Trump and Fox News Are Suddenly Silent on Their “Miracle” Drug Hydroxychloroquine
Yuri Gripas/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After aggressively promoting an anti-malaria drug as a “miracle” in the fight against COVID-19—a push that flew in the face of repeated warnings from experts—President Donald Trump and Fox News personalities suddenly appear to be cooling on hydroxychloroquine just as…
In Yet Another Move to Limit Immigration, Trump Will Suspend New Green Cards
President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2020,Alex Brandon/ AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last night, President Trump tweeted that he planned to sign an executive order to “temporarily suspend immigration” into the United States in…
Nurses Don’t Have Proper Protection to Fight the Coronavirus. They’re Begging Trump to Help.
A dozen nurses, standing six feet apart outside the White House on Tuesday, called on the Trump administration and Congress to allocate proper personal protective equipment for health care workers who desperately need them. The nurses, represented by the National Nurses United, demanded that Trump invoke the Defense Production Act to require the private sector…
Trump Says “We’re in Very Good Shape on Testing.” A New Report Shows How Far off He Is.
President Trump, Republican governors, and right-wing protesters are antsy to lift social distancing guidelines and return to business as usual. But a new proposal for reopening the economy while protecting the public from the coronavirus shows just how far we have to go before we can safely return to something resembling normalcy. The “Roadmap to…
President Donald Trump Says Maryland’s Governor “Didn’t Understand” Testing Capacity When He Bought 500,000 of Them
Alex Brandon/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday, President Donald Trump again lauded the nation’s capacity for coronavirus testing and said states simply needed to take advantage of that capacity. In doing so, he took a swipe at the governors of Maryland and Illinois, who have…
With Trump’s Go-Ahead, Georgia Is Reopening
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Despite warnings from public health officials that reopening the economy too soon could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases, Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, announced Monday that gyms, hair and nail salons, and bowling alleys would open back up on Friday.…