Senate Republicans say that Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiEight surprises in House Democrats’ T coronavirus relief bill On The Money: House Democrats unveil trillion coronavirus relief package | SCOTUS divided in Trump financial records case | Fed under pressure to speed up, expand emergency loans Hillicon Valley: House Dems include .6 billion for mail-in voting in stimulus bill | Uber in discussions to acquire GrubHub | Trump backs effort to reopen California Tesla plant MORE’s (D-Calif.) new $3 trillion coronavirus relief package is dead on arrival in the upper chamber, but they are assembling ideas for a package that could pass this summer.

While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellObama criticism gets under GOP’s skin On The Money: House Democrats unveil trillion coronavirus relief package | SCOTUS divided in Trump financial records case | Fed under pressure to speed up, expand emergency loans McConnell, GOP senators support exempting VA health funds from budget caps MORE (R-Ky.) called for a “pause” last week on new coronavirus legislation, rank-and-file Senate Republicans acknowledge there is growing pressure to respond to the House Democrats.

One Republican senator who requested anonymity to comment on internal discussions said the “pause” posture will be politically tenable for only so long.

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“I think it’s viable for now. How long it remains viable is determined by what is going on in the country, what the ‘getting back out, going back to work, getting out of our homes’ begins to look like,” the senator said.

But the lawmaker said waves of new unemployment claims will put pressure on Senate Republicans to act before too long.

“Unemployment numbers being what they are, I think there’s going to be an insistence that something additional happen,” the GOP senator said.

The Labor Department reported Friday the national unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent in April, the highest since the Great Depression.

Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer on Reade allegation: Biden’s explanation is ‘sufficient’ Pelosi objects to GOP ‘pause’ on next relief bill: ‘Hardship doesn’t take a pause’ Donald Trump is proposing attacks on Social Security and seniors; here is what we should do instead MORE (D-N.Y.) has pounced on McConnell’s wait-and-see strategy to accuse Senate Republicans of “dithering.”

He now regularly compares Senate Republicans to President Hoover, who resisted expansive government intervention at the start of the Great Depression and predicted the economy would swiftly recover on its own.

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“When Republican leaders look at unemployment numbers and say we don’t need to act immediately, that government’s done enough already, they are the latter-day Herbert Hoovers and I fear it could lead to similar results,” Schumer said on the floor Tuesday.

McConnell on Tuesday subtly shifted from last week’s call for a pause by instead emphasizing the need for additional coronavirus legislation to be “narrowly targeted.”

“We’re going to insist on doing narrowly targeted legislation if and when we do legislate again, and we may well,” he told reporters.

Senate Republicans have publicly questioned the need to pass additional legislation soon, arguing that only a small portion of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act and the $484 billion of the interim coronavirus relief bill passed in April has gone out the door.

But privately they admit it’s only a matter of time before another massive package passes.

Senate Majority Whip John ThuneJohn Randolph ThuneObama criticism gets under GOP’s skin McConnell, Senate GOP declare House Democrats’ T coronavirus bill ‘dead on arrival’ Pandemic roils GOP views on trade with China MORE (R-S.D.) said that “we’ve got a lot of members with good ideas.”

“If and when there is another round and there’s a need to do something, we’ve solicited ideas — our office has — and there’s a lot of good stuff coming in the door, much of which is being vetted and thought about and discussed in terms of how it might be integrated to the next CARES Act or phase four,” he said.

But Thune emphasized that Republicans want to wait “until we see how some of these programs that are already authorized and funded are working.”

Two core proposals have emerged from Republican senators so far: a litigation shield for businesses that reopen while the pandemic is still going strong and a reform of beefed-up unemployment benefits that Congress approved in March that critics say are making it tougher to hire lower- and middle-income workers.

Sen. John CornynJohn CornynObama criticism gets under GOP’s skin On The Money: House Democrats unveil trillion coronavirus relief package | SCOTUS divided in Trump financial records case | Fed under pressure to speed up, expand emergency loans Senate Judiciary Committee calls for national safety guidelines amid liability hearing MORE (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee who has been tasked with overseeing the litigation reform effort, said the GOP plan could be unveiled in the next several days along with a proposal to give unemployed workers more incentive to rejoin the labor force.

Republican lawmakers say they don’t see any legislation moving until June — at the earliest. But they say it’s important to start putting together a list of priorities.

“We’re in the process about talking about and drafting some thoughts,” Cornyn said of the litigation protection piece. “We’re not in any big hurry. I think we’ve got a little bit of time here, but obviously this is not the end. There will be additional legislation.”

