The Virus Economy: The Labor Department announced another 5.2 million Americans have filed for unemployment as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the number to 22 million in just the last month. Unemployment could be as high as 10 percent …

The Trump Brand: In an unprecedented move, the Internal Revenue Service is putting the name “President Donald J. Trump” on the economic stimulus checks. The President’s name or signature has never appeared on an IRS check, but Trump is putting his …

Total Authority:  As alliances of East and West coast governors form to decide when and how to re-open their states, President Trump declared yesterday that he has “absolute” authority to make those decisions. “When someone is president of the United States, the …

The Plague Years: Even as the death toll rises, President Trump is quietly pushing to re-open the crippled US economy by May 1, The Washington Post reports.

  The paper says Trump’s plan is “raising concerns among health experts and economists of a possible covid-19 resurgence if Americans return to their normal lives before the virus is truly stamped out.”

Jobless: The pandemic has virtually shut down America and the Labor Department just reported that another 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment last week. That’s in addition to the more than nine million who filed over the previous two weeks.   The …

The US yesterday suffered its single worst day of deaths so far in the coronavirus pandemic. As many as 1,918 people died in what officials have warned could be the worst week of the crisis.

As the US crossed the benchmark of 10,000 coronavirus deaths, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was checked into intensive care in a London hospital suffering with the disease. He’s reported to be on oxygen.

The Pandemic Report: British Prime minister Boris Johnson is in the hospital with the coronavirus and CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin has it, as does the Navy captain relieved of command of his aircraft carrier for sounding the alarm about the virus spreading on …

In a chilling indicator of what the country faces, The Federal Emergency Management Agency asked the Pentagon for 100,000 body bags as the coronavirus pandemic spirals.

More than a thousand people died of the coronavirus in the United States in the last 24 hours, the worst day yet. President Trump said, “We’re going to have a couple of weeks, starting pretty much now, but especially a few days from now that are going to be horrific.”