Trump plans to order meat-processing plants to remain open, declaring them critical infrastructure as the nation confronts growing disruptions to the food supply, a person familiar with the matter said. Trump plans to use the MORE
April 28 (Reuters) – U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus topped 1 million on Tuesday, having doubled in 18 days, and making up one-third of all infections in the world, according to a Reuters tally. MORE
“Planning protest to #ReOpenAmerica? EVERYONE wear scrubs & masks – the media doesn’t care if you are really in healthcare or not – it’s the ‘message’ that matters.” Wing Nut Dr. Kelli Ward The chairwoman MORE
“The president of the republic … is also subject to the laws, just like any other of the country’s citizens,” the supreme court judge Celso de Mello noted in his decision on Monday night. “No MORE
In the race for a vaccine against the coronavirus, Oxford University is sprinting the fastest. Scientists at the university’s Jenner Institute had a head start on a vaccine, having proved in previous trials that similar inoculations — MORE
The Trump campaign is upset about the wording in a memo distributed to Republican Senate candidates about how to address the coronavirus crisis by “attacking China, not defending Trump.” The document urges candidates to stay MORE
“Donald Trump said he would put America first, and now he has. The United States leads the world in coronavirus cases. More than 50,000 Americans dead, twice as many deaths as any other country. Over MORE
So, The Big Tomato or City of Trees has triggered my allergies. If you think things are bad with thinking everyone around you has symptoms of COVID-19 or no symptoms but carries it, try going MORE
Attorney General William Barr on Monday directed federal prosecutors to “be on the lookout” for public health measures put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic that might be running afoul of constitutional rights. In a two-page memorandum MORE
After scheduling then canceling the daily COVID-19 press briefing, it appears the White House has scheduled a Trump press briefing for 5PM EDST/2PM PDST. Trump will hold the briefing from the Rose Garden but may MORE
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the state of Michigan has been so negligent toward the educational needs of Detroit students that children have been “deprived of access to literacy” — the foundational MORE
North Carolina sees number of coronavirus -related deaths surpass 300 Source: RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A leader of the ReOpen NC group revealed in a Facebook post that she tested positive for COVID-19. Audrey Whitlock MORE
Cecily Strong portrayed Governor Gretchen Whitmer in a skit for Saturday’s SNL, although the bit never aired. The bit showed Strong in her portrayal giving advice to protestors in her state, and commentary on being MORE
Grainger Rickenbaker was more than halfway through his freshman year at Drexel University in Philadelphia when the pandemic forced its in-person courses and dormitories to be cleared indefinitely. At his home in South Carolina, Rickenbaker, MORE
Some of the richest people in the US have been at the front of the queue as the government has handed out trillions of dollars to prop up an economy it shuttered amid the coronavirus MORE
President Donald Trump’s surprisingly public rebuke of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s reopening plans is still reverberating through state capitals across the country and is contributing to decisions by some governors to take a slower approach in opening businesses MORE
Russia has recorded its largest single day tally of fatalities from the novel coronavirus as the number of new cases reached nearly 6,000. The country registered 66 deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, MORE
The Convention of States, an activist network with tea party origins, did not originate the coronavirus lockdown protests across the country. But it’s got a plan to take them to the next level. Publicly, the MORE
“We are fully committed to ensuring that you and your family have the support you need to get through this time.” If you’re getting money from the federal government as part of the recent stimulus MORE
In his latest editorial, Leonard Pitts Jr. proclaims he will not die of stupid: Someday, I’m going to die. This, I grudgingly accept. I have no idea how it’s going to happen. Maybe I will MORE
In a series of tweets, Trump defended his work habits by claiming: According to Mediaite: (The initial tweets were removed and replaced since the president initially spelled hamburger “hamberger.”) The New York Times article that MORE
LE††UCE PREY Says “God gave you an immune system to fight that virus … Come out of your hiding, America.”! Louisiana Pentecostal preacher, Tony Spell, of Life Tabernacle Church in Central led services inside the MORE
In the 1950s, when a reporter asked medical researcher Jonas Salk who owned the patent on the new polio vaccine, he replied, “Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent MORE
Tens of millions of pounds of American-grown produce is rotting in fields as food banks across the country scramble to meet a massive surge in demand, a two-pronged disaster that has deprived farmers of billions MORE
“Lame duck” is the usual term given to politicians who don’t want to or can’t run for office again. With their political shelf-life suddenly measurable, such figures are condemned to being considered weakened and less MORE