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“We’ll be rolling some of that out here in the next couple of days,” he added.

The White House has been pushing for a payroll tax cut, which has attracted criticism from both sides of the aisle. It’s unlikely that Senate Republicans will embrace the tax cut.

Sen. Rob PortmanRobert (Rob) Jones PortmanPandemic roils GOP views on trade with China House committees move toward virtual hearings for COVID-19 era Five fights for Congress’s fifth coronavirus bill MORE (R-Ohio) is spearheading informal discussion on reforming beefed-up unemployment benefits so that generous payments approved in the CARES Act don’t become an obstacle to rehiring workers.

Portman is floating a proposal under which workers would be allowed to keep a portion of their unemployment insurance if they go back to work.

“We’re finding from employers back home that as they reopen, they’re having a difficult time getting workers and part of it is because of the unemployment [insurance] issue,” he said. “The idea is to allow them to take some of their $600 back to work with them.”

The CARES Act, which Congress approved in March, provides a $600 weekly addition to regular state-provided unemployment benefits.

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Some Republicans such as Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamSenate Judiciary Committee calls for national safety guidelines amid liability hearing McConnell, Senate GOP declare House Democrats’ T coronavirus bill ‘dead on arrival’ GOP senators introduce bill permitting Trump to sanction China over failure to cooperate on COVID-19 MORE (S.C.) has criticized the benefit as too generous because it exceeds typical wages for many jobs in South Carolina, thereby creating a “perverse incentive” not to work.

McConnell on Tuesday afternoon identified “this liability issue” as “essential in moving us safely into phase one and hopefully phase two of reopening the economy.”

“Without it, frankly, that’s just not going to happen as soon as it should have,” he added.

Senate Republicans acknowledge that neither liability protection nor unemployment benefits reform is going to move on its own without significant concessions to Pelosi and the Democrats. They say Democrats will likely demand a high price for including liability protection in a future coronavirus bill.

A group of senators on the Senate Republican Steering Committee met Monday night to discuss whether it would be worth giving in to Democratic demands to enact liability reform, even though it’s a high GOP priority.

Sen. Mike BraunMichael BraunObama criticism gets under GOP’s skin GOP senators introduce bill permitting Trump to sanction China over failure to cooperate on COVID-19 Indiana AG’s law license suspended over groping allegations MORE (R-Ind.), who attended the meeting, said, “That will be a difficult trade-off for some depending on what price it comes at. A few of us talked about that [Monday] night. How much is it worth to get [liability reform] when you’re then getting into the tricky dynamic of many states that have run their state governments where this is close to a bailout for them.”

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Some Republican senators are pushing for hundreds of billions of dollars to be included in the next round of coronavirus relief.

Sen. Bill CassidyWilliam (Bill) Morgan CassidyThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Rep. Zeldin says Congress must help states; Fauci’s warning; Dems unveil T bill Meat shortage gives opening to plant-based alternatives GOP senator blocks more flexibility for state and local governments amid coronavirus MORE (R-La.), who has proposed a $500 billion “SMART Fund” to help state and local governments, predicts more Republicans will back his plan when they become more aware of the severe financial hardships they face.

“Once legislators begin to hear from their governors, state legislatures, mayors — that’s when you have to do your whip count,” he said.

Sen. Josh HawleyJoshua (Josh) David HawleyBipartisan senators seek funding for pork producers forced to euthanize livestock A vote against the WTO is a vote against Trump’s trade priorities GOP lawmakers press Trump to suspend visas over coronavirus job losses MORE (R-Mo.), meanwhile, is pushing an ambitious proposal for the federal government to cover 80 percent of wages — up to the national median wage — for workers at any U.S. business. He also wants to give businesses a bonus for rehiring laid-off workers.

Jordain Carney contributed.

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Elon MuskElon Reeve MuskMusk finds Trump in his corner On The Money: House Democrats unveil trillion coronavirus relief package | SCOTUS divided in Trump financial records case | Fed under pressure to speed up, expand emergency loans Hillicon Valley: House Dems include .6 billion for mail-in voting in stimulus bill | Uber in discussions to acquire GrubHub | Trump backs effort to reopen California Tesla plant MORE is escalating his public opposition to government efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and in doing so he’s found a cheerleader in President TrumpDonald John TrumpNew York Times: Reporter who called for CDC chief’s resignation went ‘too far’ GOP’s Don Bacon and challenger neck-and-neck in Democratic poll Cheney defends Fauci: ‘We need his expertise’ to defeat coronavirus MORE.

