| GOP governor: Hundreds asked about ingesting disinfectants after Trump coronavirus briefing Posted: 26 Apr 2020 08:37 AM PDT  Gov. Larry Hogan said he had to put out a warning after a surge in calls asking about the president's off-the-cuff medical advice at a White House briefing.
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| A serious new coronavirus-related condition may be emerging in children, with UK doctors reporting growing numbers requiring intensive care Posted: 27 Apr 2020 04:48 AM PDT  There is 'growing concern' that a serious new coronavirus-related condition may be emerging in children.
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| New York Governor Cuomo to extend stay-at-home order in some parts of state Posted: 27 Apr 2020 09:16 AM PDT  Cuomo also told a daily briefing that New York has now tested 7,500 people for antibodies against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and that 14.9 percent tested positive, indicating they were infected and survived. Cuomo said the larger sample added to his belief that the fatality rate from COVID-19, calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the infection rate implied by the antibody testing, may be lower than some experts had feared. "The death rate is much, much lower because it changes the denominator," Cuomo said.
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| China envoy threatens Australia boycott over virus inquest demand Posted: 27 Apr 2020 12:00 AM PDT  China's ambassador in Australia has warned that demands for a probe into the spread of the coronavirus could lead to a consumer boycott of Aussie wine or trips Down Under. Australia has joined the United States in calling for a thorough investigation of how the virus transformed from a localised epidemic in central China into a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people, forced billions into isolation and torpedoed the global economy. In a thinly veiled threat, ambassador Cheng Jingye warned the push for an independent inquest into the origins of the outbreak was "dangerous".
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| Supreme Court sidesteps major Second Amendment case, a setback for NRA Posted: 27 Apr 2020 09:12 AM PDT  The justices ruled that New York City's repeal of gun restrictions rendered the case moot. But other Second Amendment cases are in the pipeline.
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| US review: Airstrike in Somalia killed, injured civilians Posted: 27 Apr 2020 03:04 AM PDT  An American military airstrike in Somalia more than a year ago killed two civilians and injured three others, U.S. Africa Command acknowledged in a new report on Monday. The deaths, confirmed by an internal investigation, mark only the second time Africa Command has determined that civilians were killed in a military strike in Somalia. The decision comes even as U.S. airstrikes against the al-Qaida linked al-Shabab extremist group this year are increasingly outpacing 2019 totals.
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| North Korean media is reporting that Kim Jong Un is still alive based on a thank-you note sent to workers at a tourist zone Posted: 27 Apr 2020 08:34 AM PDT  Kim Jong Un's health has been in question since CNN reported on April 21 that a recent surgery left him in "grave danger."
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| Louisiana officer killed, another wounded; suspect arrested after hourslong standoff Posted: 27 Apr 2020 04:51 AM PDT  Ronnie Kato, 36, was detained after a roughly four-hour standoff in which he barricaded inside a house, police said.
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| No more bodies on the streets. But coronavirus batters Ecuador with disproportionate force Posted: 26 Apr 2020 10:00 AM PDT  Images of corpses in Ecuador stoked fear of the coronavirus' effect on developing nations. Infections have yet to peak elsewhere in Latin America.
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| The Pentagon releases footage of ‘aerial phenomena’ from the Navy that it says is ‘unidentified’ Posted: 27 Apr 2020 08:22 AM PDT  The Department of Defense released three Navy videos from 2004 and 2015 that it says contain "aerial phenomena" that remains "unidentified."
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| Trump Questions Whether U.S. Should Aid ‘Democrat’ States Posted: 27 Apr 2020 09:35 AM PDT |
| Saudi eases coronavirus curfews, keeps 24-hour curfew in Mecca Posted: 26 Apr 2020 02:16 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia eased curfews on Sunday across the country but kept 24-hour lockdowns in place in the city of Mecca and neighbourhoods previously put in isolation to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, state news agency SPA said. Outside Mecca and lockdown areas, curfews will be eased between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (0600-1400 GMT) until May 13.
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| Nigeria to ease lockdown for millions in key cities Posted: 27 Apr 2020 01:06 PM PDT  Nigeria will start easing a coronavirus lockdown covering its largest city Lagos and capital Abuja from May 4, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday. "I have approved a phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures," Buhari said in a televised broadcast. More than 25 million residents in Abuja, Lagos and neighbouring Ogun state have been under federal lockdown since March 30 and other states have introduced their own restrictions.
