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Billie Eilish expressed her thoughts on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, telling her Instagram followers, “Don’t panic, but don’t be stupid.” “It is a really big deal right now, and it is not a joke,” she said. “I know because a lot of us haven’t seen it with our eyes — what it’s been doing …

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo praised the Trump administration’s efforts to handle the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday, after initially criticizing the federal government’s response as “absurd and nonsensical.” “His team is on it. They’ve been responsive,” Cuomo said at a press conference. “I want to say thank you.” The Democratic governor said that he spoke …

Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) unveiled a plan Tuesday to help working families with monthly payments amid uncertainty stemming from the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. “Struggling families need help, and they don’t have time to sort through confusing rules and mandates about who’s paying for what and how,” Hawley said in a press release. “They’re not …

China’s GDP is headed for a 9 percent drop in first-quarter year-over-year growth as the coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan and spread across China before spreading around the globe, takes a toll on the country’s economy. “The recovery in Chinese economic activity is likely to be constrained,” read the latest forecast report from economists at …

China’s top medical authority issued a gag order after Wuhan labs sequencing coronavirus found it resembled the SARS virus that killed nearly 800 people in 2002-2003 back in late December, according to Chinese media. Caixin Global, a respected independent publication, reported that genomics laboratories sequenced the coronavirus by December 27, but were ordered by local …

Pop star Bebe Rexha has been offering money to fans who lost their jobs over the coronavirus shutdown — while revealing she knows someone who died from the deadly contagion. “This is NOT A JOKE,” the 30-year-old “I’m a Mess” singer tweeted late Monday. “A friend of a friend just died of corona at the …

U.S. Attorney John Durham (United States Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut/Wikimedia) U.S. Attorney John Durham, the head of a criminal probe into the origins of the Russiagate investigation, is expected to wrap up his investigation by the end of the summer. Durham’s work could wrap up anywhere from July to September, and could be slowed …

Now that his parents are out of the hospital, Chet Hanks is ready to drop some truth bombs. Taking to Instagram to update fans on Tom Hanks‘ and Rita Wilson‘s battle with coronavirus, 29-year-old Chet then blasted those who have acted “selfishly” in this time of social distancing. “They’re out of the hospital. They’re still …

The Trump administration will ask Congress for about $850 billion for a stimulus package to offset the economic damage of the coronavirus outbreak, administration officials said Tuesday. Around $50 billion of the stimulus package would be devoted to boosting the flagging airline industry, which has suffered particularly since the coronavirus began spreading across the globe. Treasury Secretary Steven …

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Miss., August 7, 2019 (Enforcement/Reuters) The American Civil Liberties Union sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement to coerce the release of illegal immigrants who are “particularly vulnerable” to coronavirus. “Immigrant detention centers are institutions that uniquely heighten the danger of disease transmission. In normal …