The U.S. Senate passes a $480 billion COVID-19 relief bill, Missouri files a lawsuit against the Chinese Communist Party for the spread of the virus, and American warships sail into contested waters.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturns a own decades-old precedent, Israel's PM Netanyahu comes to an agreement with rival Benny Gantz, and the University cancels all non-remote summer programs.
Protesters turn out to decry social distancing policies across the U.S., Brazil’s President Bolsonaro fired his health minister, and 140 recovered COVID-19 patients in South Korea tested positive for the virus.
President Trump threatens to force Congress to adjourn, researchers chronicle the neurological effects of COVID-19, and the University postpones on-campus commencement for the class of 2020.
President Trump halts funding to the WHO, Congress delays its return in accordance with social distancing protocol, and results from a recent Wisconsin election show democratic support.
France and Italy extend their national lockdowns, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments via teleconference, and a second wave of locusts threatens food security in east Africa.
Pope Francis calls for unity, OPEC cuts oil production to combat falling prices, and the doubling rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the U.S. fall.
The EU agrees on a half-trillion-euro COVID-19 support measure, Indian pharmaceutical companies ramp up production of hydroxychloroquine, despite inconclusive science, and six thousand migrants have been turned away from the US during the pandemic.
Senator Bernie Sanders drops out of the Democratic primary, a Saudi-led coalition calls for a ceasefire in Yemen, citing coronavirus, and the EU's science research council's president resigns.
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The world moves fast. Daybreak keeps you up-to-date.
Enjoy everything you need to know to stay informed — on campus and off — in this digestible, efficient podcast. Daybreak is produced by Maya Mukherjee '27, Twyla Colburn '27, Sheryl Xue '28 under the 149th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian. The theme music was composed and performed by Ed Horan, and the cover art is by Mark Dodici.