Musk recently announced he would reopen a Tesla plant in California against county orders and would move operations out of the state if he meets resistance. On Monday night, he tweeted that he would reopen the facility in Fremont, offering himself up to arrest if Alameda County officials decided to block his move.

The tweets from the mercurial CEO were the latest in a series of outbursts that have drawn attention and scrutiny. But this time, his efforts were met with support from Trump, whose administration is eager to move past the pandemic and reopen businesses across the country.

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“California should let Tesla & @elonmusk open the plant, NOW,” Trump tweeted on Tuesday.

Treasury Secretary Steven MnuchinSteven Terner MnuchinMusk finds Trump in his corner OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House coronavirus bill aims to prevent utility shutoffs | Court sides with California, blocking Trump’s water diversion | Conservation groups file new suit over Trump border wall Energy chief said administration asked Fed to expand lending for oil companies MORE also voiced his support for Musk, telling CNBC on Monday that “California should prioritize doing whatever they need to do to solve those health issues so that he can open quickly and safely, or they’re going to find, as he’s threatened, he’s moving his production to a different state.”

Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzMusk finds Trump in his corner OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House coronavirus bill aims to prevent utility shutoffs | Court sides with California, blocking Trump’s water diversion | Conservation groups file new suit over Trump border wall Energy chief said administration asked Fed to expand lending for oil companies MORE (R-Texas) encouraged Musk to move Tesla’s operations to Texas, where residents “very much want to open up and get back to work.”

Trump has praised Musk before, calling him one of the world’s “great geniuses” during a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year.

Early in Trump’s presidency, Musk joined a White House advisory council but later left when Trump announced he would be pulling out of the Paris climate accord.

That move by Musk was more in line with his earlier views on Trump. A few days before the 2016 election, Musk told CNBC that Trump “is probably not the right guy” to be president, adding that then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonMusk finds Trump in his corner The Hill’s Campaign Report: A Los Angeles House seat is in play for Republicans DNC takes first step toward scaling back in-person convention MORE’s economic and environmental policies “are the right ones.”

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But whether Trump’s latest embrace of Musk will help the entrepreneur prevail in California is yet to be seen.

The electric car CEO has been in a long-brewing feud with local and state officials over coronavirus-related ordinances. His Fremont factory shut down in late March, shortly after Gov. Gavin NewsomGavin Christopher NewsomMusk finds Trump in his corner Hillicon Valley: House Dems include .6 billion for mail-in voting in stimulus bill | Uber in discussions to acquire GrubHub | Trump backs effort to reopen California Tesla plant California State University system to cancel in-person classes for fall semester MORE (D) issued a statewide stay-at-home order.

The factory remained closed through April, when Musk frequently voiced his displeasure with the stay-at-home orders, calling the public health measures “fascist” during a Tesla earnings call.

Earlier this month, California updated its guidance on manufacturing, allowing some factories to reopen but giving precedence to county-level restrictions.

Alameda County, as well as the five other Bay Area counties, have opted to keep factories closed. A spokesperson for County Supervisor Scott Haggerty told The Hill that the county was close to an agreement with Tesla to reopen the plant next week.

Over the weekend, Musk took steps to oppose the recent closure order. First, he fired off a series of tweets threatening to move Tesla’s operations to Texas and Nevada.

Then, Tesla filed a lawsuit against Alameda County seeking an injunction that would allow it to operate, alleging the county violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment.

Later that evening, the company issued a statement saying production would resume with new social distancing procedures and on-site temperature checks.

On Monday, Musk made his reopening announcement.

“Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules,” he tweeted. “I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.”

Alameda County spokeswoman Neetu Balram said Monday that the county would work with Tesla to prevent the situation from escalating.

“We are addressing this matter using the same phased approach we use for other businesses which have violated the Order in the past, and we hope that Tesla will likewise comply without further enforcement measures,” she said in a statement.

The Hill has reached out to the Fremont Police Department, which would be tasked with enforcing the factory closure order. Fremont’s mayor has expressed support for reopening the plant.

State and county public health officials aren’t the only ones Musk has criticized throughout the pandemic.

He has frequently sought to diminish the threat of the coronavirus, at one point tweeting that there would be close to zero new cases by the end of April. He also called panic around the pandemic “dumb.”

Musk’s online remarks have been a lightning rod for controversy before, sometimes landing him in legal hot water.

In 2018, he tweeted that he had secured funding to take Tesla private at $420 a share. It turned out there was no solid plan, and he eventually reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission agreeing to step down as Tesla’s chairman.

Earlier this month, Musk tweeted that Tesla’s stock price was “too high,” sending shares plummeting.

