Trump slams ‘partisan' probes after Pelosi announces coronavirus committee: ‘Here we go again’
President Trump, speaking at the White House coronavirus briefing on Thursday, unloaded on Democrats who have created a new House committee with subpoena authority to investigate the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. AFTER MOCKING TRUMP FOR PROMOTING HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, JOURNALISTS FORCED TO ADMIT IT MIGHT TREAT CORONAVIRUSHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday she's creating a new House committee to oversee the coronavirus response. "It's witch hunt after witch hunt after witch hunt," Trump continued. "And in the end it's people doing the witch hunt who are losing --- and they've been losing by a lot. The House intelligence panel website still has no press releases at all on the topic.
Source:Fox News
April 02, 2020 22:24 UTC
Taylor Swift Just Did An Incredible Thing To Save Nashville Landmark Amid Coronavirus
Enter Swift, who quietly offered staffers “direct relief” and paid for three months’ worth of health care for all employees, giving the music landmark a fighting chance during unprecedented times. “Now I have some peace of mind as we apply for [Small Business Administration] loans to pay rent, vendors, and other expenses,” Doyle said. Swift helps give us a real shot at coming back on the other side of this.” Swift has a long history of generosity. She created her own foundation to help Tennessee recover from 2010 flooding and has made sizeable contributions to causes that include disaster relief, education and LGBTQ equality. Swift has donated $3,000 to 20 fans to help them make rent and pay other bills, according to Rolling Stone.
Source:Huffington Post
April 02, 2020 22:18 UTC
Opinion | How to Cook a Coronavirus
[Recipe: Lemony Shrimp and Bean Stew]The coronavirus has been especially brutal to the hospitality industry. The big, immediate problem is that huge numbers of hospitality workers need money to pay their bills and buy food. There is a mental health crisis in the industry, right now. Another volunteer group has set up a national network for sending “tips” directly to service industry workers; it’s organized by locality, so you can tip somebody in your town or somewhere else. Eater has a long list of resources for hospitality workers.
Source:New York Times
April 02, 2020 22:18 UTC
In A High Turnover Industry, He Built A Startup Where Team Members Want To Stay For Life
Leore wanted to start an organization where people wanted to stay for life. They were counting down until 5 o’clock.”It was much different than the job Leore had envisioned for himself. These roles ensure that Lob’s team members are intentionally at the center of every decision. For one, Lob’s leadership team isn’t constantly onboarding people to backfill vacant roles—only to train those in entirely new positions due to growth. As for finding investors and VCs open to working with a company more focused on a positive company culture over rapid growth?
Source:Forbes
April 02, 2020 22:07 UTC
Trump tests negative for coronavirus a 2nd time, White House says
President Trump has tested negative for coronavirus for a second time on Thursday morning, the White House doctor said. White House Dr. Sean Conley didn’t provide any context for the second test, only saying that the president had tested negative and wasn’t displaying any symptoms. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the new coronavirus test, which provides results in as little as 15 minutes. The president was first tested for coronavirus on March 14, after a Brazilian official who previously met with Trump had tested positive. Both Pence and his wife tested negative.
Source:Fox News
April 02, 2020 22:07 UTC
States are competing for life-saving medical equipment. Who decides where it goes?
A hospital’s emergency preparedness chief offers insight into what resources hospitals need right now. As the spread of the novel coronavirus grows in the United States, many states finds themselves in need of medical equipment like ventilators and protective equipment for health care workers. Yet, for most states getting said equipment has not been easy. Requests have begun to outweigh supply and many states complain there’s a lack of guidance about how they can secure life-saving supplies. So, is there political bias in who gets resources right now?
Source:Washington Post
April 02, 2020 21:56 UTC
Ben Shapiro explains why Americans should take coronavirus aid money without a second thought
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro said Thursday that while some Americans may feel uneasy accepting cash payments from the government as laid out in the coronavirus response bill, the temporary economic relief is well deserved. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE"Over the last two weeks, 10 million Americans have filed for unemployment. That is not because of coronavirus purely, that is because of a forcible shutdown by the federal government of nearly every state in America," Shapiro said on "The Ben Shapiro Show." Shapiro offered a creative analogy to illustrate the government's responsibility to the American people amid the federally mandated social distancing policy and economic shutdown.
Source:Fox News
April 02, 2020 21:45 UTC
Are you a landlord whose tenants can’t pay rent because of coronavirus?
Millions of Americans are now out of work, or suffering a loss of hours, as large parts of the economy shut down to beat back the coronavirus. Many renters suddenly can’t afford their rent and don’t know where to turn for help. The state of California and local municipalities have rolled out several policies that seek to prevent evictions and give renters some time to pay back rent they suddenly can’t afford. But many landlords now wonder how they can afford to pay their own bills if rent collections dry up and they can’t evict struggling tenants. If you are a landlord whose tenants can’t pay rent because of coronavirus, please share your story with us below.
