In his Tuesday press briefing, President Trump suggested a potential hold on the United States’s funding for the World Health Organization, blaming the damage from the coronavirus pandemic on their response (or lack thereof). “They called it wrong,” Trump said....
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back to archive‘It’s getting worse,’ anti-Asian racism grows as Trump, Cornyn blame China for pandemic
When the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. began to climb in late March and remained on track to surpass the total number of cases in China, President Donald Trump began calling the new coronavirus the “Chinese virus.” It was no coincidence. By late...
Cornyn dangerously says national shelter-in-place order would be an ‘overreaction’
In an interview with The Hill on Saturday, Sen. John Cornyn said a national shelter-in-place order would be an “overreaction” in combating the COVID-19 outbreak. "I mean, we know what to do,” Cornyn said, suggesting that voluntary social distancing was enough. “We...
Miscommunication over pop-up hospital between Abbott’s office and Dallas County stirs up chaos
A three-way miscommunication between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office, federal officials and Dallas County led to plenty of fingerpointing and stress this weekend. In a letter written on Sunday by Abbott’s Chief of Staff Luis Saenz and sent to Dallas County Judge Clay...
Abbott says Texas has 8,700 ventilators, declines to say how many are needed
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that the state of Texas has 8,700 available ventilators. When asked by reporters the number of ventilators the state actually needed, Abbott did not give a figure and said the state had more than enough based off studies he’s seen and...
Lawmakers pen letter to FEMA urging more COVID-19 testing in Harris County
*An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the letter was addressed to Vice President Mike Pence, not FEMA. Three Democratic members of Congress are urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ramp up testing in the state’s most populated region,...
Flattening the curve for coronavirus in Texas: A look at the charts
Nearly three weeks have passed since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic. Texas currently ranks 12th in the country for confirmed cases. A third of the cases in the state have taken place in Harris County and Dallas County. On March 18, San Antonio, Austin,...
Abbott called a special session for his GOP agenda. Why not for a pandemic?
As Texas scrambles to respond to the coronavirus pandemic after a delayed response by the governor, the state is sitting on top of more than $10 billion dollars in its Economic Stabilization Fund, better known as the state’s rainy day fund. To tap into those...
Texas AFL-CIO: Abbott hasn’t classified grocery store workers as ‘essential employees’
In a press conference by Texas Democrats and Texas AFL-CIO on Tuesday, both groups tore into Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus pandemic response, which they say has failed to adequately protect Texas workers. Among their criticism of the governor was the fact that he has...