� Global: Total confirmed cases ~3,911,000; Total deaths: ~273,000; Total recoveries: ~1,306,000. (Johns Hopkins University)

🇺🇸 U.S.: Total confirmed cases ~1,274,000; Total deaths: ~76,500; Total recoveries: ~195,000

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In recent weeks Trump attempted to block and downplay the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, urging a return to normalcy and a reopening of the economy. The Trump administration has sidelined or replaced officials not seen as loyal, rebuffed congressional requests for testimony, dismissed statistics and models, praised states for reopening without meeting White House guidelines, and pushed to disband a task force created to combat the virus and communicate about the public health crisis. (Washington Post)

1/ The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 14.7% — the highest level since the Great Depression and the worst monthly loss on record. The U.S. lost a total of 20.5 million jobs in April, roughly double what the nation experienced during the 2007-09 crisis. The “real� unemployment rate, which includes the underemployed and those who aren’t currently looking for jobs, jumped to 22.8%. In total, the U.S. has lost roughly 21.4 million jobs since the spread of COVID-19. (CNBC / Washington Post / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal / New York Times / NPR / Politico / Associated Press / CNN / The Hill)

The White House is considering pushing the federal tax deadline back again, along with addi...