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| These are the 6 new possible symptoms of the coronavirus the CDC added to its list Posted: 27 Apr 2020 05:16 AM PDT  Chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and a loss of taste or smell are the new symptoms added to the CDC list.
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| Maduro taps US fugitive to revamp Venezuela oil industry Posted: 27 Apr 2020 12:44 PM PDT  President Nicolás Maduro on Monday named a powerful ally sanctioned by the U.S. as a drug kingpin, along with a cousin of the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez, to revamp Venezuela's oil industry amid massive gasoline shortages. Tareck El Aissami was appointed oil minister and Asdrúbal Chávez tapped to head of state-run oil giant PDVSA.
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| After sailing into New York less than a month ago, the USNS Comfort is set to discharge its last coronavirus patient Posted: 26 Apr 2020 09:19 AM PDT  According to a report by ABC7, the USNS Comfort will be discharging its last coronavirus patient on Sunday, April 26 and returning to its homeport.
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| New York deaths "tragically high" but lowest daily toll of April Posted: 27 Apr 2020 12:22 PM PDT  Cuomo said parts of upstate New York could reopen as soon as May 15 under a phased reopening plan.
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| Over-70s should not be forced to stay in isolation when coronavirus lockdown eased, Sage adviser says Posted: 27 Apr 2020 05:34 AM PDT  The over-70s cannot be told to continue isolating once Britain's coronavirus lockdown measures are eased, a Sage scientific adviser has suggested. Last month, Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, said older people would be "shielded for their own protection", meaning those aged 70 and over could be asked to stay at home for up to four months to protect themselves from the risk of coronavirus. However, a scientist on a sub-committee of the Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) board, has called for "more reformed and nuanced" guidance. Susan Michie, professor of health psychology and sirector of the Centre for Behaviour Change at UCL, said: "The guidance is based on averages, and as we know there's huge individual differences for every average. "So there are many 70 and 80-year-olds that are much fitter and healthier than those who are a lot younger. I think the problem is that if people don't perceive the guidance to be proportionate to their own situation there will be problems with adherence, and we now know more about who is at risk and the whole progress of the disease."
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| Pentagon downplays Iran military satellite as 'tumbling webcam' Posted: 27 Apr 2020 06:30 AM PDT  The head of the US Space Command said the Pentagon believes that Iran's first successful launch of a military satellite into space does not pose any intelligence threat. The Nour satellite placed into orbit on April 22 is classified by the US military as a small 3U Cubesat, three adjoined units each no more than a liter in volume and less than 1.3 kilograms (one pound) each, said General Jay Raymond in a tweet late Sunday. "Iran states it has imaging capabilities -- actually, it's a tumbling webcam in space; unlikely providing intel," he wrote.
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| White House adviser Navarro lashes out at China over 'fake' test kits Posted: 27 Apr 2020 12:57 PM PDT  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday accused China of sending low-quality and even counterfeit coronavirus antibody testing kits to the United States and of "profiteering" from the pandemic. Navarro, an outspoken critic of Beijing who President Donald Trump has appointed to work on supply-line issues relating to the health crisis, said more testing both for the virus and antibodies was vital to getting Americans currently in lockdown back to work. "There's a lot of these antibody tests coming in from China now that are low quality, false readings and things like that."
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| WHO warns there's no evidence of coronavirus immunity as global death toll reaches 200,000 Posted: 26 Apr 2020 04:16 AM PDT  'Only time will tell us what type of immunity you have,' said Joseph Fair, a virologist and NBC News science contributor.
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| Coronavirus is a lurking danger for pregnant women. Congress should act: March of Dimes Posted: 27 Apr 2020 04:00 AM PDT  COVID-19 calls for studies focused on pregnant women and infants. And ensure that every pregnant woman in the USA has insurance and access to care.
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| A 'nanofiber' mask fabric manufactured in Oklahoma filters 9 times as many tiny, potentially dangerous particles as a bandana, independent tests show. Here's how you can buy it. Posted: 26 Apr 2020 05:35 AM PDT  Here's what you need to know about an Oklahoma company called Filti that's selling material for homemade masks.
