JOHANNESBURG — The U.N. World Food Program says the number of people with acute hunger could almost double this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Atlanta Mayor: Kemp Didn’t Warn Me Before He Allowed Businesses To Reopen
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms said on Tuesday morning that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) hadn’t given her or other state leaders a heads-up when he announced he would let several businesses to resume operations.
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WH Yanks Surgeon General From Airwaves After Official Comments On COVID-19 Race Disparity
The White House has been scaling back U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams’ media appearances after he commented on the health disparity between white Americans and racial minorities with regards to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Trump Uses COVID-19 As An Excuse To ‘Temporarily’ Stop Immigration
President Donald Trump managed to shoehorn one of his top political objectives into the government’s efforts to combat COVID-19 late Monday night, announcing that he would be issuing a ban on immigration as a response to the outbreak.
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Did The Wisconsin Primary Spark New Infections?
You remember the controversy. To me it was one of the most unconscionable acts of the whole COVID19 Crisis in the US, which is saying a lot. The Wisconsin GOP forced an in-person in election in the midst of a deadly epidemic because they believed that a low turnout election would help them retain a seat on the state Supreme Court. As it happened, they lost the seat. But did forcing Wisconsinites out of their houses and to voting stations spur new infections in any documentable way?
Let me start by saying the evidence looks ambiguous to me at least. But it’s gotten some discussion online. So I put together a chart to see what happened.
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Trump Swipes At Governors For Failing To ‘Understand’ Pence’s Assurance On Testing
President Trump, who has insisted that the onus is on states to ramp up testing in order to begin the process of reopening the economy, accused governors during Monday’s White House coronavirus task force briefing of failing to “understand” what Vice President Mike Pence told them over a call earlier Monday regarding testing capacity.
“They need to take the support where they can get it,” Trump said. “We’re here to stand with the governors.”
After Trump said that Pence explained the country’s testing capacity to governors and provided them with a list of labs with additional testing capacity during the call, the President then criticized Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) for misunderstanding what Pence was telling them.
“Some of the governors, like, as an example, the governor from Maryland, didn’t really understand the list,” Trump said. “He didn’t understand too much about what was going on.”
Trump also ripped Hogan for buying tests from South Korea because all “he needed” was to “get a little knowledge.”
The President went on to slam Pritzker, saying that he “didn’t understand his (testing) capacity” and that he could have “simply” asked the federal government to give “unlimited support.”
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Kemp Plans To Open Stores, Salons, Gyms While Other Govs Proceed More Cautiously
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) announced Monday that he would allow a tranche of business to open up by week’s end across a state that has been particularly hard-hit by COVID-19.
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Massachusetts Emerges As New COVID-19 Hot Spot As Cases Surge
Massachusetts has become a hot spot of coronavirus infections, drawing the concern of federal officials and promises of aid from hard-hit New York as the state’s death toll prepares to double in less than a week.
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4/20 Uncertainty: Marijuana Industry Tested In Virus Crisis
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unofficial holiday celebrating all things cannabis arrives Monday as the nation’s emerging legal marijuana market braces for an economic blow from the coronavirus crisis, with many consumers reducing spending or going underground for deals.
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Boeing, Other Manufacturing Company Reopening Amid Pressure From Trump
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing and at least one other U.S. heavy-equipment manufacturer resumed production Monday amid pressure from President Donald Trump to reopen the economy and resistance from governors who warn there is not enough testing yet to keep the coronavirus from rebounding.
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