Source:Los Angeles Times
April 02, 2020 21:33 UTC
New Kind of U.S. Actively Managed ETF Starts Trading
American Century Investments on Thursday launched the first of a new flavor of U.S. exchange-traded funds aimed at reviving investors’ interest in stock-picking managers. American Century’s Focused Dynamic Growth and Focused Large Cap Value ETFs, which pick stocks without disclosing their daily holdings to help protect their managers’ trading strategies, opened at 9:45 a.m. New York time Thursday on Cboe Global Markets’s electronic stock exchange. They began trading within minutes, and closed the day with nearly 4,100 and...
Source:Wall Street Journal
April 02, 2020 21:33 UTC
Thailand’s Energy Tycoons Power Through Global Collapse In Fuel Prices
Despite the collapse of global energy prices, the Covid-19 outbreak and a weakening Thai economy, three of Thailand’s four energy tycoons grew their net worth last year. Their focus on natural gas and renewable energy has benefited from the government’s goal to switch to cleaner fuels. His Gulf Energy Development profited from three new gas-fired power plants brought online this year, boosting profits last year by 61%. Despite its weak economy, Thailand’s energy demand is likely to remain resilient and require more capacity, according to Fitch Solutions energy analyst Daine Loh in Singapore. Absolute Clean Energy is perhaps the purest play on Thailand’s shift to renewable energy: the company’s nine biomass power plants account for the lion’s share of its profits, which rose 49% last year.
Source:Forbes
April 02, 2020 21:33 UTC
Louisiana coronavirus: 2,700 new cases and 37 new deaths are reported in 1 day
(CNN) Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said he will extend the state's stay-at-home order until April 30 as the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths surge. The announcement Thursday came the same day Louisiana reported more than 2,700 new cases of coronavirus and 37 new deaths. The state's health department said about 95% of the new positive test results came from tests conducted in commercial labs.
Source:CNN
April 02, 2020 21:00 UTC
Thousands of ventilators in maintenance as government struggles to meet needs
And as of this week, the Strategic National Stockpile is almost empty, a source familiar with the situation told CNN Wednesday. Late last summer, the US government contract with the company that maintains ventilators and other medical devices within the stockpile lapsed. New York health care provider Northwell Health told CNN it was sent ventilators that were missing parts in an order from the national stockpile. Another hospital in New York, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, also told CNN it received 220 ventilators from the national stockpile last week but the machines needed repair. "There was a casual conversation about the 170 ventilators that came from the national stockpile directly to LA County," Newsom said later in the week.
Source:CNN
April 02, 2020 21:00 UTC
Navy Removes Captain of Coronavirus-Stricken Aircraft Carrier
WASHINGTON—Navy leaders have relieved the captain of a U.S. aircraft carrier after a memo to military officials in which he pleaded for help with a coronavirus outbreak at sea was leaked to a newspaper. Brett Crozier, the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, now at port in Guam, was relieved Thursday after superiors said they lost confidence in his ability to lead. The decision to remove him drew outrage from lawmakers and some relatives of crew members who backed the commander’s call for attention to the...
Source:Wall Street Journal
April 02, 2020 20:53 UTC
Tesla Doesn’t Change Growth Goal Despite Coronavirus Uncertainty
Tesla Inc. said first-quarter deliveries of its electric vehicles rose 40% compared with a year ago, while not addressing how the coronavirus pandemic might hurt future sales. The company on Thursday said it delivered 88,400 vehicles compared with 63,000 during the year-ago quarter when Model 3 compact-car deliveries were ramping up overseas. While targeting dramatic growth, Tesla in late January cautioned that the effects of combating the coronavirus in China might hinder the first-quarter results. Analysts have gradually scaled back their projections for full-year deliveries, now forecasting on average 464,000 Tesla vehicles this year, which would represent a 29% rise. Other auto makers saw sales slow in China in the early part of the first quarter when the coronavirus hit hardest there.
Source:Wall Street Journal
April 02, 2020 20:49 UTC
Zoom CEO apologizes for having 'fallen short' on privacy and security
"We recognize that we have fallen short of the community's -- and our own -- privacy and security expectations," Eric Yuan said in a blog post on Wednesday. Facebook FB Google GOOGL Twitter TWTR Zoom will stop adding new features for the next 90 days and instead focus solely on addressing privacy issues, Yuan said. The coronavirus outbreak has seen millions of people ordered to stay in their homes flock to Zoom , which has garnered praise for its features and usability. Yuan said Zoom crossed 200 million daily meeting participants in the month of March. But the spike in popularity has led the company to quickly find itself dealing with many of the issues that have plagued larger online platforms, particularly around privacy.
Source:CNN
April 02, 2020 20:48 UTC