Rowan Scarborough

Coronavirus testing in U.S. accelerates after slow start

The U.S. has conducted nearly 900,000 coronavirus tests across the country after fumbling at the start because of too few tests and faulty kits, the federal government says.

March 29, 2020

U.S. COVID-19 deaths double in three days

Late March has seen the uptick in coronavirus deaths the world feared, with the toll doubling twice from about 5,000 to nearing 25,000 today.

March 27, 2020

White House dismisses doomsday COVID-19 death toll

The White House, under pressure to level the peak of coronavirus infections, is pushing back against "frightening" high-end statistical modeling, one of which has nearly the entire planet catching the virus this year.

March 26, 2020

Scores of data released on coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted colleges, think tanks, medical journals and governments to release scores of stats and studies -- some good, while others fail peer review.

March 25, 2020

Pentagon coronavirus tests are ‘scarce’ despite assurances; sick troops told to self-isolate

Top defense leaders are assuring troops that coronavirus testing is available, but for Pentagon warriors the coveted test is "scarce," according to an internal memo.

March 25, 2020

Omar Jones IV, U.S. Army Military District of Washington commander, raises coronavirus threat level

The commander who oversees Army bases in the Washington area has raised the threat level for the coronavirus because of a "sustained possibility of community transmissions."

March 22, 2020

NBC article touted ‘promising’ drug as its reporter bashed Trump for ‘false sense of hope’

An NBC news division medical report promoted the possible benefits of an anti-malarial drug in subduing the coronavirus the day before its White House reporter questioned President Trump for talking up the same medicine.

March 21, 2020

China hid coronavirus, admonished whistleblowers

Communist China told the world in early January there was no evidence that its Wuhan coronavirus spread human-to-human even as medical whistleblowers were warning of an epidemic and authorities shut down a wild animal market.

March 20, 2020

China knew for years bats caused disease, yet left wild animal markets open

Communist China has allowed wild animal markets to offer live bats, raccoons, civets and other species, and a series of studies shows the animals are teeming with viruses that threaten humans.

March 18, 2020

FBI Trump targeting details revealed by Horowitz report

Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz's history of how the FBI targeted Donald Trump associates has become a constant presence on social media as journalists and Russia aficionados make more discoveries and connect the dots.

March 17, 2020

WHO: No evidence U.S. brought coronavirus to China

The World Health Organization on Sunday said there is no evidence the U.S. introduced the coronavirus into China as suggested by Beijing's foreign ministry spokesman last week.

March 15, 2020

Johns Hopkins coronavirus map infected by China-Taiwan standoff

The long standoff between communist mainland China and the breakaway democratic island of Taiwan has infected the tally of coronavirus.

March 12, 2020

FBI changed Donald Trump’s political world over 218 days

Donald Trump campaign alumni wonder today what happened inside the FBI over 218 days from mid-August 2016 to March 20, 2017, that changed their lives forever.

March 10, 2020

FBI disregarded Christopher Steele’s admission ‘raw’ intelligence amounted to gossip

Dossier creator Christopher Steele is scheduled to stand trial in mid-May in a defamation case whose 2017 court records were ignored by FBI agents as they wrote the last of four dossier-based wiretap warrants on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page in June of that year.

March 7, 2020

Devin Nunes says ‘lunatics’ in journalism keep writing bogus stories

Rep. Devin Nunes says he is being stalked by "lunatics in the media" who constantly try to tie him to the Russian side when he has been one of Congress' fiercest anti-Moscow hawks for years.

March 5, 2020

Coronavirus ravaging Iran at far greater rate than officials admit: resistance group

Iran is suffering coronavirus deaths at 20 times the official number put out by the hardline Islamic state, according to a major resistance group.

March 2, 2020

FBI ignored Christopher Steele court declarations in wiretap warrants

Dossier creator Christopher Steele is scheduled to stand trial in mid-May in a defamation case whose 2017 court records were ignored by FBI agents as they wrote the last of four dossier-based wiretap warrants on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page in June of that year.

March 1, 2020

William Barr becomes the ‘Tocqueville’ of D.C. political, press culture

Attorney General William Barr has become not just the nation's chief law enforcement officer, but also a prominent critic of what he believes is a degenerating Washington political scene.

February 29, 2020

Carter Page says FBI abuses go beyond what Horowitz report uncovered

Carter Page, the informal Trump campaign adviser victimized by invalid FBI wiretaps, says there are more abuses to be uncovered in the coming months.

February 25, 2020

Pete Buttigieg, Chasten Buttigieg benefited from Trump tax cut

President Trump's signature tax overhaul delivered savings to Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and his new husband compared with what they would have paid under previous rates, a review of the couple's 2018 return shows.

February 23, 2020