It was watching Fox News, not the meetings with doctors and healthcare experts, that convinced Trump to extend the social distancing restrictions.
Fox News, Not Doctors, Convinced Trump To Extend Social Distancing Restrictions
Trump Admits That Republicans Would Never Win Another Election Under Coronavirus Voting Reform
Trump admitted that if the voting pushed by Democrats in the coronavirus bill were enacted, Republicans wouldn't win another election.
Fox News Fears Its Early Downplaying of Coronavirus Could Lead to Lawsuits
Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman, the author of The Loudest Voice in the Room, about Fox News CEO Roger Ailes’s rises and fall at the network, says Fox News’s decision to oust prime time host Trish Regan was done to limit legal liability. The decision came after Fox News downplayed the threat of the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks.
Illinois Will Take Charge of Coronavirus Testing After Trump Admin’s “Profound Failing”
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) announced his state will take charge of coronavirus testing, citing President Donald Trump’s administration’s “profound failing” to roll tests out successfully.
While Trump Seeks Elimination of ACA, Pelosi Re-focuses Americans, Media Heading into 2020
As coverage of the coronavirus streams 24-7 on the airways, updating cases and casualties as well as policy shifts and other breaking developments, it is understandable Americans might find their attention riveted to day to day events linked to the pandemic, making it hard to even think about larger political contexts or issues raised by the pandemic.
A Brief History of Saving Lives against U.S. Capitalism: From the Great Depression to Coronavirus
Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed an impatience to send Americans back to work and re-open all the businesses currently closed.
“We can’t let the cure be worse than the problem,” he has said repeatedly.
Trump Melts Down And Claims Hospitals Are Lying About Needing Masks
Trump launched into a conspiracy theory and appeared to accuse hospitals of lying about the number of masks that they need during the coronavirus briefing.
Pelosi Blames Trump For US Deaths And Hints At Investigation
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) blamed Trump's denial and delay for the deaths of Americans and hinted that the House would be investigating in the future.
Giddy Trump Brags And Lies About His Coronavirus TV Ratings
As Americans are dying by the thousands, Donald Trump lied and bragged about the television ratings that his coronavirus briefings are drawing.
Trump Implied Obama Failed H1N1 Crisis Over 13,000 Deaths — But Fauci Predicts COVID-19 Could Bring More Than 15 Times That Number
In defending his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic earlier this month, President Donald Trump brought forward an unusual comparison, implying that his predecessor had done a worse job than him during a separate viral outbreak.
Opinion: There’s A Reasonable Explanation For Why Trump’s Approval Numbers Went Up Last Week — And It’s Nothing To Fret About
The ineptitude and general inability of President Donald Trump to function properly and appropriately in his role as chief executive were known well-before these past few weeks, but the coronavirus crisis has seemed to highlight what we’ve already understood for quite some time: if the United States ever faced a real crisis with Trump still in office, it would be a very, very bad thing.
Florida Governor Bans Reporter From Coronavirus Briefings Because She Asked For Social Distancing
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has banned a reporter from his coronavirus briefings because she requested that the briefings practice social distancing.
Trump Approval Ratings Plummet 13 Points On Coronavirus
A daily tracking poll on the coronavirus has found that approval of Trump's handling of the epidemic has plunged a net 13 points in less than a week.
Trump Demands Media Reveal Sources After He Posed As A Fake Spokesperson For Decades
Trump attacked the press's coronavirus coverage for sourcing after he spent years planting fake news as his own pretend press secretary.
Michigan Governor Says Medical Supplies for Her State Have Been “Canceled” or “Delayed”
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) says her state is not getting urgently needed medical supplies to battle the coronavirus pandemic because contractors are first sending supplies to the federal government.
In Response to Coronavirus Cases, Hillary Clinton Says Trump “Did Promise America First”
Former Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton said President Donald Trump “did promise America first,” a response to the news that the United States now leads the world in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.
Governor Says Trump Is Withholding Medical Supplies From Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said that the Trump administration told vendors not to send needed ventilators to her state of Michigan.
Donald Trump Jr. Posts Racist “Kung Flu Kid” Meme Starring His Father
The United States now has the highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world at 86,000. As the White House grapples with heavy criticism regarding its delayed response, Donald Trump Jr. took to Instagram to share a racist meme about the crisis.
Bill de Blasio Says Trump Isn’t “Looking at the Facts” of Coronavirus
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) says President Donald Trump “is not looking at the facts” of the coronavirus pandemic after the president said he doesn’t believe New York needs 30,000 ventilators to treat infected patients.
The EPA Says It Is Suspending Enforcement of Environmental Regulations Because of Coronavirus
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it would suspend enforcement of environmental regulations because of the coronavirus pandemic. The EPA made the decision following “an influx of requests from businesses for a relaxation of regulations as they face layoffs, personnel restrictions and other problems related to the coronavirus outbreak,” according to The New York Times, which broke the story.