Friday, July 24 top news briefs
Hello, it is Friday, July 24. Here are top news briefs.
4 million Covid-19 cases in USA
The U.S. has officially hit over 4 million cases of Covid-19. 144,320 have died and 1.2 million have recovered. It took only two weeks for the U.S. to add 1 million infections. There were 70,000 new cases yesterday. We see in the corner graph that shows new daily cases that the “curve” is not flattening but spiking.
The world has 15.5 million cases and 634,000 total deaths. The U.S. is by far the worst-affected country.
Trump cancels RNC in Jacksonville
President Donald Trump announced he would cancel the Republican National Convention that was supposed to be held in Jacksonville, Florida because of concerns with coronavirus. The site was originally supposed to be in North Carolina, but it was moved to Florida because the N.C. governor wouldn’t guarantee that he would allow this kind of event to happen. A few weeks ago Florida did not have many reported cases, but now it’s one of the highest in the nation, so plans have changed.
Possible second round of stimulus checks
Senate Republicans are now leading negotiations on a new round of a coronavirus stimulus package. They will make a proposal early next week, likely on Monday or Tuesday. The Trump administration said they want to propose the same direct $1,200 payments as the one from March for Americans who make less than $75,000 a year.
A few weeks ago the Republican Senate leader said he wants direct payments to go only to those earning less than $40,000 a year, but now it seems like the $75,000 threshold will be the one used.
Another big part of the negotiations is what to do with enhanced unemployment benefits, which expires this weekend. The benefits were $600 a week, but Republicans feel it is too high. The Trump administration may propose a figure about $200 to $300 a week. More than 40 million people have applied for unemployment benefits.
Judge orders documents from 2015 case against Ghislaine & Epstein unsealed
A federal judge in New York made an order to unseal documents from a 2015 lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell from a survivor who said she was sexually abused by Epstein when she was an underage girl and that Maxwell aided. The survivor’s name is Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
Maxwell’s legal team will have one week to appeal the judge’s ruling, but the judge said the documents must be ready to be posted.
Maxwell was charged a few weeks ago with helping Epstein to recruit and sexually abuse underage teenagers.
In separate but related news, President Donald Trump, who was once friends with both Epstein and Maxwell, said on Tuesday that he wished Maxwell well. Trump said he isn’t following this case much but he just wishes her well.
Trump was criticized by many, including Republican members of Congress, for wishing her well rather than calling for her to be punished.
The White House Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany said Trump was just hoping that justice would play out in a courtroom because Epstein ended up dead in a jail cell. She also said Trump did ban Epstein from coming to Mar-a-Lago long before Epstein was charged with sex crimes.
China orders U.S. to close consulate in Chengdu
The Chinese government has ordered the U.S. to close its consulate in Chengdu, which is in the western part of China. This is a response to the U.S. ordering China to close their consulate in Houston this week.
The U.S. accused China of stealing data from the Texas A&M medical system. China in return accused the U.S. of interfering in China’s internal affairs.
The U.S. issued a warning that Americans who are in China are at a higher risk for random detention, especially if they sent out texts or emails that criticized China.
China said the current situation is not what they desire to see and that the U.S. is responsible for all this.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez rebukes Rep. Yoho for harassment
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) gave a speech on the House floor yesterday morning to rebuke Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) for harassment. What happened prior to this — news reports said Yoho, on Tuesday, called Ocasio-Cortez a “fu—— bi——“ in the Capitol. Yoho said on Wednesday that he never said the words, but Ocasio-Cortez confirmed she heard the words, as well as news reporters.
In her speech yesterday morning, she said that experiencing harassment is not new to her, but that is the problem. She said it is a culture that accepts violence and violent language towards women. She said it is unacceptable, especially in Congress. The speech went viral.
“The Quiet Place II” delayed again
The release of “The Quiet Place II,” starring deaf actress Millicent Simmonds, will be delayed to April 2021 because of coronavirus. It was originally supposed to be released in March of this year, but was delayed to this fall, and now it’s moved again to next year. The film industry has been hit hard by the pandemic with multiple films also delayed amid closed-down movie theaters.
That is all the top news for this week. Check out our Deaf News videos. Thank you for watching “The Daily Moth.” Have a great weekend and stay with the light!
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/us/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein/index.html
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