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| A pastor and protester clashed over coronavirus restrictions. One was arrested Posted: 26 Apr 2020 04:02 PM PDT  The debate over constitutional rights and religious freedoms in the COVID-19 age is playing out at an Evangelical church in Louisiana.
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| Mexico all but empties official migrant centers in bid to contain coronavirus Posted: 26 Apr 2020 02:25 PM PDT  Mexico has almost entirely cleared out government migrant centers over the past five weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, returning most of the occupants to their countries of origin, official data showed on Sunday. In a statement, the National Migration Institute (INM) said that since March 21, in order to comply with health and safety guidelines, it had been removing migrants from its 65 migrant facilities, which held 3,759 people last month. In the intervening weeks, Mexico has returned 3,653 migrants to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador by road and air, with the result that only 106 people remain in the centers, it said.
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| World Health Organisation says Covid-19 survivors can expect some level of protection from the virus Posted: 26 Apr 2020 11:37 AM PDT  The World Health Organisation has rewritten guidance that suggested coronavirus survivors had no immunity from the disease - now saying survivors can expect some level of protection. The clarification follows concern from scientists about the brief originally issued by the UN agency. It had cautioned against the issuing of so-called "immunity passports", which some countries are considering using as a route out of total lockdown, allowing survivors to resume a normal life and return to work. "There is no evidence yet that people who have had Covid-19 will not get a second infection," WHO said in its original scientific brief.
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| Under-fire Israeli health minister says wants new cabinet post Posted: 26 Apr 2020 07:55 AM PDT  Israel's Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, whose handling of the coronavirus crisis within his own religious community has been criticised, said Sunday he wanted a different cabinet post in the next government. Litzman, a member of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community hit disproportionately hard by the virus in Israel, informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he had "decided not to return to the health ministry," Litzman's office said in a statement. Israeli ministerial portfolios are being divided up days after Netanyahu agreed to form a unity government with his election rival, ex-military chief Benny Gantz, ending an unprecedented year-long political stalemate.
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| The White House is reportedly discussing a plan to replace HHS chief Azar Posted: 26 Apr 2020 04:50 AM PDT  It may seem unlikely that the White House would implement any major departmental leadership changes during a global health crisis, especially in the Department of Health and Human Services, but don't count it out just yet.Though they're indeed reluctant to complete any major shakeups during the coronavirus pandemic, White House officials are discussing a plan to replace HHS Secretary Alex Azar, Politico and The Wall Street Journal report. Criticism of Azar's role has reportedly mounted in recent weeks, especially after Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Rick Bright was moved to a National Institutes of Health position, a transfer which Bright described as a form of retaliation, reportedly rattling some administration officials.President Trump had reportedly expressed frustration with Azar even before the pandemic and ultimately replaced him as the coronavirus task force leader with Vice President Mike Pence. Some names that are being considered as his replacement include coronavirus coordinator Dr. Debora Birx, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, and Deputy HHS Secretary Eric Hargan, Politico reports.Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere said in a statement Saturday that Azar "continues to lead on a number of the president's priorities" and "any speculation about personnel is irresponsible." Read more at Politico and The Wall Street Journal.More stories from theweek.com Everybody Loves Raymond creator highlights the people who stand behind Trump, literally and awkwardly American optimism is becoming a problem Texas governor says some nonessential businesses can reopen on Friday
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| Cuomo hits back at Trump, McConnell over federal aid for states due to coronavirus Posted: 27 Apr 2020 10:11 AM PDT  In a press conference on Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded to a tweet by President Trump in which he said the federal government should not be "bailing out poorly run" democratic-led states. Cuomo said this is not the time to be keeping track of who contributed the most money, but said that New York and other states that have been hit hard by the coronavirus and have Democratic governors give more money to the federal government than states like Kentucky. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a republican from Kentucky, said last week that states should consider bankruptcy as a response to financial hardship due to the pandemic.
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| Lives Lost: Virus fells double-lung transplant daredevil Posted: 26 Apr 2020 09:31 PM PDT  Before her double-lung transplant, Joanne Mellady could barely put on a shirt without losing her breath. Mellady, who died of the coronavirus in March, had a bucket list that made her family blush. Before her death, Mellady was talking of a return visit to Alaska this summer and of participating again in the Transplant Games (now postponed).
