Two of the most powerful people in Washington have not spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century, one that has already killed more than 5,000 Americans and put 10 million others out of work.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Memo: Some in U.S. may not get stimulus checks until August
The federal government expects to begin making payments to millions of Americans under the new stimulus law in mid-April, but some people without direct deposit information may not get checks until mid-August or later …
Boost the schmooze? Trump wants tax dining deduction back
It may be an odd gesture at a time of social distancing, but President Donald Trump is leaning into his plea to Congress to restore full tax benefits prized by business for fine dining and schmoozing.
Virus deaths, unemployment accelerating across Europe, U.S.
Coronavirus deaths mounted with alarming speed in Spain, Italy and New York, the most lethal hot spot in the United States, while the outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out of work in just two weeks and by Friday had sickened more than a million…
Testing issues cloud scope of California’s virus outbreak
California is ramping up testing for coronavirus even as a backlog of 59,000 pending tests is growing, delaying some people from getting results for up to 12 days and leaving an incomplete picture of how widespread the outbreak is in the state.
Coronavirus survivor: ‘In my blood, there may be answers’
Tiffany Pinckney remembers the fear when COVID-19 stole her breath. So when she recovered, the New York City mother became one of the country’s first survivors to donate her blood to help treat other seriously ill patients.
Chinese struggle to return to work as virus controls ease
After two months in locked-down Wuhan, Wei Lei was eager to get back to work on a railway construction site. Instead, the 22-year-old found himself stranded at an expressway toll plaza where police decided who was allowed in and out of the city where …
Cleanup of U.S. nuclear waste takes back seat as virus spreads
The U.S. government’s efforts to clean up Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the country has lumbered along for decades, often at a pace that watchdogs and other critics say threatens public health and th…
Henderson immigration detainee, at high risk of coronavirus, is released
Christopher Njingu, who has no known criminal history, suffers from hypertension and chronic pain from torture he suffered during a civil war in his native Cameroon …
Caesars Entertainment furloughs 90% of its American workforce
About 90% of Caesars Entertainment’s workforce in the United States has been furloughed due to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic slowdown caused by it.