Record 3.3 million Americans file for unemploymentUS stimulus: are you eligible and how much will you get?What happens if Trump loosens restrictions too soon?See all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 2.00pm GMT My colleague Sam Levine sends this report on efforts to get Americans to respond to the US census. Rapper Cardi B reminded New Yorkers that the 2020 census will not feature a question asking about citizenship in a public service announcement released Wednesday urging people to fill out the decennial survey. Related: ‘A perfect storm’: US census imperiled by Trump rhetoric and growing distrust 1.52pm GMT The city of Miami’s 460,000 residents will be put under curfew from Friday night onwards. Police will have the power to detain anyone on the streets between 10pm and 5am. Exceptions will be made for medical emergencies, people on their way to and from work, and dog walkers within 250 yards of their homes. The city is already under a more general shelter-in-place order. Some questioned whether arresting and then detaining people in confined spaces would help spread, rather than curb, the spread of the virus but one Miami police chief denied that accusation.“The idea here is not to throw somebody in jail,” Commissioner Joe Carollo told the Miami Herald. “None of us want to do that.” Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…