Новости за 28.02.2020

Global stocks were heading Friday for their largest weekly drop since the financial crisis more than a decade ago over fears the coronavirus could wreak havoc on the world economy. Crude oil prices slipped lower as well and analysts said that central banks, especially the US Federal Reserve, might have to shift into crisis-resolution mode […]

In the approximately 137 Democratic primary debates we’ve had so far this campaign season, President Trump’s ongoing assault on the rule of law and professional expertise has barely come up. Maybe the moderators think the topic is too risky and the candidates believe it’s too abstract, but it’s been astonishing to see events happening before […]

In an op-ed published at the New York Times this Friday, economist Paul Krugman warned that the growing health crisis of the coronavirus is the test of the Trump administration that his critics have been fearing, and the results “aren’t looking good.” Krugman writes that President Trump’s unpreparedness for a disease outbreak first began when […]

According to a report from the Tampa Bay Times, Vice President Mike Pence is not letting his new duties as the coronavirus czar keep him from attending a $25,000 a head Florida fundraiser on Friday. Just two days after the president tabbed his second-in-command to head up a task force ensuring the U.S. government does […]

The House Judiciary Committee ordered Attorney General William Barr to turn over any communications from President Donald Trump regarding the sentencing of Roger Stone. Committee chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) asked Barr to turn over any messages showing “improper political interference” in the sentencing, after four prosecutors quit the case when their recommendations were overruled by […]

President Donald Trump started off Friday by moaning about the latest Fox News poll showing him losing to every Democrat left in the primary race. The poll shows 56 percent of respondents believe Trump will be re-elected, but he was at least 7 points behind Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders, 3 points behind […]

In a column for the Daily Beast, longtime political observer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Daly said the coronavirus crisis that threatens to swamp government health workers specializing in epidemics has been made worse by President Donald Trump. As Daly notes, Trump is to blame for leaving the country vulnerable to a pandemic because he […]

Mike Huckabee bizarrely claimed President Donald Trump could “suck the virus” out of coronavirus patients’ lungs and deposit what’s left in the ocean — and he simultaneously disgusted and baffled everyone who saw it. The former Arkansas governor made the outlandish claim Friday morning on “Fox & Friends,” complaining that Trump didn’t get enough credit […]

While testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee this Friday morning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo got somewhat testy when he was questioned about the Trump administration’s preparedness in regards to the coronavirus outbreak. During the hearing, Pompeo was questioned by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), who warned about the “serious global health crisis” posed by […]

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough condemned White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney for accusing the media of ignoring and distorting the administration’s response to the coronavirus for political reasons. Mulvaney claimed the media had ignored their preparations last month to cover impeachment, and then amplifying the risks now that Trump was acquitted in an effort to […]

Editor’s note: President Donald Trump has mounted attacks on the Justice Department and its various branches, on prosecutions he’s interested in and the judges presiding over those cases. He’s complained that his political adversaries – Hillary Clinton and James Comey – should have been prosecuted and that his friends and associates, like Roger Stone and […]

President Donald Trump’s son, Don Jr. went off on Democrats Friday morning saying that they hope people will die to kill the president’s “streak of winning.” During an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Fox News, the younger Trump blamed everyone else for causing a national panic over coronavirus. “For them to try to take […]

During his “Reality Check” segment on CNN’s “New Day,” contributor John Avlon cast a jaundiced eye the appointment of Vice President Mike Pence by Donald Trump to be the administration’s point man combating the coronavirus pandemic — pointing out the veep’s history when it comes to health matters is highly suspect. With the president reportedly […]

White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday that the media is only covering the spread of coronavirus because it’s out to get President Donald Trump. According to the New York Times’ Annie Karni, Mulvaney accused the American media of using coronavirus as a political […]

Following a report from CNN Dr. Sanjay Guputa that the U.S. is woefully unprepared to handle a massive outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, “New Day” host John Berman relayed that staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have become “demoralized” by the White House response that won’t allow them to do their jobs. […]

A physician explained to MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” why everyone is likely to get the coronavirus — maybe not this year, but eventually. Dr. James Hamblin, a staff writer for The Atlantic, wrote a widely circulated report on that likelihood, and he warned that it posed a significant risk to some populations. “We’ve seen it affect […]

Rigging elections is as American as apple pie. To wit: Nonwhite people have been systematically denied the right to vote for most of the country’s history. Most notably, when black people won the right to vote following the Civil War, in practice that liberty was denied under Jim and Jane Crow and other white supremacist […]

In her column for the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), conservative columnist Peggy Noonan expressed dismay with how Donald Trump and his White House have responded to the growing coronavirus pandemic –saying their public announcements look like “spin” to cover up ineptitude. Taking a look outside the White House, the longtime political observer noted, “I’ve […]

President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times could backfire — and land him under oath to testify about Russia’s involvement in his 2016 campaign. The Trump re-election campaign sued the Times claiming that Max Frankel, the newspaper’s former executive editor, defamed the president in a March 27, 2019, op-ed alleging that Russia […]

According to a report from USA Today, Jeff Sessions’ campaign to reclaim his U.S. Senate seat –after leaving it to serve as Attorney General under Donald Trump — is being slowed because the president refuses to endorse him, likely due to their stormy relationship. The report notes that Sessions is now faced with running against […]

UN chief Antonio Guterres Thursday called for an end to gender inequality which he said “should shame us all in the 21st century because it is not only unacceptable, it is stupid.” Comparing it to past “stains” of slavery and colonialism, he said discrimination against women and girls remained a major problem around the world. […]

The “French Oscars” the Cesars will be awarded Friday in a poisonous atmosphere with Roman Polanski — whose new film has the highest number of nominations — staying away from the ceremony because he fears a “public lynching”. With the French film industry at war with itself over the decision to honour the controversial director […]

DENVER — With the nation’s capital mired in gridlock and the Affordable Care Act facing a dire legal challenge, the prospects of lowering health care costs for Americans this year seem unlikely.Just don’t tell that to Coloradans.Democratic majorities in the state House and Senate and a Democratic governor eager to push aggressive health care measures […]

Cannabis use is on the rise among older adults as more states move toward legalization for medical or recreational use, according to new analysis published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.The number of adults over 65 who used cannabis in the last year increased 75% between 2015 and 2018, according to the […]

DETROIT — Joe Nickowski has worked at General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant for 27 years and on Thursday both he and the car he built reached the end of the line.The last Chevrolet Impala, in a bright cherry red, rolled off the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly line around 8:30 Thursday morning, and with that Nickowski and about […]