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Ignore the bankers – the Trump economy is not worth more coronavirus deaths Robert Reich CEOs, billionaires and advisers have the president’s ear and want people back to work. They are callous – and wrong US coronavirus outbreak: live Global coronavirus outbreak: live Read all our coronavirus coverage Defense Secretary Mark Esper and President Donald […] More
Trump mulls measures for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Governor says proposal floated by Trump counter-productive Coronavirus live blog – follow global updates LIVE Updated Play Video 1:12 ‘I don’t know what that means’: Cuomo responds to Trump’s hint at quarantine – video 4.06pm EDT16:06 Confusion remains over Trump quarantine remarks 12.54pm EDT12:54 Cuomo: […] More
Reverend helped start the influential Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr Civil rights leader the Rev Joseph E Lowery speaks at an event in Atlanta in 2013. Photograph: David Goldman/AP Barack Obama has paid tribute to the civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, calling the charismatic preacher “a giant who changed the face […] More
Officials are cautious but study shows lockdown in Chinese city has halted spread of virus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Wuhan railway station on Saturday, where the first trains arrived after two months of lockdown. Photograph: Héctor Retamal/AFP via Getty Images The first official train to disembark passengers in Wuhan […] More
Play Video 1:06 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clashed with Republicans as the US Senate voted on a $2.2tn coronavirus relief bill on Friday. She said it was a ‘shameful’ corporate bailout that would further widen the income inequality gap. ‘What did the Senate majority fight for?’ the New York congresswoman asled. ‘One of the largest corporate bailouts […] More
The missing six weeks: how Trump failed the biggest test of his life Donald Trump arrives to speak the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House last Saturday. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The president was aware of the danger from the coronavirus – but a lack of leadership has created an emergency of […] More
Package is largest stimulus in US history, designed to rush aid to workers and businesses as pandemic devastates economy Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump participates in a signing ceremony for the coronavirus stimulus package in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on […] More
The far right thrives on fear. It’s no surprise, then, that it would use the latest pandemic, which has generated widespread panic, to bolster its own agenda. All of the hallmarks of the far right are in play during the coronavirus crisis. It has pushed to close borders. It has demonized foreigners and particularly border-crossers. […] More