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| Mike Bloomberg's failed presidential campaign cost him over $1 billion. Here are some of the things the billionaire spent money on, from free booze and NYC apartments for staff to sponsored Instagram posts. Posted: 27 Apr 2020 07:48 AM PDT  Mike Bloomberg paid staffers $6,000 a month (plus perks) while they did work that other campaigns gave to volunteers.
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| Joe Manganiello looks like a completely different person without his beard — no, seriously Posted: 27 Apr 2020 09:12 AM PDT  The actor looked unrecognizable without any facial hair in photos that he and Sofia Vergara posted on Instagram on Sunday.
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| Russia overtakes China with coronavirus cases at 87,000 Posted: 27 Apr 2020 01:10 AM PDT  Russia overtook China in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, when its tally climbed above 87,000, as pressure rose on the government to consider easing lockdown restrictions for businesses to help shore up the rattled economy. Russia, the world's largest country by territory, has been on lockdown since President Vladimir Putin announced the closure of most public spaces in late March. Anna Popova, the head of Russia's safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, told state television on Monday that, in her view, restrictions should be in place until May 12.
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| Coronavirus can linger in the air of crowded spaces or toilets for hours, study finds Posted: 27 Apr 2020 11:00 AM PDT  Covid-19 can linger for hours in the air of crowded spaces and rooms such as toilets that lack ventilation, according to a new study by scientists who now recommended wearing masks in public. While the transmission of the coronavirus from direct human contact and through respiratory droplets, such as coughing or sneezing, is clear, the potential for airborne transmission is much less understood. The World Health Organisation has said the risk is limited to very specific circumstances, pointing to an analysis of more than 75,000 cases in China in which no transmission from breathing or talking was recorded. However, a study carried out by scientists from the University of Wuhan and published on Monday in the scientific research journal Nature, suggests the virus can potentially remain in the fair or some time in areas with poor ventilation. The study took samples from 30 sites across Wuhan, China, where the novel virus was first reported, including inside hospitals as well as public areas of the city during the height of its outbreak in February and March. It found levels of airborne virus particles in the majority of public areas was too low to be detectable, except in two areas prone to crowding - including the entrance of a department store.
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| COVID-19 and gun violence: Mayors fight double health crisis Posted: 27 Apr 2020 12:21 PM PDT  Everytown for Gun Safety offers new guidelines for mayors struggling with a "perfect storm"
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| Anti-vaxxer apologizes after refusing to leave children's playground Posted: 27 Apr 2020 03:27 AM PDT  An anti-vaccination activist in Idaho who was arrested for refusing to leave a children's playground has apologized to police.
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| Trump abandons 'enemy' media briefings -- then comes right back Posted: 27 Apr 2020 04:50 PM PDT  President Donald Trump was so angry at the media, and so sore from ridicule over his suggestion that coronavirus patients be injected with disinfectant, that he abandoned his daily briefing Monday. In a confusing series of announcements, the White House scheduled a press conference with Trump for Monday afternoon. In the end, Trump held forth in the Rose Garden.
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| Biden says he'd pick Michelle Obama as vice president 'in a heartbeat' Posted: 27 Apr 2020 06:04 AM PDT  "She's brilliant. She knows the way around. She is a really fine woman," Biden said.
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| China says all coronavirus patients in Wuhan have been discharged Posted: 26 Apr 2020 08:04 AM PDT  The global coronavirus death toll surpassed 200,000 this weekend, and the number of cases is not far from reaching three million, but China — the original epicenter — has continued to report that the pandemic is all but defeated within its borders.A Chinese government official on Sunday said there are now no coronavirus patients hospitalized in Wuhan, where the virus originated. Wuhan has been showing signs of recovery in recent weeks as lockdown restrictions eased and makeshift hospitals were cleared. As of Saturday, officials said the city had just 12 coronavirus cases, none of them new infections.Meanwhile, Beijing reported 11 new cases for the entire mainland Sunday. Mi Feng, the spokesman for China's National Health Commission, said the government would continue to guard "against transmissions from the outside and rebounds from within."China may well have the pandemic under control now, but many critics believe the official statistics — which show 46,452 total infections and 3,869 deaths in Wuhan and 82,827 cases and 4,632 fatalities in the country overall from the virus since the outbreak began there late last year — are vastly underreported. Read more at The New York Times.More stories from theweek.com Everybody Loves Raymond creator highlights the people who stand behind Trump, literally and awkwardly American optimism is becoming a problem Texas governor says some nonessential businesses can reopen on Friday
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| A Detroit healthcare worker died after reportedly being denied coronavirus testing 4 times from the hospital she worked at for 31 years Posted: 26 Apr 2020 11:30 PM PDT  "The fact that she got infected by doing the job she did for 31 years and she couldn't get taken care of ... it's sad," her daughter told Fox 2 Detroit.
