Trump threatens to adjourn Congress over judgeships.
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Thursday, April 16
BUSINESS LEADERS TELL TRUMP: NO 'NORMAL' UNTIL TESTING President Donald Trump continued saying he’s prepared to announce new guidelines allowing some states to quickly ease up on social distancing, but business leaders told him they need more coronavirus testing and personal protective equipment before people can safely go back to work. The industry executives cautioned Trump that the return to normalcy will be anything but swift. [HuffPost]
TRUMP THREATENS TO ADJOURN CONGRESS FOR NOT CONFIRMING JUDICIAL NOMINEES Trump spent much of Wednesday’s coronavirus briefing railing against Democrats for blocking his judicial nominees, threatening to shut down both chambers of Congress in the middle of a pandemic so that he can install them himself. The president complained about what he called the “partisan obstruction” of nominees to federal judgeships and key administration roles that he said needed to be filled to address the spread of coronavirus, though he did not explain how. [HuffPost]
SENATE DEMS TELL TRUMP: YOU FAILED TO MANAGE STOCKPILE More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent a letter to Trump slamming what they described as a failure to properly manage the Strategic National Stockpile amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Democrats, led by Sens. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Patty Murray of Washington, urged Trump to explain why the federal stockpile was nearly depleted of critically needed personal protective equipment as the pandemic continued to worsen. [HuffPost] |
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WARREN SAYS SHE WOULD BE BIDEN'S VICE PRESIDENT Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Wednesday night that she would accept an offer from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to serve as his vice president. Warren and Biden have clashed ideologically in the past and battled each other for the Democratic nomination for much of the last year. But Warren endorsed Biden for president earlier in the day, not long after Biden adopted some of Warren’s progressive priorities into his own platform. [HuffPost]
PROUD BOYS' FORMER LAWYER USED GANG IN ASSASSINATION PLOT The former lawyer for the Proud Boys, Jason Lee Van Dyke, 39, allegedly used the Arizona chapter in 2018 to monitor a Phoenix man who filed a bar complaint against him. The alleged target, Thomas Retzlaff, reportedly obtained an audio recording through a Freedom of Information Act request that indicated Van Dyke plotted to kill him and his lawyer. [HuffPost]
CALIFORNIA TO GIVE CASH TO IMMIGRANTS IMPACTED BY COVID-19 California will be the first state to give cash to undocumented immigrants who are hurt by the coronavirus, offering $500 apiece to 150,000 adults who were left out of the $2.2 trillion stimulus package approved by Congress. Many Americans began receiving $1,200 checks from the federal government this week. But people living in the country without documentation are ineligible for any of that money, and advocates have been pushing for states to fill in the gap. [AP] |
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WHAT'S BREWING
DOJ TO INSPECT PRISONS AS INMATES FALL SICK The Justice Department’s inspector general will conduct remote inspections of Bureau of Prisons facilities to ensure they are following best practices to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus after hundreds of federal inmates tested positive for the virus. The review comes as the federal prison system struggles with a growing number of coronavirus cases and complaints from inmates, advocacy groups and correction officers about how officials are handling the pandemic among their 122 facilities. [AP]
PASTORS SUE CALIFORNIA GOV. FOR LIMITING GATHERINGS Pastors from three California churches are suing Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and several local officials for restricting religious gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that their congregations can worship in person and practice social distancing at the same time. In a federal lawsuit, the evangelical Christian plaintiffs insist it’s unconstitutional for the state to allow some businesses to stay open ― such as grocery stores ― while houses of worship are forced to close. [HuffPost]
KENTUCKY GOP PASSES VOTER ID LAW AMID PANDEMIC Kentucky’s GOP-controlled legislature successfully overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) veto of a voter ID bill, a move that adds an extra hurdle for people to vote in November. The bill requires people to show government-issued photo identification in order to cast a ballot, starting in November. The reelection of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) will be on the ballot. This legislation comes at a time when people are already struggling to vote in primary elections because of the coronavirus pandemic. [HuffPost]
SAN FRANSISCO TO TRACE COVID-19 PATIENTS' CONTACTS San Francisco officials announced a new contact tracing program that establishes a system for identifying everyone a coronavirus-infected patient interacted with. Currently in its testing phase, the program will entail interviewing every newly infected patient in the city to establish the network of people they may have infected and then informing those people they could be possible carriers ― all without revealing anyone’s identity. [HuffPost]
FEDERAL JUDGE INVALIDATES KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE PERMIT A federal judge in Montana overturned a key water crossing permit needed to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, handing a major victory to environmental groups that said the oil network could imperil endangered species and threaten drinking water. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Morris said that the Army Corps of Engineers had failed to consider how a 2017 permit allowing the pipeline to cross waterways could harm some species. [HuffPost] |
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The world is trying to cope with the coronavirus, from the serious to the mundane. We’re dealing with jamming full lives into one apartment or house, and trying to stay calm about a world full of an invisible virus. We’re trying to learn how to homeschool our kids, or to make bread for ourselves. It’s a whole new world, and HuffPost is launching a new illustrated series about how to live in it.
Each week, we’ll feature an artist offering their vision for how to handle the world as it is today. We hope they make you think, make you smile, or just offer something to do other than staring wistfully out the windows.
Click on the image to see a full-size version. See previous entries in the series here.
Illustration by @annie76828 |
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