Category: News


Trump’s anti-mask crusade is coming back to bite him


President Donald Trump’s refusal to set an example by wearing a face covering, despite growing evidence that it may be one of the most effective ways to slow America’s increasingly disastrous coronavirus pandemic, was always a political statement.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/02/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-masks-politics-joe-biden-election-2020/index.html


The white-collar revolt against Trump is peaking


From his open defiance of public health officials when holding rallies to his increasingly explicit embrace of White racial backlash, President Donald Trump has set a course for his reelection campaign that could produce the GOP’s largest deficit in the history of modern polling among well-educated White voters.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/trump-2020-voter-polls/index.html?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial


California reimposes shutdowns; US death toll may be 35% higher, study says; US cases top 50K in one day for first time


As California reimposed restrictions on most of its residents to control a growing surge in coronavirus cases, researchers said the U.S. death toll from the pandemic may be 35% higher than reported and the total number of U.S. cases surpassed 50,000 for the first time.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/07/01/coronavirus-news-update-mike-pence-cases-fauci/5350869002/


Coronavirus: How we are living with the virus in Florida and Texas


People in Florida and Texas – where new coronavirus infections are ballooning – have described their opinions about the pandemic and their leaders decisions to restart the economy before defeating the virus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53252483

Trump refuses to lead as pandemic worsens and allies desert him on masks


Most Presidents would try to stop the United States from barreling toward disaster. But Donald Trump has nothing to say and no answers to mitigate a calamity unfolding on his watch that he seems resolved to ignore.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/01/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus/index.html


Coronavirus: Fauci warns of 100,000 US cases per day


Top disease researcher Dr Anthony Fauci has told the US Senate that he “would not be surprised” if new virus cases in the country reach 100,000 per day.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53237824