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President tweets Gretchen Whitmer should ‘give a little’ Armed protesters demonstrate against Covid-19 lockdown in Michigan Covid-19 cases above 1m as White House blames China Coronavirus outbreak – global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Get a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Protesters try to enter […] More
Unemployment is ravaging America. Trump should be worried for November Lloyd Green Amid a roaring pandemic, the president’s obsession with the stock market ignores the reality for millions of jobless Americans ‘The labor department’s latest report is also flashing red over key electoral battlegrounds.’ Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Even amid a roaring pandemic, […] More
President touts unsubstantiated theory shortly after director of national intelligence rejects it Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Play Video 1:15 Trump implies he has seen evidence Covid-19 was created in a Wuhan lab – video Donald Trump claims to have seen evidence to substantiate the unproven theory that the coronavirus […] More
Trump had reportedly asked officials to investigate whether virus was made in Chinese lab New York City to close nightly for the first time in decades 3.8 million Americans lose jobs as unemployment grows At least two dozen states set to begin reopening Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Get a fresh perspective […] More
Senior Trump administration figures said to be demanding evidence on virus’s origins Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump is under pressure with more than 1 million Americans infected and 60,000 dead from the virus. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters Senior figures in the Trump administration have put pressure on US intelligence agencies […] More
Eight US states have worked to try and halt abortions entirely during the pandemic as clinics report a rise in demand Pro-choice activists supporting legal access to abortion protest outside the supreme court in Washington DC on 4 March. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images A woman in Texas was isolating with her family. She […] More
The taskforce coordinator has tried to walk a diplomatic tightrope – but has failed to speak out against the president’s false claims Dr Deborah Birx, the lead advocate of social distancing, has been somewhat less successful at critical distancing from the president. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Sometimes the story is not so much […] More
The health risks of an early reopening could be even more risky than an economic one, economists say Renee Miller at Moe’s Original BBQ after it reopened to the public as part of the phased reopening of businesses and restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia, on 27 April. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters When John Gianoulidis, owner of the […] More
