Category: Politics
Schumer Defends Blocking of Additional Paycheck Protection Funding, Citing More Aid Needed for Hospitals
On Thursday, the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the Payment Protection Program (PPP) for small businesses has officially run out of its $349 billion in funds.
ACLU Recommends Guidelines To Protect Civil Liberties During Coronavirus Tracking
Public health professionals and government officials continue to tell Americans that the road back from the strict lockdown conditions and social distancing measures which have become a fact of life for most Americans in the fight to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, will rely on getting massive testing, tracking and contact-tracing programs up and running.
Cuomo: ‘The Private Sector Has To Think About What They Do, How They Do It And How They Can Do It Differently in This New Normal.’
Although infections from the novel coronavirus appear to have perhaps turned a corner in hardest-hit New York, Gov Andrew Cuomo (D) put some sober perspective on that, while also continuing to look forward to when the Empire State might once again open it's doors.
Well, That Didn’t Take Long: Trump Administration’s Graft, Corruption Has Begun in the Coronavirus Era
Congress has already had to set up a special committee dedicated to watchdogging the administration's use of funds made available in the recent $2 trillion economic stimulus package. Now it appears that lawmakers will also have to investigate whole other examples of what's either incompetence or someone with a hand in a federal cookie jar, trying to actually profit off of this disease.
Bernie Sanders Says Joe Biden Will Become ‘a More Progressive Candidate’
Bernie Sanders may no longer be running for president himself, but the senator from Vermont plans to stay very involved in the campaign, almost like a "progressive coach" of sorts for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
CDC Director: ‘We’ve Had a Very Productive Public Health Relationship’ with the WHO
Donald Trump has promised to cut US funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) over a supposedly lax response to the novel coronavirus outbreak, but the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has praised his agency's ongoing relationship with the WHO.
Warren ‘Proud’ to Endorse Biden for President
On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who previously competed in the Democratic primary, endorsed former vice president Joe Biden in a tweeted video message, and stated she was “proud” to do so.
Susan Rice: ‘When the Obama Administration Left Office, We Left the National Strategic Stockpile Fully Stocked’
Contrary to Donald Trump’s claims, the outgoing Obama administration left the National Strategic Stockpile fully stocked and ready to supply the nation in the face of the public health crisis like a pandemic.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney: ‘We Need Money Directly to Cities’
Add the City of Brotherly Love to the states and locales looking for aid to help weather the economic storm brewing as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Stuck With Social Distancing Through 2022, U.S Economy Is ‘Not Reopening Anytime Soon’
Donald Trump and others who want a quick reopening of a US economy shuttered as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak will probably be very disappointed. That's according to a variety of public health professionals and others who foresee a longer road ahead to bring the country--and the world--back to normal.
