On Monday, Georgia allowed restaurants and movie theaters to begin reopening to the public. That move, which follows the reopening of several other types of businesses on Friday, has been widely criticized.
Even President Trump, who had been tweeting at different states to 'LIBERATE' themselves, said that he disagreed strongly with Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp on his timing on easing restrictions.
But renowned neurosurgeon and Trump's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson said that the rest of the country will gain a lot of insight from Georgia's experiment if it leads to success or added hardship.
"I think we'll soon know the answer to that. Either way, we're going to get some beneficial information," Carson told Cheddar over the phone Monday. "If what they did results in a thick spike and a horrible situation, then that tells everybody else, 'hold on.'"
Georgia also has one of the highest African-American populations in the country. Carson discussed the higher mortality rate observed particularly among black and Hispanic populations is actually a problem known about for a long time, yet little has been done to address it.
"Minority communities have a much higher mortality rate because of the underlying diseases," Carson said, listing hypertension and heart disease as examples. "We haven't done what we need to do to change the environments… If we don't go to the very foundation of the problem, then it's just patchwork."
Carson's Twitter feed itself is filled with positive stories of 'Neighbors Helping Neighbors,' a campaign his office is promoting amid the pandemic. The former brain surgeon also said there have been positive developments taking place regarding the virus.
"There are a number of [treatments] that are on the horizon that actually look extremely promising," he said.
Carson credited another government agency, the FDA, for being aggressive in allowing more treatments to be studied faster.
"Some of the double-blind studies are being done now on things that are controversial," Carson admitted. "In another month or two, we'll have the information on whether certain things are helpful or not helpful."
Researchers call the opposite of a double-blind study, open-label, where health care providers and patients are all aware of the experiment taking place. Georgia's experiment certainly will be visible to an entire country watching.
"We're gonna learn either way," Carson said.
President Donald Trump says “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry. The Republican president suggested Friday he was looking at a “massive increase” of import taxes on Chinese products in response to Xi’s moves. Trump says one of the policies the U.S. is calculating is "a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States." A monthslong calm on Wall Street was shattered, with U.S. stocks falling on the news. The Chinese Embassy in Washington hasn't responded to an Associated Press request for comment.
Most members of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, minutes from last month’s meeting showed.
From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern, as everyone awaits the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report.
The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now.
Rep. John Moolenaar has requested an urgent briefing from the White House after Trump supported a deal giving Americans a majority stake in TikTok.
A new report finds the Department of Government Efficiency’s remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress.
A new poll finds U.S. adults are more likely than they were a year ago to think immigrants in the country legally benefit the economy. That comes as President Donald Trump's administration imposes new restrictions targeting legal pathways into the country. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey finds Americans are more likely than they were in March 2024 to say it’s a “major benefit” that people who come to the U.S. legally contribute to the economy and help American companies get the expertise of skilled workers. At the same time, perceptions of illegal immigration haven’t shifted meaningfully. Americans still see fewer benefits from people who come to the U.S. illegally.
Shares of Tylenol maker Kenvue are bouncing back sharply before the opening bell a day after President Donald Trump promoted unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism. Trump told pregnant women not to use the painkiller around a dozen times during the White House news conference Monday. The drugmaker tumbled 7.5%. Shares have regained most of those losses early Tuesday in premarket trading.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday signaled a cautious approach to future interest rate cuts, in sharp contrast with other Fed officials who have called for a more urgent approach. In remarks in Providence, Rhode Island, Powell noted that there are risks to both of the Fed’s goals of seeking maximum employment and stable prices. His approach is in sharp contrast to some members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee who are pushing for faster cuts.
President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the American media landscape have led to the suspension of late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel.
