by Jim Heath | Mar 18, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) today became the first member of Congress to announce that he has tested positive for coronavirus, saying he had been stricken with a fever and headache this weekend. The virus has already affected others on Capitol Hill, which remains...
by Jim Heath | Mar 18, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
A key component of Andrew Yang’s platform for president was considered to be a particularly fringe idea: Universal Basic Income (UBI). The premise of his proposal, which he dubbed the Freedom Dividend, would have put $1,000 in the pockets of all United States...
by Jim Heath | Mar 17, 2020 | coronavirus, Entertainment, Headlines, Health
The three largest theater chains in the United States have announced that all of their movie theaters will close indefinitely as cinemas go dark across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Cinemark said it is closing all of its 345 sites...
by Jim Heath | Mar 17, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Trump
A video has emerged of Donald Trump talking about cutting the US pandemic response team in 2018 – days after claiming that he knew nothing about the disbanded White House unit. Trump said of the pandemic team that “some of the people we’ve cut they haven’t been used...
by Jim Heath | Mar 17, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Republican senators today that the coronavirus pandemic could drive up US unemployment to 20%, up from the 3.5 percent level it notched last month. Mnuchin’s comments came as he urged Republican senators to act on...
