Coronavirus Special Report: Public health experts fear a surge in COVID-19 in the fall

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell

Posted August 11, 2020 at 4:22pm

In today’s episode, we have a report on why the fall may bring a surge of cases in the United States — even as it holds the dubious distinction of leading the world in the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19.

Show Notes:

Antitrust hawks, restaurants want to rein in food delivery apps
Shaheen asks for watchdog probe into Census Bureau schedule
Self-employed won’t get to defer taxes under Trump’s payroll break
Why Trump’s unemployment boost may only be $300 a week for many
House won’t take votes Labor Day week, citing COVID-19 concerns

Ethics panel weighs case against Cherfilus-McCormick after rare public hearing

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves the Democratic caucus luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Competing claims on SAVE America Act disenfranchising voters

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters in the Capitol about DHS funding on Thursday.

Senate passes bill to fund most of Homeland Security Department

Transportation Security Administration officers walk through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday. TSA officers have been working without pay as the government funding lapse continues.

Trump intervenes to pay airport security workers amid standoff

Wreckage from American Airlines Flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Feb. 3, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rewritten air safety legislation moves out of House committees

Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kan., leaves the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference last month.

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