But Musk’s feud with public health officials is unlikely to hurt Tesla’s bottom line, according to Brad Gastwirth, chief technology strategist at Wedbush Securities.

“The factory reaction won’t be the major driver for the stock,” he said. “Think about what he’s done in the past. I think it’s a little aggressive, but it’s not so outrageously different than some of the things he’s done before.”

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The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with thorny questions over tribal sovereignty in a case that could decide whether states have criminal jurisdiction over Indian reservations.

The high court heard oral arguments over whether the state of Oklahoma had the authority to prosecute a crime that was committed in an area in disputed territory between the state and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

The court is being asked to decide whether the area outside Tulsa belongs to the Nation’s reservation, and if it does, whether the federal government has the sole authority to try crimes committed there.

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At stake is who controls the eastern portion of the state. Oklahoma contends that if the court sides with the Nation, it will upend the state’s authority, and some of the justices appeared to be uncomfortable with the consequences of such a decision.

“Am I correct that more than 90 percent of the people who live in the area directly affected by this case are not members of the Creek tribe?” Justice Samuel AlitoSamuel AlitoSupreme Court grapples with tribal sovereignty questions Tech-averse Supreme Court broadcasts teleconference arguments Supreme Court unveils conference call protocol ahead of May arguments MORE asked.

“That is correct, your honor,” the tribe’s lawyer, Riyaz Kanji, responded.

“Well, what would you say to those people if we decide this case in your favor, that they’d be surprised to learn that they are living on the reservation and that they are now subject to laws imposed by a body that is not accountable to them in any way,” Alito said.

Justice Sonia SotomayorSonia SotomayorOur digital privacy is at stake in the Senate Supreme Court weighs rights of religious employers facing discrimination suits Supreme Court grapples with tribal sovereignty questions MORE, on the other hand, raised questions about the consequences for the tribe if they were to lose.

“Congress can give the state jurisdiction over anything it might be missing if we were to hold this is a reservation,” she said in response to Oklahoma’s concerns about criminal prosecutions in an area controlled by a reservation. “They have done so with many respect to many other reservations across the country. So this is easily fixable by Congress.”

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“What do we do with the treaty language here that resulted after the Trail of Tears with the Creek Nation?” Sotomayor continued. “That nation was wrenched from its homeland, marched to Oklahoma, and then given a treaty as recompense which guaranteed its sovereignty.”

The case centers on a state convict named Jimcy McGirt, who is serving a life sentence and two 500-year sentences for raping a four-year-old girl in 1996.

His lawyers contend that the state court that convicted him has no jurisdiction because he is a member of a Native American tribe and the crime was committed in territory claimed by the Nation in Broken Arrow, Okla.

The court heard a similar case during its 2018 term but couldn’t reach a decision, presumably because Justice Neil GorsuchNeil GorsuchSupreme Court weighs rights of religious employers facing discrimination suits Supreme Court grapples with tribal sovereignty questions The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Trump doesn’t wear mask as he winds down task force MORE had recused himself and thus couldn’t break a 4-4 tie.

The Trump administration is siding with Oklahoma in the case, arguing that Congress dissolved the reservations in question in the early 20th century.

A decision in the case is expected by the end of June.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday ordered his country’s security forces into an “offensive” mode against the Taliban and other enemies in another blow to the U.S. peace deal with the Taliban.

“In order to provide security for public places and to thwart attacks and threats from the Taliban and other terrorist groups, I am ordering Afghan security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemies,” Ghani said in a televised speech, according to Reuters.

In response to Ghani’s comments, the Pentagon said it will defend the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) against the Taliban if necessary.

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“Consistent with the agreement, the U.S. military will continue to conduct defensive strikes against the Taliban when they attack our ANDSF partners,” Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Thomas Campbell said in a statement. “As the secretary of Defense stated recently, this is going to be a windy, bumpy road, but a political agreement is the best way to end the war.”

Ghani’s order came on a particularly bloody day for Afghanistan.

In west Kabul, militants stormed a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders. At least 14 people, including two newborn babies, were killed.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Taliban denied involvement. The neighborhood where the hospital is located, Dasht-e-Barchi, has seen several ISIS attacks in the past.

Meanwhile, a suicide bomber killed at least 24 people and injured at least 68 at a funeral in the eastern Nangarhar province. The Taliban also denied responsibility for the attack in Nangarhar, which is a known hotbed of ISIS activity. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Nangarhar attack, according to the SITE Intel Group. 

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In his speech, Ghani blamed the Taliban and ISIS for the attacks.

