It is unclear whether the Trump administration has the legal authority to block citizens and permanent residents from returning to their own country, but one official said the administration is weighing a public health emergency declaration that would let the White House keep out potentially infected Americans. The Trump administration already has cited the pandemic to impose a rapid-expulsion system at the border that immediately returns to Mexico most migrants taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody. ADThe number represented about 9 percent of total cases in the United States at the end of July, the authors said. ADTeachers in the United States have threatened strikes as the unusual academic year begins. He tweeted again 51 minutes later: “Play College Football!”The ongoing struggles have not been limited to the United States, even as it remains the epicenter of the pandemic.

Source: Washington Post August 11, 2020 00:56 UTC