Tag: COVID-19

Law enforcement officers of the Philadelphia Police Department, Homeland Security and National Park Service stands by as protestors build a small encampment outside a Department of Homeland Security U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE) office in Center City Philadelphia, PA, on July 3, 2018. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto)

Trump Admin Urged To Free Migrants After Detainee Tests Positive For COVID-19

By BEN FOX, PHILIP MARCELO and NOMAAN MERCHANT

03.25.20 | 4:27 pm

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers assisted the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) in setting up the Oregon Medical Station (OMS) at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, March 19, 2020. The OMS is a temporary mobile facility dedicated for emergency use in situations like the COVID-19 pandemic, and will provide an alternate site for 250 patients currently in nursing home care. Once operational, the OMS will be staffed by members of the State Emergency Registry of Volunteers in Oregon (SERV-OR) and the Oregon Disaster Medical Team (ODMT). (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Zachary Holden, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs Office)

COVID-19 Fears Swell In Rural America As Pandemic Erupts In Far Away Cities

By GILLIAN FLACCUS

03.25.20 | 4:10 pm

at Metropolitan West on March 6, 2018 in New York City.

Restaurateur, ‘Top Chef’ Winner Dies Of COVID-19

By Associated Press

03.25.20 | 3:53 pm

SEVASTOPOL,CRIMEA - MARCH,18 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during the awarding ceremony at the museum in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, March,18,2020. President Vladimir Putin is having a one-day visit to Sevastopol, located in disputed territory of Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014. Putin awarded builders of the Crimean Bridge during the celebrations of the 6th anniversary of reunification of Crimea with Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Putin Delays Vote That Would Extend His Rule, Citing COVID-19 Outbreak

By Daria Litvinova and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

03.25.20 | 3:37 pm

NYPD Now Patrolling New York City Streets To Enforce Social Distancing

By JENNIFER PELTZ and COLLEEN LONG

03.25.20 | 3:24 pm

Washington Has An Innovative Way To Fund Its COVID Response – If It Can Get Trump’s OK

By Josh Kovensky

03.25.20 | 2:16 pm

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 24: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks to the media at the Javits Convention Center which is being turned into a hospital to help fight coronavirus cases on March 24, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Cuomo: Senate Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is A ‘Drop In The Bucket’ For NY

By Summer Concepcion

03.25.20 | 1:50 pm

Where Things Stand: Trump Tries To Have It Both Ways With ‘China Virus’ Rhetoric

This is your TPM early-afternoon briefing.

By Nicole LaFond

03.25.20 | 12:56 pm

Earlier this week, President Trump attempted to make up for his use of the term “China virus” to describe COVID-19 by defending the Asian American community, which has faced xenophobia and racist attacks in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.