Guidance: After the White House kept it largely under wraps, the Centers for Disease Control quietly released a 60-page document giving guidance on re-opening for schools, businesses, transit systems and industries.    It counters the rosy re-opening  outlook of President Trump and might ratchet …

Under Water: Downtown Midland Michigan is under water and 10,000 people have been told to evacuate after two dams burst 140 miles northwest of Detroit. Days of heavy rains overcame the dams leading to flooding in towns and farmland.   The evacuations …

If I Ran the Zoo: President Trump is threatening to defund the World Health Organization, claiming it did a bad job warning and preparing the world for the coronavirus pandemic.   “We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the …

Incompetent: A day after Barack Obama criticized the lack of leadership during the pandemic, President Trump called the former president incompetent. “Look, he was an incompetent president,” Trump told reporters, “That’s all I can say. Grossly incompetent.”   Trump has always criticized and …

The Continuing Crisis: The House last night passed another $3 trillion economic relief bill that has little chance of passing the Senate and would face a veto by the President.   The bill includes another $1,200 direct payment to taxpayers as well …

Doctor in the House: The whistleblower doctor fired from a federal health preparedness agency testified before a House committee yesterday that lives have been lost because the Trump administration did not react quickly enough to warnings of the coming coronavirus pandemic. …

Lasting Damage: Another 2,981,000 Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the pandemic total to 36 million lost jobs. The unemployment rate is 15.7 percent and probably worse because a lot of people have been unable to get through to …

Warning Signs: Re-opening the country too soon could create a second wave of Covid-19 disease, the country’s top epidemiologist testified by video before Congress yesterday.   Speaking from his home to an eerily empty hearing room, Dr. Anthony Fauci said, “There is a …

In the House: In a display of the reach and threat of the coronavirus, three top members of the President’s coronavirus task force, including the epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci, are in isolation after exposure to White House staffers who tested positive …

April Showers: A stunning 20.5 million jobs were lost in April and the US unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent. It’s a devastating situation not seen since the Great Depression.    In February, the unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, a 50-year low.     By comparison …