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| South Africa Seeks 95 Billion Rand From IMF, World Bank, NDB Posted: 26 Apr 2020 05:35 AM PDT |
| Russia's stranded migrants lose jobs, rely on handouts and peers for food Posted: 27 Apr 2020 02:37 AM PDT  Even before Moscow's coronavirus lockdown, Ibragim Artykov, a builder from Tajikistan, was down on his luck. Now the 32-year-old, one of 10 million labour migrants in Russia, can't find a job at all because of the coronavirus lockdown that is four weeks old. President Vladimir Putin has said the epidemic is yet to peak.
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| 'A new normal': Hilton follows Marriott, Airbnb with cleanliness initiative amid coronavirus pandemic Posted: 27 Apr 2020 10:43 AM PDT  Hilton is partnering with the company behind Lysol, as well as the Mayo Clinic, to better ensure cleanliness in its hotels.
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| Erdogan backs cleric who claims homosexuality brings disease Posted: 27 Apr 2020 01:27 PM PDT |
| Supreme Court Dismisses NYC Gun Rights Case; Conservative Justices Dissent Posted: 27 Apr 2020 08:00 AM PDT  The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case brought by three New York City handgun owners challenging a city regulation that prohibited gun owners from transporting their firearms outside the city.The court agreed to hear the case in December, but the city then amended the regulation to allow gun owners to bring firearms to other locations. The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in an unsigned opinion that the case was moot because the city had amended its original regulation.Conservative justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch wrote in their dissent that the case should not have been dismissed."By incorrectly dismissing this case as moot, the Court permits our docket to be manipulated in a way that should not be countenanced," the justices wrote. Lawyers for the plaintiffs had argued that the case should not be dismissed because the city changed its regulation due to fears that the Supreme Court would use the case to restrict broader gun control measures.Gun rights advocates had initially hoped the court's conservative majority would tip the case in their favor."I believe it will change the way the Second Amendment is applied to everyone who owns a gun in the country," Romolo Colantone, a resident of Staten Island and one of the plaintiffs in the case, said in December 2019.
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| Trump Seethes About Michael Cohen’s Early Release and New Tell-All Posted: 26 Apr 2020 02:00 AM PDT  In the midst of the global pandemic and a worsening economic crisis, one of the president's most loathed turncoats got word that he'd receive an early release from prison to serve the rest of his sentence at home due to concerns over the coronavirus. The prisoner, his family, his friends were all relieved and predictably ecstatic when they got the news.Donald Trump was not.According to those who spoke to him about it this month, the president was visibly agitated, bemoaning the early release of Michael Cohen, his former fixer and lawyer turned "rat" for the feds. Cohen was serving three years in prison after taking a plea deal over illegal hush-money payments to two women, which he said Trump directed him to make. Trump denied directing Cohen to commit a crime, even though published audio exists of the two men privately discussing the hush money. Michael Cohen Is Writing a Secret Tell-All to 'Spill the Beans' on TrumpMichael Cohen: Trump Attorney Told Me to Keep Quiet About Additional Russia Contacts in Moscow Tower DealThe president also discussed pursuing legal options against Cohen, if anything in his ex-fixer's upcoming, dishy book on Trump breaks attorney-client privilege or is deemed defamatory or libelous, according to two individuals familiar with the matter."He was not pleased when he found out Michael was getting out early," one of the individuals bluntly stated.Before the news broke earlier this month on Cohen's newly improved circumstances, the president had been passively monitoring details of Cohen's confinement in the minimum security prison in Otisville, NY, after reports surfaced in January that his former lawyer was fighting for early release, according to a White House official. Trump is said to be particularly irritated by what Cohen could detail in his upcoming, potentially explosive memoir, which was first reported by The Daily Beast, and whether its contents would perturb Trump enough to sue Cohen. This new manuscript comes two years after Cohen's hopes of publishing a prior memoir—a pro-Trump screed with the working title of Trump Revolution—were dashed amid his escalating legal woes.But a person with knowledge of the book project said they were not concerned about any legal action from the president or his Gawker-crushing celebrity attorney, Charles Harder. "The stories that will be in the book aren't privileged. The