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“Today we witnessed terrorist attacks by the Taliban and Daesh groups on a hospital in Kabul and a funeral in Nangarhar, as well as other attacks in the country,” Ghani said, according to Agence France-Presse, using the Arabic abbreviation for ISIS.

In a statement Tuesday afternoon, Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoOvernight Defense: Taliban peace deal hits new roadblock | Conservationists sue Trump over wall funding | Pompeo heads to Israel Pompeo headed to Israel to talk Iran and China risks Afghan president orders resumption of offensive operations against Taliban MORE condemned the “horrific terrorist attacks,” adding that “to attack infants and women in labor in the sanctuary of a hospital is an act of sheer evil.”

Pompeo’s statement made no explicit reference to Ghani’s speech, but said U.S. officials “note the Taliban have denied any responsibility and condemned both attacks as heinous.”

“The Taliban and the Afghan government should cooperate to bring the perpetrators to justice,” Pompeo said. “As long as there is no sustained reduction in violence and insufficient progress towards a negotiated political settlement, Afghanistan will remain vulnerable to terrorism.”

Afghan forces have been in a defensive posture against the Taliban since late February when the insurgents agreed to reduce violence in exchange for the United States signing a troop withdrawal deal. The Taliban quickly resumed attacks on Afghan forces after the deal was signed.

In addition to the Taliban’s resumption of attacks on Afghan forces, several challenges have hit the U.S.-Taliban deal since its signing. The agreement was supposed to precede talks between the insurgents and the Afghan government, but those talks have not materialized amid disagreements over a prisoner swap and a dispute between Ghani and his chief political rival.

The agreement called for the Afghan government to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange for the Taliban releasing 1,000 government prisoners ahead of the talks. But just a fraction of prisoners from both sides have been released.

Meanwhile, Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah both claimed to be the winner of Afghanistan’s September elections, stalling efforts at talks with the Taliban as the two negotiate an end to their own feud.

Still, U.S. defense officials have said the U.S. military is on track to draw down to 8,600 troops by mid-July as laid out in the agreement.

The agreement also calls for a full U.S. withdrawal by 14 months from its signing, which U.S. officials have said will be based on conditions on the ground and the Taliban honoring its counterterrorism commitments.

Last week, Defense Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperOvernight Defense: Taliban peace deal hits new roadblock | Conservationists sue Trump over wall funding | Pompeo heads to Israel Afghan president orders resumption of offensive operations against Taliban The information component of Cold War II with China MORE said both the Taliban and the Afghan government, which is not a signatory to the U.S.-Taliban deal, were not living up to their commitments. 

“I said this would be a long, windy and bumpy road, and it has been a long, windy and bumpy road. I mean, it’s not moved as fast as we would like, certainly,” Esper said at a Pentagon briefing.

Asked if the Taliban was living up to its commitments, Esper said, “I don’t think they are,” adding “neither side in this case” is.

“Both need to come together and make progress on the terms that have been laid out,” he said.

Updated at 4:07 p.m.

The U.S. government will donate up to 1,000 ventilators to aid South Africa in its coronavirus response, the U.S. Embassy in South Africa announced Tuesday.

“For more than a half century, the United States has been the largest contributor to global health security and humanitarian assistance. These ventilators are another example of the American spirit of generosity as we battle this virus at home in the United States and together abroad with our partner countries,” U.S. Ambassador Lana Marks said in a statement.

The embassy said the ventilator shipment is valued at more than $20 million and that the devices will be sent to any intensive care units that can accommodate them. Embassy officials added that the donation combined with other U.S. support brings the total financial support for South Africa to more than $41 million.

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While the embassy said in a tweet that South Africa will be the first nation “to receive this state-of-the-art equipment” from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Security Council, Mexico said in a statement last week that it had received a shipment of 211 ventilators as part of an aid shipment promised by President TrumpDonald John TrumpNew York Times: Reporter who called for CDC chief’s resignation went ‘too far’ GOP’s Don Bacon and challenger neck-and-neck in Democratic poll Cheney defends Fauci: ‘We need his expertise’ to defeat coronavirus MORE, The Associated Press reported.

South Africa has 11,300 coronavirus cases, the most on the continent, and more than 200 deaths. More than 66,000 cases have been confirmed throughout Africa, and officials have been concerned poorer nations lack the resources and medical infrastructure to handle the pandemic.

Trump said last week that he has spoken with officials from South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria officials about the pandemic, saying the U.S. would give Nigeria 250 ventilators.

