Новости за 21.05.2020

The recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has put a major dent in President Donald Trump’s chances of winning the 2020 election, according to an influential election forecasting model. NBC News reports that Oxford Economics, which has a strong track record of forecasting presidential elections, now sees Trump as all but certain to lose the […]

This February, West Des Moines businessman David Greenspon made his first ever donation to Donald Trump. According to Iowa Starting Line, two months later he received a no-bid contract to obtain Personal Protective Equipment for the state of Iowa. Greenspon gave $15,000 to the Trump Victory joint fundraising PAC on February 4. He also gave Trump’s presidential […]

President Donald Trump often likes to boast about how many COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the United States, but a new report from The Atlantic is calling those testing statistics into serious question. According to the report, the Centers for Disease Control has been “conflating the results of two different types of coronavirus tests,” […]

U.S. Intelligence agencies have been forced to hire outside consultants to study how to present vital national security information to President Donald Trump in a way he will understand the data, The New York Times reports. Trump, unlike most presidents, is infamous for not reading his daily briefing materials or even paying attention during his oral […]

Early on in the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump would frequently say not to worry about the disease because it would go away “like a miracle.” CNN religion editor Daniel Burke argues that Trump’s childhood minister may be part of the reason why he ignored fire warnings about the disease and instead adopted an approach […]

MSNBC’ Joe Scarborough thrashed President Donald Trump for nursing petty grievances and engaging in magical thinking instead of marshaling U.S. resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The “Morning Joe” host read from his Washington Post column published Wednesday evening in which he lamented the president never gave Americans a chance to save thousands of lives […]

Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson said President Donald Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale doesn’t seem to care whether he wins re-election. Wilson, who helped create a new attack ad for the Lincoln Project against the president and his campaign manager, told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that Parscale was running a con on Trump. “Everything counts in […]

Early morning on May 18, Moderna, a biotechnology company, revealed the preliminary findings for the much anticipated phase I trial of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The information sent Moderna’s stock soaring by more than 20% and helped fuel a rally on Wall Street. Although there was an enthusiastic response to the news, the purpose of […]

As restaurants and bars reopen to the public, it’s important to realize that eating out will increase your risk of exposure to the new coronavirus. Two of the most important public health measures for keeping illnesses to a minimum are nearly impossible in these situations: First, it’s hard to eat or drink while wearing a […]

President Donald Trump lashed out at the states of Michigan and Nevada on Wednesday because they are sending out absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. CNN’s John Harwood said on Thursday that the president’s attack on these states came from the recognition that he is trailing significantly, which is why he’s now going on […]

Gunshots were fired Thursday morning at a U.S. Navy airbase in Texas. Security forces responded to an active shooter situation about 6:15 a.m. at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, reported KRIS-TV. The shooter was taken into custody, and it’s not clear whether anyone was injured in the shooting. All gates were closed at the airbase […]

President Donald Trump’s factory tours may be putting workers and himself at risk, according to public health experts. The president on Thursday will make his third coronavirus-related trip to a battleground state this month when he tours a Ford factory in Michigan, but public health experts and former White House aides worry that those visits […]

President Donald Trump has claimed that his intelligence briefings failed to warn him about the severity of the threat from the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the fact that multiple briefings contained dire assessments about the impact of the disease. A new report from the New York Times suggests that Trump’s failure to prepare for the pandemic […]

Shafiqul Islam hid under a bed with his wife and two children for hours as the fiercest cyclone to hit Bangladesh this century ripped the tin roof off his home. Islam had thought he could ride out Cyclone Amphan but soon regretted his “huge mistake” as winds of 150 kilometres (95 mile) per hour slammed into […]

President Donald Trump’s tweets accusing two vital swing states – Nevada and Michigan – of acting “illegally” by making it easier for their residents to vote by mail during the pandemic were just “alerts” meant just for the eyes of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Acting Director of the Office of Management and […]

A public health expert explained how to safely take public transportation during the coronavirus pandemic. As businesses reopen across the country, workers and customers will return to the buses, subways and trains they rely on for transportation, and Dr. Nadia Abuelezam told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that doing so will be safe — with some precautions. […]

CNN’s John Avlon on Thursday mocked President Donald Trump for his failed attempts to create a phony scandal about former President Barack Obama. In his latest “Reality Check” segment, Avlon roasted the president and his defenders for hyping up a newly leaked email written by former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice in which she […]

President Donald Trump is pushing for a COVID-19 vaccine to be pushed out the door by the end of the year through an initiative called “Operation Warp Speed.” However, a veteran epidemiologist who helped deal with the polio outbreak in the 1950s warns that rushing a vaccine for political purposes could backfire horrifically. In a […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed in a private call with House Republicans Wednesday that the enhanced unemployment benefits keeping millions of people afloat amid Great Depression-level joblessness will not be extended in the next coronavirus stimulus legislation, effectively endorsing a major income cut for a large swath of the U.S. population. “There is a dangerous disconnect […]

The husband of stock-dumping Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) donated $1 million to the leading pro-Trump super PAC after news broke of her alleged insider trading. Jeff Sprecher, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, donated April 29 to America First Action, according to a report filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, after news broke […]

In explaining his response to the coronavirus pandemic, Donald Trump has at times claimed to be a “war president.” This is a gift to journalists, reporters and the commentariat — but a toxic one. In the malignant reality that is the Age of Trump, “war president” is a concept such people believe they understand. It summons images of a solemn and […]

President Donald Trump’s campaign has for months tried to deploy the same playbook they used against Hillary Clinton in 2016 against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. However, as The Daily Beast reports, a campaign of nonstop attacks and smears hasn’t put a single dent in the polling lead that Biden has maintained for months. “It […]

Tom Peeling wanted his teeth cleaned and wasn’t going to let the coronavirus pandemic get in the way. Luckily, his six-month regular appointment was scheduled for earlier this month, just days after dental offices were allowed to reopen in Florida for routine services. In late March the state ordered dentists to treat only emergency casesas part […]

SAN DIEGO — Transmission system operator Blain Adams is one of 12 employees at San Diego Gas & Electric who has volunteered to take the classification of “essential worker” to the extreme.To make sure the electrical grid stays up and running during the COVID-19 pandemic, Adams works a 12-hour shift for 14 consecutive days. And […]

We know that carrying excess fat is bad for us and can contribute to a number of diseases, such as diabetes. But not all fat is created equal. While certain types of fat cells can accumulate in our bodies and cause health problems, other types have evolved to turn fuel into heat – so they […]