Ginsburg recovering from hospital treatment.
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TOP STORIES
Wednesday, May 6
TRUMP SHIRKS BLAME FOR PPE SHORTAGE President Donald Trump once again deflected blame for his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying he had been too busy with probes into his conduct as president to ensure the federal stockpile of medical supplies was prepared. “Well, I’ll be honest, I have a lot of things going on,” Trump told ABC News anchor David Muir on Tuesday. On the same day, the president failed to wear a face mask during a visit to a mask-making factory -- despite signs saying masks were required. [HuffPost]
PRESSES COUNTRY TO REOPEN, CLAIMING 'VIRUS WILL PASS' Trump acknowledged there will be “some” deaths as states reopen businesses and other activities, which he has been pushing, as coronavirus cases continue to mount. In an interview with ABC News, reporter David Muir asked the president whether “lives will be lost to reopen the country.” “It’s possible there will be some, because you won’t be locked into an apartment or a house,” Trump said, before claiming people are “dying the other way, too,” citing suicides, drug abuse and the effects of lost jobs. [HuffPost]
RUTH BADER GINSBERG 'RESTING' IN HOSPITAL AFTER GALLBLADDER TREATMENT Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in the hospital receiving treatment for a gallbladder condition, according to the Supreme Court. The justice was “resting comfortably” after receiving “non-surgical” treatment for acute cholecystitis, a benign condition, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the Supreme Court said. Ginsburg is expected to participate in oral arguments with the court by phone from the hospital on Wednesday. [HuffPost] |
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WIN OR LOSE, TRUMP'S TOP CAMPAIGN AIDES ARE RAKING IN CASH The bad news for Trump: He may well lose reelection later this year. The good news for his top campaign staff: They will wind up really rich either way. Brad Parscale, whom Trump named to run his 2020 effort in early 2018, has collected $38.9 million through his companies from Trump’s various reelection committees between January 2017 and the end of March, according to a HuffPost analysis of Federal Election Commission filings. [HuffPost]
LESS POPULUS STATES WITH FEWER VIRUS CASES GET MORE AID Alaska, Hawaii, Montana and Wyoming are among the least-populated states and not surprisingly have the lowest numbers of residents who have tested positive for the new coronavirus. They scored big this spring when Congress pumped out direct federal aid to the states. Their haul ranged from $2 million per positive test in Hawaii to nearly $3.4 million per test in Alaska. In Wyoming, the smallest state with less than 600 positive cases, the $1.25 billion it received from the congressional package equates to 80 percent of its annual general state budget. [HuffPost]
UK HAS HIGHEST NUMBER OF CONFIRMED DEATHS IN EUROPE The UK now has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in Europe and the second-highest in the world, after the U.S. New data shows a total of 32,375 deaths involving COVID-19 have now been registered across the U.K. through May 2, surpassing Italy’s total of 29,079. Only the U.S., with 69,925, has reported more deaths linked with coronavirus. [HuffPost] |
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WHAT'S BREWING
A BLACK MAN WAS SHOT DEAD ON A RUN. A GRAND JURY WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO CHARGE THE WHITE KILLERS. Two armed white men pursued an unarmed Black man jogging down a road in Georgia and one fatally shot him. Now a grand jury will decide whether there should be charges against them. District Attorney Tom Durden announced will present the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old killed in South Georgia in February, according to The New York Times. Graphic cellphone video surfaced last week showing Arbery attempting to run past the vehicle of Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis, 34. [HuffPost]
WHISTLEBLOWER: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IGNORED WARNINGS ON MALARIA DRUG, CORONAVIRUS A government scientist says he was ousted from his position after raising concerns that the Trump administration wanted to “flood” coronavirus hot spots with a malaria drug that Trump was pushing despite scant scientific evidence it helped. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, alleges he was reassigned to a lesser role because he resisted political pressure to allow widespread use of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug favored by Trump. [HuffPost]
TRUMP SIGNALS CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE WILL SOON WIND DOWN Trump signaled that the coronavirus task force, a cadre of health and government officials overseeing the U.S. response to COVID-19, may soon dissolve. Trump administration officials have been telling members of the task force that the White House plans to wind down the operation in the coming weeks regardless of the coronavirus pandemic remaining a major threat to the U.S., most of which is still seeing a rise in new infections. [HuffPost]
NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BACK ON FOR JUNE 23 The New York Democratic presidential primary must take place June 23 because canceling it would be unconstitutional, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said there was enough time before the primary occurs to figure out how to carry it out safely. [AP]
RAND PAUL CLAIMS HE'S IMMUNE TO COVID-19 DESPITE LACK OF RESEARCH Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) decided not to wear a protective mask when he returned to the Senate for work this week, claiming that he has immunity from COVID-19 after getting infected with it in late March and recovering. “I have immunity. I’ve already had the virus, so I can’t get it again,” Paul said when asked by reporters why he wasn’t wearing a mask as suggested by federal guidelines. “And I can’t give it to anybody.” He added: “So of all the people you’ll meet here, I’m about the only safe person in Washington.” [HuffPost]
AMAZON WAREHOUSE WORKER IN NEW YORK DIES OF COVID-19 A person working at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse in New York has died of COVID-19. Amazon said the employee was last at the facility on April 5 and was placed on quarantine after he was confirmed to have the disease on April 11. “His family and loved ones are in our thoughts, and we are supporting his fellow colleagues,” an Amazon spokesperson said. Amazon has fired multiple employees who organized to demand improved workplace safety measures during the pandemic. [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. |
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