ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Five years ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services tried to plug a crucial hole in its preparations for a global pandemic, signing a $13.8 million contract with […]
U.S President Donald Trump on Monday called the coronavirus “a horrible scourge” that is going to lead to a sharp increase in deaths in the U.S. in the coming days and weeks. Hours after calling for Americans to continue social distancing through April 30, Trump told the “Fox & Friends” show, “There’s going to be a spike [in deaths] and then it will come down and that will […]
“I never want to hear about socialist death panels again.” As the United States becomes the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic with more than 85,000 cases spread across the nation, healthcare workers around the country are increasingly facing difficult decisions about whether life-saving measures can be taken for some of the sickest coronavirus patients. Two weeks ago, […]
“This is a frightening amount of public money to have given a corrupt administration with zero accountability.” Progressive lawmakers on Friday evening denounced President Donald Trump’s intention to disregard provisions in the just-passed coronavirus relief bill that would provide crucial oversight of $500 billion in taxpayer money already poised to be a “Wall […]