Nursing homes account for ‘staggering’ share of US deaths, data showTexas begins to reopen after quarantine – but is it safe to do so?Coronavirus – latest global updatesGet a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.34pm BST Politico is reporting that the House stimulus bill being prepared by Democrats who hold the chamber could be out as early as this evening. That doesn’t mean new checks are coming to American households hammered by spiraling unemployment – the bill hasn’t got a chance in hell of passing because, for one, the White House has been saying for weeks it won’t play ball. Trump aides including treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin spent Sunday pushing their own priorities, including a payroll tax cut (eg, cutting Social Security and Medicare) and concessions tied to hardline policy priorities on immigration, which Democrats … are not very likely to entertain.Since every corner of the House Democratic Caucus is vying for their priorities in this bill, it is subject to change even upon release. (Officially, the leadership says they are still working, and will release a bill when there’s consensus.)[House Speaker Nancy Pelosi] also plans to muscle through a measure to institute proxy voting whenever the chamber officially returns to DC.The Senate is taking a different approach: The Republican leadership is looking to pump the brakes on the next bill, while Majority Leader Mitch McConnell continues with other legislating. The chamber could be pushed into earlier action if the Paycheck Protection Program runs dry this week. Related: US job losses have reached Great Depression levels. Did it have to be that way? 2.22pm BST Trump is tweeting this morning. To begin, he re-tweeted himself re-tweeting a supporter whose Twitter bio describes himself as a “political animal” who has been “RT’d by @realDonaldTrump.” Trump added: “OBAMAGATE.”This is why it’s not really the Lamestream Media, it’s the Rigged Media….and it is what I’m up against. It was corrupt in 2016. Now it is much more corrupt, and what you are seeing is the least of it….but WE WILL WIN AGAIN! https://t.co/UXyOrQ7fXW 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…