought stronger measures for curbing a […]

Man beats lumber store employee over mask rule

Americans Urged to Wear Masks Outside as Pandemic Worsens

The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out during the still-exploding coronavirus pandemic, as the U.S. death toll rose by 1,000 in a […]

NY Funeral Homes Struggle as Virus Deaths Surge

Pat Marmo walked among 20 or so deceased in the basement of his Brooklyn funeral home, his protective mask pulled down so his pleas could be heard, The Associated Press reports. “Every person there, they’re […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar Blasts Trump’s Coronavirus Press Conferences

Rep. Ilhan Omar criticized the coronavirus press conferences at the White House calling it rambling and self-promotional, Fox News informed. MSNBC and CNN did not run the press conference in its entirety. Erik Wemple, the Washington Post’s media […]

San Francisco Order Bans Reusable Bags from Grocery Stores in Effort to Fight Coronavirus

One of the hardest-hit cities by the coronavirus, San Francisco, issued a ban of reusable shopping bags Wednesday in a set of social distancing measures as part of the city’s extension of its stay-at-home order, meant […]

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April 2, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, April 2, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 47%Same as Tuesday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 45% (Politico) to 48% (Grinnell, Rasmussen). The fourth […]

Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Doubled in Past Week

The United States is seeing a significant rising in the number of coronavirus cases in the last weeks, with numbers doubling in the past five days, and death toll quickly rising as well. The virus, […]

Trump Uses Coronavirus Bailout against Congressional Oversight

President Donald Trump is using the coronavirus bailout to keep up his long-running battle against congressional oversight, potentially laying the groundwork for yet another showdown with Congress, The Hill reported. There are already an unprecedented […]

Schwarzenegger Says Californian Authorities ‘Shortsighted’ to Defund Pandemic Stockpile

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told POLITICO on Tuesday it was “shortsighted” for California leaders to abandon a $200 million emergency preparedness effort he initiated in 2006 to deal with a future pandemic, as the state […]

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Seen at Record High

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits likely shot to a record high for a second week in a row as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists […]

Spain’s Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 10,000

Spain’s death toll from coronavirus surpassed the 10,000 threshold after a record 950 people died overnight, the country’s Health Ministry said on Thursday, Reuters reported. The number of cases registered rose to by about 8% […]

Palestinian Camps Face Grave Threat If Coronavirus Spreads

Malka Abu Aker has seen her crowded refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank swell year upon year since fleeing there over 70 years ago, with the arrival of new generations and those escaping successive […]

Americans Huddle Indoors as Coronavirus Deaths Keep Spiking

Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths in the United States nearly doubled in three […]

WHO Expects Coronavirus Cases to Hit 1mn in Following Days

The World Health Organization is expecting the number of cases of coronavirus to reach one million in the upcoming days, while the death toll to reach about 50,000. “As we enter the fourth month since […]

Trump Expects Russia-Saudi Oil Deal Soon

President Donald Trump said he has invited U.S. oil executives to the White House to discuss ways to help the industry “ravaged” by slumping energy demand during the coronavirus outbreak and a price war between […]

Intelligence Officials Say China Underreported Virus Cases: Report

U.S. intelligence officials say that China underreported both the number of cases and the death toll the country suffered from the coronavirus outbreak, according to a report published Wednesday by Bloomberg. Three unnamed intelligence officials […]

Anti-malaria Medicine Promoted by Trump Now in Shortage, FDA Says

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed that two of the anti-malaria medicine that was promoted by President Donald Trump as a potentially successful way to treat coronavirus are now in shortage, The Hill […]

No Hopeful Signs for Iran as Coronavirus Death Toll Crosses 3,000

In a day of more grim news for Iran, the country’s death toll from the new coronavirus reached 3,036, with 138 deaths in the past 24 hours. These are official figures but experts fear the […]

Hezbollah Shifts Attention From Syria Fight to Battle Virus

In the streets of Beirut’s southern suburbs, Hezbollah paramedics and volunteers on trucks and on foot sprayed disinfectants on shops and buildings. At a hospital where it once treated its wounded fighters, the group’s medical […]

College Students Who Chartered a Spring Break Plane to Mexico Now Have Coronavirus

Around 70 people in their 20s are under investigation in Austin, Texas, for possible infection with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 after they chartered a plane for a vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, last […]

Trump Resists National Quarantine

Even as he warns of a grim few weeks ahead with tens of thousands of Americans likely killed by the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump is resisting issuing a national stay-at-home order to stem the […]

Dow Falls 600 Points to Start Second Quarter

The Dow Jones fell 600 points on Wednesday as investors fled to safe-haven assets after new orders for U.S.-made goods plunged to an 11-year low and the White House issued a dire warning on the […]

New York Governor Cuomo Says City Will Close Down Playgrounds

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would close down the playgrounds in New York City in an effort to bolster social distancing steps and limit the number of coronavirus-related deaths, which are approaching 2,000 […]

Saudi Arabia Asks Muslims to Delay Hajj Bookings

Saudi Arabia has asked Muslims planning to take part in the Hajj pilgrimage to delay booking amid uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, BBC reported. Hajj Minister Mohammed Banten said the kingdom was concerned about the […]

Trump Says U.S. Might Join Saudi Arabia, Russia in Talks on Oil Prices

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would join Saudi Arabia and Russia, if need be, for talks about the sharp fall in oil prices resulting from a price war between the two countries, Reuters […]

Obama Takes Swipe at Trump’s Handling of Coronavirus Crisis

Former President Barack Obama appeared to take a swipe at President Donald Trump’s initial skepticism of the coronavirus pandemic, a rare rebuff for a president who tends not to weigh in on the work of […]