Lydia O'Connor
Reporter, The Huffington Post
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Ron DeSantis Talks Reopening Florida Schools, Says Coronavirus Doesn't Threaten Kids
“If you’re younger, it just hasn’t had an impact," the governor falsely said of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Trump Goes Full Conspiracy Theory About Wisconsin’s Coronavirus Concerns
In an unhinged briefing, the president insisted that mail-in voting is corrupt and that Democrats wanted to move the election to hurt the GOP.
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Acting Navy Secretary Calls Ousted Captain 'Stupid' In Speech To Ship's Crew
Thomas Modly shocked the crew when he slammed Capt. Brett Crozier for sending an email about the coronavirus outbreak on board. Modly later apologized.
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Mike Pence Says Trump Is Just Being 'Optimistic' About Coronavirus
The vice president told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that Trump never “belittled the threat of the coronavirus” and "knows that we will get through this."
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Naval Ship Captain Begs For Solution To Crew's Coronavirus Outbreak
“We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die," the captain wrote of his ship's COVID-19 cases.
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Trump Orders GM To Produce Ventilators, Invoking Defense Production Act
The memorandum directed at General Motors comes as hospitals say they'll need more ventilators to weather the coronavirus pandemic.