Coronavirus
– “Shocking”: Americans Flood Beaches, Trampling Social Distancing Rules
– Virginia Reports Record Jump In New Cases Two Weeks After Reopening: Live Updates
– Missouri officials slam ‘irresponsible and dangerous’ behavior seen in images of Memorial Day crowds
– Local officials stunned by raucous Memorial Day festivities
– Memorial Day weekend draws throngs despite pandemic; Dr. Birx of White House coronavirus task force is ‘very concerned’ over crowd scenes
– As 100,000 die, the virus lays bare America’s brutal fault lines – race, gender, poverty and broken politics
Business/Economics
– Hertz, Car Rental Pioneer, Files for Bankruptcy Protection
– Bankruptcy Tsunami Begins: Thousands Of Default Notices Are “Flying Out The Door”
– Hertz Files For Bankruptcy As Lockdowns Crush Rental Car Industry
– The Bank of Japan Was The Biggest Buyer Of Japanese Corporate Bonds In April
– J.P. Morgan’s Jamie Dimon: ‘You could see a fairly rapid recovery’
– Boeing CEO Provides Update on Workforce Actions
– Over 40 Million Jobless In 10 Weeks – “Nobody Ever Imagined It Would Get This Bad So Fast”
– 1 in 4 American workers have filed for unemployment benefits during the pandemic
– Pending Home Sales Plummet 35% YoY – Biggest Drop Ever As Buyers Forfeit Deposits
– The Collapse In US Durables Goods Orders Accelerates In April
– Walmart Now Sells Used Clothing As Unemployment Nears Great Depression Levels
– U.S. economy shrank at 5% annual rate in the first quarter
– Salaries Get Chopped for Many Americans Who Manage to Keep Jobs
– Chicago PMI Plummets To 11 Year Low As Orders, Production Plunge
– Savings Rate Soars To Record Highs As American Consumer Spending Crashes By Most Ever
– -51.2%! Atlanta Fed Now Expects Staggering Collapse In Q1 GDP
– Fed’s Harker: Pandemic Is Worsening US Inequality
– U.S. savings rate hits record 33% as coronavirus causes Americans to stockpile cash, curb spending
– Tesla cuts car prices by up to $5,000
Politics
– Twitter adds fact-check warning label to Trump’s tweets for first time
– Twitter Tags Trump Tweet On Minneapolis Riots With “Glorifying Violence” Warning
– Trump: US to Cut Ties With WHO, Withdraw Trade Ties With Hong Kong
World
– German government takes controls at Lufthansa with bailout
– Latam Air Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Stymied by Lockdowns
– Hong Kong Erupts: Tear Gas Deployed As Thousands Fill Streets To Oppose China’s National Security Law
– Xi Jinping urges China’s army to prepare for armed combat as Hong Kong protests restart over a new bill that would strip away the city’s freedoms
– Japan approves funds for $1.1 trillion stimulus to fight pandemic
– Venezuela Allowed To Sell UK-Stored Gold To Buy Food And Medicine
– China Says It Will Use Military Force to Take Control of Taiwan If Diplomacy Fails
– Half of Britain is broke – and the other half is richer than ever
US
– “Fire Is Raging On Fisherman’s Wharf” – 4-Alarm Blaze Rips Through San Francisco Warehouse
– Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man
– Minneapolis cop who knelt on man’s neck charged with murder
– AP PHOTOS: Rage in Minneapolis after George Floyd’s death
– Minnesota governor apologizes for arrest of CNN crew
– Facebook Says Trump Order Aimed At Social Media Will Trigger More Censorship
Protests
– Ferguson 2.0? “It’s Real Ugly” As Protesters Clash With Minneapolis Police
– “Minneapolis Is Burning” – Buildings Torched, Stores Looted, Protests Over George Floyd Intensify
– Violent protests rock Minneapolis for 2nd straight night
– National Guard called to respond to Minneapolis violence
– George Floyd Protests See Violence Break Out in Seven Cities
– ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump threatens to ‘assume control’ of Minneapolis in extraordinary tweet about rioter ‘THUGS’ as National Guard rolls into the city and George Floyd protests erupt across the U.S.
– Violent Rioters Breach Ohio Statehouse, Breaking Windows and Entering Building to Protest Death of George Floyd
– Protests over George Floyd’s death spread across the nation
Food
– Grocery prices rising at highest rate since 2012
Space
– SpaceX’s moment of triumph arrives as astronauts ready for US launch
– SpaceX Crew Dragon launch postponed due to poor weather
– NASA-SpaceX Launch Set for Second Attempt on Saturday
