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A political ad criticizing Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has prompted a string of name-calling, angry tweets from the president, in which he derided his critics as “loser types”. While Twitter rants are common for the president, this series has the flavor of personal grudge. The ad, called Mourning in America, was produced […] More
Donald Trump Trump gives up on virus fight to focus on economic recovery – and re-election With Covid-19 deaths set to almost double this month, the president is putting the stock market before lives, critics say Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump branded himself a […] More
Trump administration privately predicts major increase Supreme court livestreams arguments for first time in history US cases at 1,157,875 according to Johns Hopkins data McConnell could yet pay price for ‘tone deaf’ response Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Get a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter […] More
As Donald Trump proclaimed success in America’s fight against the coronavirus and continued to push for the US economy to reopen, it was reported on Monday that internal projections show the administration is expecting 3,000 deaths a day by 1 June. Between 1,000 and 2,000 deaths are currently being reported in the US each day. […] More
Welcome to the US in the age of coronavirus. Faces and fists pounded the windows of Ohio’s capitol like a zombie apocalypse. In Michigan, an armed crowd stormed the state house. Then, history repeated itself. Taking a page from his Charlottesville playbook, Donald Trump called the protesters “good people” and urged Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic […] More
Mitch McConnell could yet pay price for ‘tone deaf’ coronavirus response The Senate majority leader oversaw a huge handout to big business and drew bipartisan ire for suggesting struggling states should go bankrupt Mitch McConnell unsuccessfully sought to blame Donald Trump’s bungled response to Covid-19 on impeachment: ‘I think it diverted the attention of the […] More
Gretchen Whitmer says heavily armed men and Confederate flags at state capitol ‘depicted some of the worst racism and awful parts of our history’ Armed protesters take part in rally on 30 April at the Michigan state capitol in Lansing, demanding the reopening of businesses shut as an anti-coronavirus measure. Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty […] More
Governor: ‘Overall direction good’ in NY as hospitalizations drop Mike Pompeo claims ‘significant evidence’ virus came from China lab Trump blocks Fauci testimony as death toll hits 66,000 Pandemic brings war on science to the boil – who will win? Coronavirus – global coverage live See all our coronavirus coverage Get a fresh perspective on […] More
