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‘You can’t ask the virus for a truce’: reopening US is Trump’s big gamble Job losses reached Great Depression levels. Did it have to be that way? Live global updates Get a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Play Video 0:59 Donald Trump says coronavirus will ‘go […] More
The right cannot resist a culture war against the ‘liberal elite’, even now Nick Cohen The highest rates of Covid-19 casualties are in countries run by know-nothing populists Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage A woman holds up a placard at an anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine, anti-5G and pro-freedom protest in London, on […] More
‘You can’t ask the virus for a truce’: reopening America is Trump’s biggest gamble Donald Trump arrives at Arizona’s Phoenix Sky Harbor airport on 5 May during his first trip since widespread Covid-19-related lockdowns went into effect. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images With states opening even as Covid-19 rages on, the president is rolling […] More
Katie Miller has not been in contact with Donald Trump, who said he’s ‘not worried’ about the virus spreading among staff Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates Katie Miller, press secretary to vice-president Mike Pence, has tested positive for Covid-19. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/Associated Press Vice-president Mike Pence’s press secretary tested positive for the […] More
Four causes for alarm in the US jobs figures – and one possible reason for hope More than 20m Americans lost their jobs in April – and Friday’s report suggests there might be much more trouble ahead Jobs figures: April worst month since Great Depression A closed thrift shop in downtown Hialeah in Florida. The […] More
American Revolution 2.0, which presents itself as bipartisan, has been assisted by far-right individuals – some with extremist links Protesters against the state’s extended stay-at-home order demonstrate in Lansing, Michigan, in April. Photograph: Seth Herald/Reuters Leaked audio recordings and online materials obtained by the Guardian reveal that one of the most prominent anti-lockdown protest groups, […] More
Mothers will be hardest hit if the economy reopens too fast Jessica Zucker With nine in 10 children out of school, it is moms who will likely be forced to stay home even if, and when, their jobs resume ‘Even in non-pandemic times, it is moms who end up adjusting their jobs for the sake […] More
News Corporation The Murdoch media’s China coronavirus conspiracy has one aim: get Trump re-elected Kevin Rudd News Corp is campaigning full-bore for the US president, with reports of a Wuhan lab ‘intelligence’ dossier being seeded across its empire On the China coronavirus lab conspiracy, ‘let’s be clear: Murdoch is campaigning full-bore for Trump,’ the former […] More
