Day: April 7, 2020

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday, a day after leaked audio revealed he called the ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt “stupid” in an address to the ship’s crew.

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He uses the pandemic to cover his firing of experts and hiring of more incompetent loyalists

Voters in Milwaukee and across the state braved long lines and a risk of illness, but many said they wanted their voices to be heard. But for some, the potential health risk was too great.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) defended a haircut she received this weekend despite barbershops and salons being closed due to stay-at-home state mandates.

The move comes as Trump makes a broad push against inspectors general scrutinizing his actions.

The Coronavirus Task Force is holding a briefing at the White House.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper told acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly that he must apologize for his remarks slamming the former commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, two US officials tell CNN, prompting Modly’s late-night about-face apology which was issued just hours after he defended his comments to the aircraft carrier’s crew.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving the job without ever having briefed the press. CNN has learned she is returning to the East Wing as first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff as President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff Mark Meadows shakes up the communications team in the West Wing.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The coronavirus pandemic is upending politics across the country, including in Florida — home to 29 electoral votes and consistently one of the most important states in the presidential contest. 

COVID-19 has now infected more than 1,359,300 people around the world, killing at least 75,945 people as of Tuesday.

But GOP-appointed justices contend they are not passing broad judgment on virus-related election changes

Gov. Tony Evers tried to postpone voting and extend the absentee deadline, but he was blocked by courts. Results for Tuesday’s contests may not appear for days.

President Trump said he would “get involved” and review the decision to fire the captain of the Navy’s USS Theodore Roosevelt, even as the Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly berated the former captain in an audio recording leaked on Monday.

“I want to apologize to the Navy for my recent comments to the crew of the TR,” acting secretary Thomas Modly said in a statement.

The 5-to-4 ruling was the court’s first in a dispute arising from the coronavirus pandemic, and suggested it may struggle to maintain an image of nonpartisanship as election disputes arise this year.

The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion from which the four liberal justices dissented, reasoned that extending the date by which Wisconsin voters could mail absentee ballots “fundamentally alters the nature of the election.”

Authorities announced the body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, missing since a canoeing accident last week with her son, was discovered late Monday in about 25 feet of water and recovered, authorities said.

Teachers at some schools across the country report that less than half of their students are participating in online learning.

The body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean has been found by divers, police said.

While Dr. Anthony Fauci has urged caution in using hydroxychloroquine, some doctors are prescribing it to patients who have the virus despite the fact it has never been tested for it.

Police have recovered the body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, the missing granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy.

McKean went missing late Thursday afternoon along with her son 8-year-old son, Gideon, after their canoe apparently capsized in Chesapeake Bay.

Surgeon General Jerome Adams says most Americans will face the hardest and saddest time of their lives this week. The outbreak is overwhelming hospitals acro…