In early May, South African officials announced they would begin easing some coronavirus-related restrictions, saying factories, agriculture farms and mines could resume operation with a third of on-site staff.

Local officials in California announced on Wednesday that they will allow Elon MuskElon Reeve MuskMusk finds Trump in his corner On The Money: House Democrats unveil trillion coronavirus relief package | SCOTUS divided in Trump financial records case | Fed under pressure to speed up, expand emergency loans Hillicon Valley: House Dems include .6 billion for mail-in voting in stimulus bill | Uber in discussions to acquire GrubHub | Trump backs effort to reopen California Tesla plant MORE to reopen his Tesla factory during the coronavirus pandemic if specific safety conditions are met. 

The Alameda County Public Health Department said in a statement that it has approved Tesla’s plan to possibly reopen the Fremont plant as soon as next week if public health indicators regarding the virus remain stable or improve.

“We will be working with the Fremont Police Department to verify Tesla is adhering to physical distancing and that agreed upon health and safety measures are in place for the safety of their workers as they prepare for full production,” the department said.

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The development comes just days after the electric car company went against Alameda County and announced the reopening of the plant in defiance of orders meant to contain the spread of coronavirus. 

The move was a marked escalation from Musk, who has called stay-at-home orders “fascist” and likened restrictions to “forcibly imprisoning people in their homes.”

“I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me,” the Tesla CEO wrote in a tweet.

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Tesla’s Fremont, Calif., factory was shut down on March 23, shortly after California Gov. Gavin NewsomGavin Christopher NewsomMusk finds Trump in his corner Hillicon Valley: House Dems include .6 billion for mail-in voting in stimulus bill | Uber in discussions to acquire GrubHub | Trump backs effort to reopen California Tesla plant California State University system to cancel in-person classes for fall semester MORE (D) issued a statewide stay-at-home order.

The governor’s office on May 7 rolled out guidance for reopening the state’s manufacturing sector, but gave some local officials the option to keep some restrictions in place. Alameda County chose to keep the Tesla plant shuttered, with local officials saying they were negotiating with the company. 

On May 9, Tesla’s attorneys filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against Alameda County’s stay-at-home order.

The same day, Musk threatened more drastic actions and laid out plans to move the company out of California.

“Frankly, this is the final straw,” Musk said in tweet. “Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately. If we even retain Fremont manufacturing activity at all, it will be dependent on how Tesla is treated in the future.”

“Tesla is the last carmaker left in CA,” he added.

California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D) responded to the post by tweeting “F*ck Elon Musk.”

Musk and his ultimatum has received support from President Trump and Steven MnuchinSteven Terner MnuchinMusk finds Trump in his corner OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House coronavirus bill aims to prevent utility shutoffs | Court sides with California, blocking Trump’s water diversion | Conservation groups file new suit over Trump border wall Energy chief said administration asked Fed to expand lending for oil companies MORE, with the Treasury secretary saying the state “should prioritize doing whatever they need to do to solve those health issues so that he can open quickly and safely.” 

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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Don’t mess with Utah mom Doris Stiles-Scown. She turned the camera on a man she says tried to videorecord her 12-year-old daughter in a clothing store dressing room and now his face is all over the internet.

“Not today, buddy. Not today,” Stiles-Scown said on the video. “I’m going to make sure your face gets out, so that you’re not in any more stalls, looking under [at] little girls dressing. … I’m going to make sure you go viral.”

She was as good as her word. Her video on Facebook has been viewed at least 14 million times and shared hundreds of thousands of times. The guy is taking a real thrashing in the comments.

Salt Lake City police said witness accounts support Stiles-Scown’s story that a man tried to record her daughter from an adjacent dressing room stall inside the Rue 21 store at Brickyard Plaza on Saturday. Jorge Leon-Alfaro, 36, was arrested and faces felony charges of voyeurism of a child under 14, according to a report by television station KSTU.

“People are aware of what’s going on and paying attention,” Detective Greg Wilking of the Salt Lake City Police Department told the television station. “Other people were paying attention, too and saw similar things that concerned them and that led to his arrest.”

Stiles-Scown didn’t just videotape Leon-Alfaro. First, she chased him out of the Rue 21 store. The camera started rolling as he cowered and looked down at the pavement, looking as if he wished it would split and suck him out of the moment. The emotional mom spoke for every mother and father or brother and sister and, well, most everyone who grasps the sheer reach of internet pornography and its power to damage lives.

Her spiel was epic, a smackdown worthy of admiration. Stiles-Scown was one mad mama and proud of it.

She called the man “a sick pervert.”

