The Patriot Post® · Monday News Executive Summary
The Latest on Coronavirus
“We see light at the end of the tunnel”: Trump says U.S. near peak of pandemic (Washington Examiner)
In the meantime, public health officials warn of grim days ahead: “This next week is going to look bad” (The Hill)
Bending the curve? Italy, Spain, and France report declines in daily death tolls (Business Insider)
CDC advising Americans to cover faces with cloth (Fox News)
Doctors rate hydroxychloroquine — a drug Democrats love to hate — “most effective” coronavirus treatment (The Daily Wire)
I’m from the government and I’m here to help… Federal agency USAID shipped face masks overseas as VA hospital in the same city rationed them (National Review)
Feds investigate aborted deal for 39 million masks in California (Fox News)
Government & Politics
Trump fires Michael Atkinson, the grossly negligent intelligence IG who told Congress about Ukraine phone call (Fox News)
Supreme Court cancels oral arguments for rest of the term, leaving nine cases in limbo (NBC News)
“Let’s do the same bill we just did, make some changes”: Pelosi abandons sweeping legislative agenda, agrees to narrowly tailored Phase 4 relief bill (National Review)
Young, inexperienced, but probably a Mitch McConnell guy: Trump nominates 37-year-old Kentucky judge for DC Circuit (Power Line)
Biden flip-flops, now supports Trump’s China travel ban he once called “hysterical xenophobia” (PJ Media)
After threat of lawsuit, New York Times issues corrections on article defaming Sharyl Attkisson (The Daily Wire)
National Security
Due to exemptions, more than 40,000 people have arrived in the U.S. from China since Trump restricted travel (The Daily Caller)
Trump administration weighs legal action over alleged Chinese hoarding of PPE (New York Post)
Zoom admits some calls were “mistakenly” routed through China (SmarterAnalyst)
Other Notables
Nurturing the lawbreakers: California providing millions of dollars for illegal-alien business owners not covered by federal relief package (The Daily Caller)
Economist Stephen Moore warns U.S. could be headed toward a Great Depression “if we go much past May 1” with lockdowns (New York Post)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Why Russia is playing oil-price hardball (Washington Examiner)
Policy: Destroying the economy will create a different public health crisis (The Federalist)
Humor: New York to raise taxes on coronavirus causing it to flee state (The Babylon Bee)
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