Новости за 17.05.2020

Two years ago, 14-year-old Brennan Walker missed his school bus and had no idea how to go to class. So, he knocked on the door of Jeffrey Zeigler and his wife mistook the young boy for a criminal knocking on their door, asking for directions to the local school. After screaming for her husband’s help, […]

Former President Barack Obama may have been out of office for three years, but the 2019 coronavirus was somehow made worse by him, according to President Donald Trump. Interrupting the PGA on Sunday, NBC interviewed Trump over the phone, where he name-dropped golfers claiming that he knew them. Then he quickly turned from hoping to […]

A Tennessee software executive is reportedly out of a job over images circulating on social media that suggest he wanted to see a pay-per-view lynching of former President Barack Obama. The Chatanooga Times Free Press reported on Sunday that Transcard, a software company in based in Chatanooga, had removed an employee who posted offensive content. […]

Fox News prime-time host Laura Ingraham, who has no medical or scientific expertise, mocked public health concerns about vaccines, testing and contact tracing programs on her show Friday, accusing Democrats of pushing “panic porn” because “they don’t even like you.” This article first appeared in Salon. Ingraham offered fulsome praise of President Trump’s Friday afternoon […]

President Donald Trump’s younger adult son is being criticized for falsely claiming on national television that the COVID-19  crisis is a Democratic hoax that will “disappear” after the November presidential election. Eric Trump said that Democrats are hyping the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent conservatives from attending his father’s campaign re-election rallies. “Listen, Biden loves this,” […]

According to former President Bill Clinton’s political director, the path to the White House for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is becoming clearer as polling shows that Donald Trump is hurting in some normally reliable Republican-leaning or pivotal swing states. In the report, obtained by Axios, Doug Sosnik said the Rust Belt states already […]

C-SPAN host Steve Scully on Sunday faced off against a caller who accused his network of being part of a liberal media conspiracy to spread disinformation about the novel coronavirus pandemic. A man from Minnesota began his call to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal by speculating that the virus was created in a laboratory — although experts […]

Arriving back a the White House after spending the weekend at Camp David, Donald Trump was asked about comments made by former President  Barack Obama who told a national television audience on Saturday night that there are members of the administration who aren’t even trying to solve the coronavirus pandemic — without mentioning Trump. According […]

For obvious reasons, the word “Russia” has dominated American headlines since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency. Many who opposed Trump believed that Russia’s election interference helped Trump win the 2016 presidential election; whereas many Trump supporters believed that Democrats were using a half-baked scandal as an excuse to delegitimize their opponent and lick their wounds after an unexpected electoral defeat. […]

In an attempt to convince a reluctant public to get tested for the COVID-19 virus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) took a test on live TV on Sunday morning, allowing a doctor to place a swab far up his nose. Prior to the test he explained, “I don’t mean any disrespect for the medical […]

Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. on Sunday asserted that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) recent attack on former President Barack Obama is just a substitute for calling him a racial epithet. “I think President Obama should have kept his mouth shut,” McConnell said after Obama criticized President Donald Trump’s pandemic response last week. “Why don’t […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders was among critics outraged that the fossil fuel industry is using tax breaks in the CARES Act meant to help businesses keep workers employed to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes—and then delivering that money to executives. “Good thing President Trump is looking out for the real victims of the coronavirus: […]

ABC’s “This Week ” host George Stephanopoulos was forced to cut off Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro on Sunday morning after the White House official stated the son of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden took a billion dollars from the Chinese. Speaking to the ABC host from the lawn in front of the […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Sunday admitted that the Trump administration’s so-called “Warp Speed” vaccine effort could produce hundreds of millions of doses that are neither safe nor effective. Azar made the remarks during an appearance on Face the Nation with host Margaret Brennan. “Is the pledge 300 million Americans will be […]

CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper was forced to cut off Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Sunday morning after the Republican went off on a rant about Russian interference in the 2016 election. In an interview that grew increasingly, contentious, Johnson tried to implicate former President Barack Obama in a broad conspiracy — […]

Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro repeatedly referred to COVID-19 as the “China virus” during an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd on Sunday. During an appearance on Meet the Press, Todd asked Navarro if he had a “good explanation” for why the national stockpiles were not replenished by the Trump administration before the current pandemic. […]

Health and Human Service’s Secretary Alex Azar was forced to backtrack on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning after stating that the poor health of Americans was a major factor in the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Asked by host Jake Tapper about the failures of Donald Trump’s administration during the […]

The hosts of Fox & Friends on Sunday lashed out at former President Barack Obama after he criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Obama made the remarks while delivering a commencement address by video to 78 historically black colleges on Saturday. “This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the […]

CNN’s Jake Tapper used his opening comments on Sunday’s “State of the Union” to criticize Donald Trump and his team for “smearing” his critics, saying the attacks are “deranged” and “unmoored from reality” among other criticisms. After first noting how the coronavirus was still pummeling the country and approaching 90,000 U.S. deaths, Tapper praised former […]

The House of Representatives passed the massive$3 trillion coronavirusstimulus bill on Friday evening. This new bill, called the HEROES (Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solution) Act, promises hazard pay for frontline healthcare workers, aid to state and local governments, stimulus checks to all, student loan relief, and more.New coronavirus stimulus bill: what next?Even though […]

According to a report from the Daily Beast, billionaire Donald Trump backer Peter Thiel has become disenchanted with the president over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and is currently keeping his distance from Trump’s 2020 re-election efforts. The report from the Beast’s Lachlan Cartwright, Asawin Suebsaeng and Lachlan Markay states, “During the last presidential […]

Immunocompromised people, seniors with dementia and anyone with a chronic disease are more likely to experience the most severe COVID-19 symptoms. Caregivers face new worries due to the coronavirus, including whether they can they still assist their vulnerable relatives and friends and what they should do if they themselves or someone they live with gets […]

The importance of remote work, also known as telecommuting, is evident during the current COVID-19 crisis. During a period of confinement and physical distancing, telecommuting has enabled some workers to carry out their usual tasks from home. But remote work can also be a source of socioeconomic inequality for workers in many different ways. These […]

There are many examples of mathematical breakthroughs achieved in prison. Maybe the most famous is from the French mathematician Andre Weil, who came up with his hugely influential conjectures while in a military prison in Rouen, France. Another mathematical giant, Srinivasan Ramanujan, started off with no formal training in mathematics and produced most of his […]

Hong Kong (AFP) – Tests on hamsters reveal the widespread use of facemasks reduces transmission of the deadly coronavirus, a team of leading experts in Hong Kong said Sunday.The research by the University of Hong Kong is some of the first to specifically investigate whether masks can stop symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers from infecting […]