There’s One Easy Thing Trump Could Do Tomorrow to Protect Healthcare Workers from the Coronavirus
Alex Brandon/AP Since the earliest days of the Trump administration, the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration has had a completed draft of workplace rules that were made for the very crisis we now find ourselves in, with the power to protect vulnerable healthcare workers from exposure to infectious diseases like COVID-19. According to the…
The Trump Administration’s Sunday Morning Coronavirus Messaging Was a Disaster
Screenshot This Week/ABC Members of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force fanned out on the Sunday morning talk shows to deliver a message about the administration’s handling of COVID-19—only, it’s unclear what exactly that message is. Pressed by journalists to provide numbers and a plan, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Surgeon General…
The Trump Administration Still Doesn’t Have a Clue
What is with these people? The clusterfuck of nonplanning from the Trump administration just gets worse every day. STEPHANOPOULOS: The Grand Princess is docking tomorrow. What’s the plan for the 3,500 people on board? BEN CARSON: They’re coming up with one S: It docks tomorrow C: The plan will be in place S: Shouldn’t you…
Kamala Harris Endorsed Joe Biden This Morning
Brian Cahn/ZUMA Wire Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) endorsed Joe Biden for president Sunday morning, several months after Harris ended her own historic bid for president. She is just the latest of several former presidential contenders to align behind the former vice president. “We need a leader who really does care about the people and who…
Italy to Close Off Large Part of the Country Over Coronavirus Fears
AP Photo/Antonio Calanni The Italian government plans to almost entirely shut down a large part of the country in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, according to news reports about a drafted government decree. The proposed measure would lock down the country’s northwestern region of Lombardia and parts of 11 other provinces…
Schools Can No Longer Use Electric Shock Devices on Students, Says the FDA
Charles Krupa/AP The Food and Drug Administration formally banned the controversial use of electric shock devices on students being treated for behavioral issues this week, putting an end to a method that many experts—and victims—called cruel and ineffective. The practice, which was detailed in an exposé by Mother Jones in 2007, was no longer practiced…