Actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have both been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, Hanks announced in a tweet Wednesday evening.
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Trump Announces Month-Long Travel Suspension From Europe, UK Excluded
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that the United States would suspend all incoming travel from Europe in order to prevent new cases of COVID-19 from entering the United States. In an address that alternately blamed China and all of Europe for the virus, Trump tried to portray it as a foriegn invader, neatly slipping into his usual America First rhetoric. Continue reading “Trump Announces Month-Long Travel Suspension From Europe, UK Excluded”
US Capitol Will Halt All Public Tours Amid Growing Coronavirus Fears
The U.S. Capitol will reportedly put a stop to all public tours until the end of the month. Continue reading “US Capitol Will Halt All Public Tours Amid Growing Coronavirus Fears”
Drifting and Headless
One persistent dimension of this crisis is the federal government being slow or silent and seeing, over time, states, cities, private corporations and educational institutions step into the void. The White House’s communications operation at least is significantly improved from late February, which is of course not saying much. But the real information, the big decisions are mostly coming from elsewhere.
Behind Johnson’s Sudden Cancellation Of Subpoena Vote In Biden Probe
As of Tuesday morning, the Senate Homeland Security Committee vote on subpoenaing Andrii Telizhenko, a controversial witness in the Biden-Burisma probe, was full steam ahead.
Trump Is Slow Rolling A COVID-19 Emergency Declaration For The Worst Possible Reasons
President Trump’s failure to declare an emergency over the COVID-19 outbreak could deprive virus-riddled states of needed resources as the pandemic continues, a former FEMA chief told TPM.
Dire Things
I mentioned below that it would be a terrible mistake to shut down the Democratic presidential primary process now. Obviously here I don’t literally mean shut it down. The primaries are official elections. But I mean in the broader sense of trying to push things forward to Biden being the presumptive nominee. No more debates. Stuff like that.
But TPM Reader PP just wrote in and says he’s a 70 year old election judge in a state with an upcoming primary and, yeah, he thinks there is a reason to rush.
March Without The Madness: NCAA Limits Attendance At Events
The NCAA announced in a statement Wednesday that it will hold its March Madness tournaments without fans and restrict attendance to “essential staff and limited family.”
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WATCH LIVE: Trump To Address Nation From Oval At 9 PM ET
President Donald Trump is expected to address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET. Watch live below:
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Breaking
Breaking: Seattle public schools are to close for at least two weeks.