Brazil now has the second highest number of COVID cases after the United States. As a result, the WHO has declared South America the next epicenter of the coronavirus. The Brazilian government is making hay out of the distraction COVID is causing. Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles is trying to strip environmental protections while everyone …

Wilson Roosevelt Jerman has worked with a whopping eleven presidents, from Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama, has died of COVID. He was 91. Unfortunately, that will probably not convince current White House officials to take basic precautions. Have you seen images of White House officials touring facilities without masks? If so, and if you thought …

Have you seen images of White House officials touring facilities without masks? If so, and if you thought to yourself, “Dang, they’re going to get COVID,” you’re right. Katie Miller, Mike Pence’s spokesperson has tested positive for COVID. Miller is also Stephen Miller’s wife. This will not be good for public perception of the White …

More than 5,000 Brazilians have died from the coronavirus––that’s more than China. The president doesn’t care. He said, “So What?” The President of Brazil has repeatedly dismissed the novel coronavirus named COVID-19 as a “little flu,” and he has recently fired the health minister who urged him to do more to fight the pandemic. The …

Donald Trump has halted funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), citing the organization’s alleged mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak. After a day, the WHO responded: We alerted the world in a timely matter and kept everyone up to date. Bill Gates has been outspoken about Trump’s decision. He tweeted, “Halting funding for the World …

Of 13.4 million renters in the United States, 31% did not pay their rent between April 1 and April 5. Last year at this time, only 18% of renters had not paid rent. These numbers are alarming, but there are a total of over 40 million rental units in the United States, and the 13.4 …

Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and Square , has pledged $1 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. He says this is approximately 28% of his wealth. It is not yet clear where this money will go. Other ultra-rich have donated large amounts: Jeff Bezos has given $100 million to food banks and Mark Zuckerberg pledged …

Healthy volunteers are ready to begin testing a COVID vaccine funded by Bill Gates. It is the second such vaccine trial funded by Gates. Bill Gates’s foundation has been pouring billions of dollars into factories for producing a COVID vaccine. There are currently seven promising vaccines, but only one or two will make the final …

After Joe Biden swept three more primary races, Bernie Sanders’s chances of taking the nomination have dropped to basically nil. In reality, Sanders’s chances dropped after Super Tuesday; the recent primaries are the nails in the coffin. Amy Klobuchar ended her presidential primary bid just before Super Tuesday. Like her main rival, Pete Buttigieg, she …

Amy Klobuchar has ended her presidential primary bid just before Super Tuesday. Like her main rival, Pete Buttigieg, she hoped to secure the moderate vote. Joe Biden’s big South Carolina win dashed those hopes. Pete Buttigieg, the youngest candidate in the primaries and the first openly gay presidential contender, also dropped out of the race …

Pete Buttigieg, the youngest candidate in the primaries and the first openly gay presidential contender, has suspended his primary bid for the democratic nomination. Although Buttigieg narrowly won Iowa, he likely opted to drop out now for a few reasons. First, Joe Biden, Buttigieg’s moderate rival, crushed the South Carolina primary. This makes Buttigieg an …

The fallout for Trump’s controversial war crimes pardons is still happening. Special Warfare Rear Adm. Collin Green, the US Navy admiral responsible for the service’s special-operations forces plans to step down over Trump’s treatment of the Gallagher case. Last month, Donald Trump restored the rank of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who was demoted for …