stories wouldn't violate attorney-client privilege," this person said. "They are stories about Trump's personality and behavior that would raise an eyebrow. There are stories about what it's like being around this man and things that he did that most people typically do not do. A lot of it will be about looking at things he's said and done with women and other [politically incorrect] things. It'll be an insider's look about what it was like to be alongside the president for 12 years."A person close to Cohen said he was still "pissed" that he went to prison for crimes that Trump allegedly ordered him to commit, and the book would pull no punches and zero in on Trump's treatment of women. Similar Trump "tell-alls" from the likes of the president's once sycophantic adviser and Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault Newman have contained an allegation that he used the N-word, while a book about Trump and women released last year, titled All The President's Women, contained 43 new allegations of alleged inappropriate behavior with women, including 26 instances of unwanted sexual contact. (The official position of the Trump White House is that all the women accusing this president of sexual harassment or assault are lying.)Weeks before the Trump administration declared a national emergency over the novel coronavirus and its mounting body count, Cohen's lawyer made a play to get Inmate No. 86067-054 released early from jail—but received a blistering response from a judge. "That Cohen would seek to single himself out for release to home confinement appears to be just another effort to inject himself into the news cycle," U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III wrote in a scathing order. "Ten months into his prison term, it's time that Cohen accept the consequences of his criminal convictions for serious crimes that had far-reaching institutional harms."The order exceeded the animus of even some longtime Trump allies, who recognize the extreme circumstance of the coronavirus threatening U.S. prison populations. "I haven't been in touch with [Michael] but don't see what is accomplished by keeping him incarcerated at a time like this," said former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), a Trump supporter who'd been friends with Cohen, even after the 2018 federal raid that upended Cohen's life and sealed his fate as an anti-Trump snitch.Cohen's attorney, Roger Bennet Adler, declined to comment, and the White House didn't provide comment on this story. Harder, Trump's personal attorney who often handles such matters and has threatened to sue people connected to anti-Trump books on behalf of the president, did not respond to multiple inquiries from The Daily Beast, either.Cohen is due to be released from Otisville, following a 14-day quarantine period, on May 1 at 9 a.m. and then be reunited with his family and serve the remainder of his prison sentence on house arrest. "His family are ecstatic and they are really looking forward to having Michael back home," the person close to Cohen said. "I would hope the President of the United States would have more important things at this time to worry about than Michael," the person added. With Cohen's transfer to house arrest imminent, the coming days will likely end the latest chapter in the long-running saga of Trump and Cohen, which for years played out as a relationship between an emotionally distant father figure and a bootlicker who had devoted his life to ruining others if it would make Trump happy. The friendship came to a screeching halt as each wildly turned on the other, amid the pressures of federal investigators and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe. Even in the weeks before Cohen publicly broke with Trump in 2018, White House officials had been encouraging allies and surrogates to stress to the media that even if Cohen were to decide to rat out the president, the Trump lawyer wouldn't have anything good to give the feds because he didn't know anything, two people with knowledge of the events said.Turns out, Cohen knew enough.And with his possible return to the public sphere on the horizon, Trumpworld is giving a collective eye roll. Other lawyers who've represented the president, including former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani (with whom Cohen repeatedly tussled), did not comment for this story. Many in the Trump legal orbit would prefer it if Cohen would simply go away forever.Asked to comment by The Daily Beast on Monday, John Dowd, an attorney who repped Trump for nearly a year of the Mueller investigation and who has continued informally advising the president, curtly replied, "Waste of time. Not worthy… Bye," before quickly hanging up.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| El Salvador: Gangs 'taking advantage of pandemic' Posted: 27 Apr 2020 06:21 AM PDT  President Nayib Bukele authorises the police and army to use lethal force to contain the violence.
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