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Apr 12 2020
News
With Over 21,300 Virus Deaths, US Spends Easter Sunday on Lockdown
Americans spent Sunday on lockdown as the U.S. toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic surpassed 21,300 deaths and more than half a million confirmed cases over the Easter weekend. With almost all the country under stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease, many turned to online church services to mark the holiest day in the Christian calendar.
Newsmax (News)
Jul 23 2021
News
With Tokyo 2020 overshadowed by Covid-19, athletes are left to bring light to troubled Olympics
The Covid-19 pandemic has loomed large over the Tokyo Olympics ever since last year's postponement, shaping a Games the like of which has never been seen before.
When the opening ceremony gets underway on Friday, it will put an end to months of speculation over whether the Olympics would be even able to go ahead, as well as prompting further questions about how Covid-19 could shape the
CNN Digital
Sep 07 2021
News
U.S. hits 40 million Covid cases as delta variant spreads
The U.S. has logged 40 million Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, as the fourth wave brought on by the delta variant continues to spread.
The country has recorded 40,000,070 cases and 651,690 deaths, according to the latest NBC News tally. It recorded 35,355 news cases and 279 deaths Sunday. About 207 million people have received their first doses of a vaccine, and more
NBC News Digital
Sep 04 2020
News
US unemployment rate falls to 8.4% even as hiring slows
The U.S. unemployment rate fell sharply in August to 8.4% from 10.2% even as hiring slowed, with employers adding the fewest jobs since the pandemic began.
Employers added 1.4 million jobs, the Labor Department said, down from 1.7 million in July. The U.S. economy has recovered about half the 22 million jobs lost to the pandemic.
Friday’s report added to evidence that nearly six
Associated Press
Sep 07 2021
Analysis
Afghanistan feeds U.S. immigration crisis
President Biden is struggling with a Gordian knot on immigration that there's little he can do to untangle: The nation's broken system is making it harder than it should be to manage the Afghan refugee crisis — and the Afghan refugee crisis is making it harder to fix the system.
By the numbers: If the military’s task of adding 50,000 spots to bases by mid-September to temporarily house
Axios
May 03 2020
Analysis
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
On march 27, as the U.S. topped 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, Donald Trump stood at the lectern of the White House press-briefing room and was asked what he’d say about the pandemic to a child. Amid a meandering answer, Trump remarked, “You can call it a germ, you can call it a flu, you can call it a virus. You know, you can call it many different names. I’m not sure anybody even knows
The Atlantic
Mar 13 2021
Analysis
Takeaways from Biden's speech: Small gatherings by July 4, denouncing racist attacks and a contrast to Trump
All eyes were on President Joe Biden Thursday evening as he gave his first prime time address to the nation since taking office. Hours after signing a massive coronavirus relief bill into law, he commemorated the anniversary of the nation's shutdown over the pandemic.
The president urged Americans to be unified in battling the coronavirus and to continue to take precautions against its
USA TODAY
Sep 06 2021
Analysis
On Labor Day 2021, the end of enhanced unemployment benefits bring hope to US small businesses
Labor Day is traditionally an opportunity to recognize the contributions made by workers, but this year it's small businesses that are celebrating. That's because this Labor Day coincides with the end of enhanced federal unemployment benefits that were paying people not to work. These payouts have contributed to a record labor shortage that prevents small businesses from bringing the economy
Fox Business
May 25 2021
Fact Check
Did Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Violate Her Own COVID-19 Restrictions?
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer apologized in late May 2021 after a photograph showing her crowded at a table with a dozen other people at a restaurant, in violation of statewide rules she put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 went viral.
The image was posted to Facebook and published by the right-leaning website Breitbart.
Whitmer apologized in a statement sent to
Snopes
Jan 03 2021
News
Asylum seekers with strong cases for protection have been sent back to danger, human rights report says
Stranded in Tijuana, a group of asylum seekers from Cameroon, Uganda and Ethiopia banded together in a shared hotel room. There, they would wait out Trump administration policies that had blocked their ability to request protection in the United States amid the pandemic.
The group has been harassed, threatened and extorted by Mexican officials since their arrival in the border city, an
Los Angeles Times