Pandemic Odds: Probably only about one in 10 US coronavirus cases have been diagnosed, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control. That would mean more than 24 million Americans have been infected.    Dr. Robert Redfield said on a …

Pandemic: The country’s three most populous states — California, Texas, and Florida — yesterday all posted their highest ever one-day increase in coronavirus cases.    The US registered more almost 37,000 new cases yesterday, a single-day record, and the 14-day rate of …

Out of the Room: John Bolton’s tell-all book “The Room Where it Happened” hits the bookstands today, with few surprises left after pre-publication publicity.   An aggrieved President Trump tweeted, “I gave John Bolton, who was incapable of being Senate confirmed because …

Pranked in Tulsa: It seemed suspicious when President Trump said a million people had applied for tickets to his Tulsa rally and it appears there was a reason for it.  The NY Times reports that there was a social media campaign to …

Clash of Power: In a dramatic standoff last night, Attorney Gen. William Barr tried to force out the US attorney in Manhattan, who responded by refusing to step down.   The Trump administration in recent weeks has been purging people deemed insufficiently …

Stay at Home Order: Dealing a blow to President Trump’s anti-immigration agenda, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday that Trump cannot abruptly end protections for illegal immigrants brought to the US as children.   The program known as DACA, Deferred Action for …

Bolton Bookbomb: Former National Security Adviser John Bolton writes in his new memoir that House Democrats bungled the impeachment of President Trump, skipping over serious misuse of power for his personal benefit.   “A president may not misuse the national government’s legitimate …

Viral News: Florida set a new record for itself yesterday, reporting 2,783 new cases of the coronavirus in a single day as the pandemic grows in that state.    Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who’s been pushing to get the state re-opened …

The Supremes Sing: The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 yesterday that you can’t fire an employee or refuse to hire them because they are gay or transgender. The majority said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination “because …

Police Blotter: An officer was fired, the chief of police resigned, and a restaurant was burned after the shooting death of an unarmed black man in Atlanta over the weekend.   Even as protests continue over the Minneapolis police killing of George …