They knew: Top Trump adviser sounded virus alarm in Jan.

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By Holly Thomas TOP STORIES ‌ Tuesday, April 7 ‌ TRUMP ADVISER WARNED OF PANDEMIC IN JANUARY President Donald Trump said repeatedly in March that “nobody” could’ve predicted a crisis at the scale of the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc across the globe. But Peter Navarro, Trump's top trade adviser, sounded clear alarms in the West Wing with memos in late January and in February about the potentially catastrophic human and economic devastation of the virus on the United States. [HuffPost] ‌ RBG SOUNDS THE SIREN: DISENFRANCHISEMENT IN WISCONSIN Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg excoriated her conservative colleagues over their decision to deny Wisconsin Democrats’ request to extend absentee voting beyond the state’s election on Tuesday, despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc declared absentee ballots must be mailed by Tuesday. Ginsburg said the decision means voters will have to risk their health "or they will lose their right to vote." [HuffPost] ‌ UK PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON IN INTENSIVE CARE U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care and receiving oxygen after his COVID-19 symptoms worsened, a spokesman said. “On the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital,” a spokesperson said. [HuffPost] My college graduation was cancelled and I feel guilty about being heartbroken about it. These states may the hardest financially hit by coronavirus. Flight attendants call for a halt to all leisure travel during the pandemic. Hospital workers fear they'll get too sick to care for patients. Sports fans just got a reason to hope amid the pandemic. Get the latest coronavirus updates on our dedicated page TRUMP ATTACKS REPORTERS IN CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING Trump repeatedly badgered and berated members of the news media during Monday’s White House briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, calling one “horrid” and another a “third-rate reporter.” McClatchy reporter Francesca Chambers asked Trump about the federal government’s new Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, saying it had gotten off to a “confusing start.” After repeatedly interrupting the reporter, Trump said, “I wish we had a fair media in this country, and we really don’t.” [HuffPost] ‌ AUSTRALIAN COURT DISMISSES CARDINAL'S SEX ABUSE CONVICTIONS Australia’s highest court has dismissed the convictions of the most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse, Cardinal George Pell. Pope Francis’ former finance minister was convicted by a Victoria state jury in 2018 of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in a back room of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne in December 1996 while he was archbishop of Australia’s second-largest city. [AP] ‌ PUSSY GALORE ACTOR DEAD AT 94 Honor Blackman, the potent British actor who took James Bond’s breath away as Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger” and who starred as the leather-clad, judo-flipping Cathy Gale in “The Avengers,” has died at age 94. Blackman’s family said in a statement that she died peacefully of natural causes at her home in Lewes, in southeastern England. [AP] WHAT'S BREWING ‌ EX-FED CHAIR: UNEMPLOYMENT MAY HIT DEPRESSION LEVELS  “Unemployment rates for a time may go to Depression levels. But this is very different than the Great Depression or the recession in the U.S. economy that we experienced in 2009 and after,” Janet Yellen, who chaired the Fed under President Barack Obama, said on CNBC. "If we’re successful in supporting people’s incomes during this time ... I believe we will be able to get back to a normally functioning economy in much shorter order," she added. [HuffPost] ‌ JPMORGAN'S JAMIE DIMON RIPS BOTCHED VIRUS PLANNING In a veiled swipe at the Trump administration, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon wrote in an annual letter to shareholders: “As a nation, we were clearly not equipped for this global pandemic, and the consequences have been devastating.” Dimon predicted a “bad recession.” The worst-case scenario could see unemployment as high as 14% and gross domestic product plunging at a 35% annual rate in the second quarter, he warned. [HuffPost] ‌ INDUSTRY ASKS CALIFORNIA TO DELAY POLLUTION RULES Industry groups have sent at least six letters to California officials in the past two weeks requesting delays or modifications to new pollution limits on the oil and gas, transportation, building and agriculture sectors, according to documents shared with HuffPost. The rules are set to go into effect later this year, but industry is asking to push back or indefinitely delay those dates because of the economic stress the COVID-19 pandemic. [HuffPost] ‌ UN CHIEF CONDEMNS 'HORRIFYING SURGE' IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE The United Nations secretary-general warned that “we have seen a horrifying global surge in domestic violence,” and urged world leaders to include protective measures in their pandemic plans. “For many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they should be safest: in their own homes,” António Guterres said in a video. “I urge all governments to make the prevention and redress of violence against women a key part of their national response plans for COVID-19.” [HuffPost] ‌ POLICE HUNT WOMAN 'WILLINGLY SPREADING' COVID-19 Police in Texas are asking people to help them track down a young woman who claims to have COVID-19 and is “willingly spreading” it. Carrollton police say they plan to charge Lorraine Maradiaga, 18, with terroristic threats after she posted a series of worrisome and bizarre videos on Snapchat over the weekend. [HuffPost] ‌ CONFUSION PLAGUES FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS CALLED HOME  When several dozen Fulbright grantees gathered in Amman, Jordan, for a meeting about their program’s status on March 15, some were still optimistic they could stay. All U.S. Fulbright programs worldwide — which provide grants for thousands of academics, students, artists and professionals to study or teach at global universities — were suspended on March 19. [HuffPost] THE BEST OF THE REST  Miss England returns to work as a doctor. Women in health care are already overworked. Where do they turn when the toll of coronavirus hits them?   COVID-19 is ravaging Black communities. A Milwaukee neighborhood is figuring out how to fight back. Russia's growing outbreak and its challenge to Putin, explained. Our health is in peril. 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