“A 12-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl — that’s what she gets for her birthday? It’s her birthday in two days. And she gets some sick pervert looking under her stall trying to grab her? Do you have kids?

“You’re so lucky. You’re so lucky that I don’t hurt you. Because that’s what I want to do right now, . Because what you did to her, you’re going to leave a scar on my daughter permanently.”

Salt Lake City police say it’s important to keep in mind that Leon-Alfaro is innocent unless he’s proven otherwise and will get his day in court.

Stiles-Scown says she’ll be there for “every single court date.”

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WASHINGTON, DC — Bob Woodward, the famed investigative journalist who teamed with Carl Bernstein to break the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s, is out with a damning tell-all book about what exactly goes on behind closed doors in the White House. Excerpts from Woodward’s new book, “Fear: Trump in the White House,” were leaked Tuesday ahead of its Sept. 11 release. And needless to say, it is chock-full of compelling — often scintillating — details.

Woodward paints an unflattering picture of President Donald Trump: bombastic, belligerent and beyond reproach. The unapologetic president of Woodward’s book has reckless disregard of the consequences of his actions and little interest in learning about world affairs. He hurls insults behind people’s backs faster than he can type them on Twitter.

As The New York Times puts it, Woodward sticks to wooden, fact-based writing, an obvious departure from Michael Wolfe’s incendiary 2017 tell-all “Fire and Fury.” Like its predecessor, many sources and names in “Fear” are never identified, The Times reported, noting that Woodward has a strong reputation for verifying facts.

Here are the five most compelling details in “Fear.”

1. Trump prints out and re-reads his tweets. The pen is mightier than the sword, so the saying goes, so why wouldn’t the president re-read his best work, even if it’s limited to 140 characters? Woodward writes that Trump orders his most popular tweets to be printed out so he can go back and study them. In one of the more amusing details, Woodward writes that Trump wasn’t exactly thrilled when Twitter bumped the tweet threshold from 140 to 280 characters, with the president even likening himself to one of the greatest writers in modern history.

“I was the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters,” Trump is quoted as saying.

This isn’t the first time Trump has compared his tweet skills to Hemingway. In November 2015, a year before the presidential election, POLITICO quoted Trump as saying someone called him the “Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.”

“I understand social media,” Trump reportedly bragged. “Maybe better than anybody, ever.”

Trump’s former chief of staff Reince Priebus called the presidential bedroom — where Trump’s Twitter account is most prolific — “the devil’s workshop,” and early mornings and Sunday nights, “the witching hour.”

2. Priebus compared Trump’s White House to a “zoo without walls.” Trump’s former chief of staff ripped the president for not putting together a better team of advisers, saying he “failed the President Lincoln test” by not putting any political rivals at the table.

But of particular interest is what he said in reference to the White House’s chaotic decision-making. Things quickly turn sour, according to Priebus, when the wrong people are squished together and left unchecked.

“When you put a snake and a rat and a falcon and a rabbit and a shark and a seal in a zoo without walls, things start getting nasty and bloody. That’s what happens,” Priebus reportedly said.

3. Trump’s top aides swipe documents off his desk to prevent him from making catastrophic decisions. Trump’s own aides apparently are so worried about the president’s decision-making that they literally remove papers from his desk so he can never see them. According to Woodward, former economic adviser Gary Cohn last year snatched a letter that Trump planned to sign that would’ve withdrawn the U.S. from a South Korea-U.S. trade deal known as Korus. Woodward said Cohn was “appalled” that Trump considered signing the letter.

“I stole it off his desk,” Cohn told a colleague. “I wouldn’t let him see it. He’s never going to see that document. Got to protect the country.”

Woodward described the situation as “an administrative coup d’etat” and a “nervous breakdown” of the executive branch.

4. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said Trump was “unhinged” and an “idiot.” In what is sure to become ammunition for a Saturday Night Live skit and similar shows, Kelly often lost his cool and would tell colleagues the president was both stupid and deranged, assertions that he has since denied. In one meeting, Kelly called Trump “an idiot.”

“It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything,” Kelly reportedly said. “He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.”

5. Trump said the “biggest f—ing mistake” he ever made was to clarify his “both sides” remark following the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. After the August 2017 rally, Trump made a stunning conclusion that there was “blame on both sides” in regards to the violence that left a counter-protester dead. He faced swift — and fierce — backlash for the remark.

According to CNN, Woodward writes that then-White House staff secretary Rob Porter persuaded a reluctant Trump to clarify the comment. Trump eventually agreed and publicly denounced racism, the “KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups.”

