The Patriot Post® · Thursday News Executive Summary
The Latest on Coronavirus
CDC loosens guidelines for some exposed to virus to return to work (NBC News)
IHME model revised again, cutting death projection by over 35% (National Review)
CDC releases early demographic snapshot of worst cases, which skew toward those with underlying conditions, men, and African Americans (The New York Times)
Over 300,000 people have recovered from coronavirus around the world (Newsweek)
Ninety percent of federal PPE stockpile depleted amid pandemic (National Review)
Business & Economy
A cumulative 16 million and counting: Weekly unemployment claims swell another 6.6 million (Fox Business)
Americans could start receiving relief checks starting today (USA Today)
The ethanol lobby, which is already subsidized up to its neck, asks for a coronavirus bailout (Washington Examiner)
Government & Politics
Sen. Kelly Loeffler liquidates stocks amid uproar over possible insider trading (The Hill)
Regulatory state: Thirty regulations that stymied Trump’s virus response (Washington Examiner)
Drill, baby, drill: Trump signs executive order encouraging mining for minerals on the moon (Washington Examiner)
Linda Tripp, whose taped calls with Monica Lewinsky led to Clinton impeachment, dies at 70 (The Washington Post)
Heartland
Coronavirus was spreading in New York City weeks before first case, compounding the mayor’s lackluster response (New York Post)
Kansas legislature cites constitutional rights in rescinding governor’s limit on religious gatherings (Washington Examiner)
“We want to have some common approach to this across the state”: Arkansas blocks mayors from implementing stay-at-home orders (The Daily Wire)
World
The U.S. also needs an exit strategy: Austria plans to begin loosening its lockdown (Axios)
Nothing to see here… Official Chinese newspaper reports chance of 10,000-20,000 new cases in Wuhan. It’s quickly deleted. (The Daily Wire)
Taiwan shows up China, sending hard-hit countries lifesaving coronavirus supplies (Fox News)
Tone-deaf celebrities organize major benefit for China-complicit WHO (The Federalist)
Closing Arguments
Policy: How Woodrow Wilson let flu deaths go viral in the Great War (RealClearInvestigations)
Policy: Time for the U.S. to declare independence from China (Hudson Institute)
Humor: Bernie Sanders drops out of race to spend more time with his many, many houses (The Babylon Bee)
Related humor: Undaunted Sanders supporters announce they’ll continue presidential campaign without candidate (The Onion)
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