The Trump administration launched its latest effort to oust embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday, leveraging the coronavirus pandemic to apply additional pressure. “The United States has long been committed to finding a solution to the man-made crisis in Venezuela,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement. “The urgency for this has…… MORE
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Pentagon says it still hasn’t sent ventilators because HHS hasn’t told them where they’d go
Despite having committed to transferring 2,000 ventilators in military stocks to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the Pentagon has not shipped any of them because the agencies have not asked for them or provided a shipping location, the Pentagon’s top logistics official…… MORE
Obama slams rollback of vehicle emission standards in rare rebuke of Trump
Former President Barack Obama issued a rare criticism of the Trump administration Tuesday after it announced it’s rolling back his signature fuel standards aimed at combating the climate crisis, saying Americans “have to demand better” of their elected leaders. “We’ve seen all too terribly the consequences of those who denied warnings of a pandemic. We…… MORE
Coronavirus odd couples that make the world a little brighter
A famous fashion designer who doubles as a small-scale medical supplier in a major city? And he isn’t the only one who’s made such a turn? That’s hardly a familiar social order. Then again, the novel coronavirus pandemic is an unusual and strained moment — one that’s scrambling society and people’s roles in it. “If…… MORE
This Republican senator just keeps making the same bad argument on coronavirus
As tens of thousands of Americans have been sickened by coronavirus over the past 10 days, most of the voices raising questions about its actual severity or the need for stringent social distancing measures have faded considerably. Notice I said “most” of the voices. Because, well, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is still at it. In…… MORE
Biden makes pitch as an empathetic leader in new digital ad
Joe Biden describes the coronavirus crisis as a “war” and frontline workers as “soldiers” in a new digital ad that will air in battleground states. “This is a war, and these are our soldiers,” Biden says, speaking directly to the camera as video of paramedics and nurses providing care amidst the pandemic cuts in and…… MORE
Inside a socially distanced — and slowed down — White House
In this moment of history, where abnormal rules dominate and tomorrow feels strangely unknown, the frequently bombastic President Donald Trump said something comfortingly familiar: His teenage son wasn’t putting up a fight about having to stay home from school. “Well, Barron’s not so unhappy, OK. He’s not so unhappy,” Trump told Fox News on Monday.…… MORE
Justice Department watchdog finds widespread problems with FISA warrant process
A new report from the Justice Department inspector general found widespread problems in the way the FBI accounted for evidence used to back up allegations in the court applications for foreign intelligence surveillance warrants. The findings dig further into failures within the FBI in its approach to foreign surveillance of US citizens. So far, the…… MORE
From Kennedy’s kitchen to Biden’s basement, candidates adapt to virtual campaigning
As his two young children fidgeted and squealed in the background, Joe Kennedy III stood in his Newton, Massachusetts, kitchen this week and did battle with a raw chicken. “Use the top of your knife,” Boston chef Tiffani Faison gently coached over the video conference screen as the four-term congressman struggled to remove the bird’s…… MORE
Trump expected to formally unveil new coronavirus guidelines and provide models as rationale
The White House will formally reissue nationwide coronavirus guidelines on Tuesday after President Donald Trump — faced with dire models showing up to 200,000 American deaths and polls indicating support for social distancing and calamitous scenes at New York hospitals — determined another 30 days were necessary to avert disaster. Not all of Trump’s advisers…… MORE