But when a Fox News correspondent said Trump had corrected course and a commenter said he had admited he was wrong, Trump fumed, Woodward wrote.

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“That was the biggest f—ing mistake I’ve made,” Trump told Porter. “You never make those concessions. You never apologize. I didn’t do anything wrong in the first place. Why look weak?”

Trump added: “I can’t believe I got forced to do that. That’s the worst speech I’ve ever given. I’m never going to do anything like that again.”

A day later, he doubled down on the original sentiment.

It should be noted that the White House said Tuesday that Woodward had “fabricated” stories about Trump.

“This book is nothing more than fabricated stories, many by former disgruntled employees, told to make the President look bad,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said. “While it is not always pretty, and rare that the press actually covers it, President Trump has broken through the bureaucratic process to deliver unprecedented successes for the American people. Sometimes it is unconventional, but he always gets results.”

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L’Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (Afssaps) affirme qu’il n’y a pas de lien entre la vaccination contre le virus de l’hépatite B et le risque de sclérose en plaques (SEP) chez l’enfant, contrairement à ce que laissait entendre une étude française.La Commission nationale de pharmacovigilance a tenu un débat le 30 septembre 2008 sur la vaccination contre le virus de l’hépatite B, et le risque de survenue de sclérose en plaques, après l’annonce d’une récente étude française.Cette étude réalisée par l’équipe du Pr Marc Tardieu de l’hôpital Bicêtre, pas encore publiée mais diffusée par la revue Neurology, a mis en évidence un risque accru de sclérose en plaques chez les enfants 3 ans après la vaccination contre l’hépatite B avec le vaccin Engerix B.Selon le communiqué de l’Afssaps, la Commission nationale de pharmacovigilance a considéré que “Le résultat principal et majeur de cette étude ne fait pas apparaître de lien entre la vaccination contre l’hépatite B et le risque de sclérose en plaques“.L’Afssaps estime qu’aucun lien significatif n’a pu être établi. “En raison de multiples limites méthodologiques, les résultats de l’analyse du Pr Tardieu présentent les caractéristiques d’un résultat fortuit“ précise la Commission.La Commission Nationale juge que ces résultats ne modifient pas les conclusions qu’elle a émises lors de sa séance du 29 janvier 2008. Elle confirme que l’ensemble des données de pharmacovigilance et de pharmaco-épidémiologie, évaluées depuis plus de 13 ans chez l’enfant et chez l’adulte, ne remet pas en cause le rapport bénéfice/risque du vaccin contre le virus de l’hépatite B.Source : communiqué de presse, Afssaps, 1er octobre 2008Click Here: NRL Telstra Premiership

Un paquet de couches acheté = un vaccin contre le tétanos. C’est à cette opération que vous invite la marque Pampers, en partenariat avec l’Unicef de novembre à décembre. L’objectif ? Fournir à l’Unicef 200 millions de vaccins contre le tétanos sur 3 ans afin d’éliminer ce fléau dans 26 pays d’ici 2012.

Le tétanos tue un nouveau-né toutes les 3 minutes. Chaque année, cette maladie engendre 140 000 décès de nouveau-nés et 30 000  décès de mamans qui le contractent au cours de l’accouchement. Pourtant, il existe un vaccin très efficace. Les anticorps fournis à la mère par le vaccin antitétanique protègent le nouveau-né pendant ses deux premiers mois de vie, jusqu’au moment où il peut lui-même être vacciné.
Pampers est partenaire de l’Unicef pour la deuxième année consécutive. La marque s’engage à fournir 200 millions de vaccins sur 3 ans à l’organisation humanitaire afin de contribuer à vaincre le tétanos.
Pour l’achat d’un paquet de couches Pampers porteur de l’offre entre le 1er novembre et le 31 décembre 2008, la marque s’engage à reverser un vaccin antitétanique prénatal.En outre, un bus Pampers-Unicef va sillonner la France et faire halte dans 8 grandes villes de France entre le 4 et le 27 novembre à la rencontre de toutes les personnes qui souhaitent aider à lutter contre le tétanos. Il suffit de se faire photographier pour participer. Une photo = un vaccin supplémentaire. Un bracelet Pampers-Unicef sera remis en remerciement de la participation à cette action.Lors de la première année de partenariat, les actions menées par Pampers ont permis d’offrir aux mères et aux bébés menacés par le tétanos 40 millions de vaccins, dont 6 millions grâce à l’action menée par la France. Il faut faire encore mieux pour cette édition 2008 ! Source : Dossier de presse Pampers/Unicef, octobre 2008Click Here: cd universidad catolica