On Politics: Rising Hunger as the Virus’s Effects Spread

Grim evidence of a virus’s continuing toll as the country reopens: This is your morning tip sheet. 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Where things stand - The more social science data we see about the coronavirus pandemic, the deeper its negative effects seem to be. A survey by the Brookings Institution released on Wednesday found that [one in five young children](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8wNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1odW5nZXItZm9vZC1zdGFtcHMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDUwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xODI4MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcy13aXRoLWxpc2EtbGVyZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI2NzgyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAGw3os168T_k5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) were not regularly getting enough to eat, according to their mothers. That recorded rate of food insecurity is higher than at any time in modern United States history, and three times what it was during the worst of the Great Recession. In the hard-hit tristate area, three in five people know someone who has had the virus, a [Quinnipiac University poll](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly9wb2xsLnF1LmVkdS9jb25uZWN0aWN1dC9yZWxlYXNlLWRldGFpbD9SZWxlYXNlSUQ9MzY2MCZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDUwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xODI4MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcy13aXRoLWxpc2EtbGVyZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI2NzgyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAGw3os168T_k5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) also released on Wednesday found. - Yet even as the pandemic [continues to claim](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMC91cy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy11cy1jYXNlcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjAwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4MjgyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzLXdpdGgtbGlzYS1sZXJlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjY3ODImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAbDeizXrxP-TlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) just under 2,000 lives per day nationwide, President Trump is [determined to get the economy back up and running](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8wNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1yZWNvdmVyeS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjAwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4MjgyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzLXdpdGgtbGlzYS1sZXJlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjY3ODImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAbDeizXrxP-TlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump said that “it could very well be the case” that deaths would rise as a result of reopening. “But we have to get our country open again,” he said. This week, both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence resumed traveling around the country. The president went to Arizona on Tuesday, appearing before cameras without a mask on as he visited (wait for it) a mask-making plant; he is reportedly planning more travel for next week. And in recent days, Pence has visited medical facilities and manufacturing plants in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Indiana. On Friday, he will meet with faith leaders and elected officials in Iowa. (All of these Midwestern states would probably be crucial to a Republican victory in November’s general presidential election.) - In his attempt to turn the conversation toward reopening, Trump said on Tuesday that he would wind down the White House’s coronavirus task force, the primary planning body for the federal response to the outbreak. But after receiving gale-force blowback, Trump [reversed those comments just one day later](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP4QkAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDUvMDYvdXMvY29yb25hdmlydXMtbGl2ZS11cGRhdGVzLmh0bWw_YWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrJmNhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjAwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4MjgyJm1vZHVsZT1TcG90bGlnaHQmbmw9b24tcG9saXRpY3Mtd2l0aC1saXNhLWxlcmVyJnBndHlwZT1Ib21lcGFnZSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjY3ODImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3I2xpbmstMjFkMzFiZGFXA255dEIKABsN6LNevE_5OVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), saying that he would keep the working group together. “I thought we could wind it down sooner,” Trump said. “But I had no idea how popular the task force is until actually yesterday, when I started talking about winding it down. I get calls from very respected people saying: ‘I think it would be better to keep it going. It’s done such a good job.’” - With lawmakers eyeing a next phase of virus relief legislation, the emerging proposals largely adhere to familiar battle lines, a sign that bipartisan agreement on the need for additional stimulus spending has broken down, even as [public demand for action remains high](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8wMS91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1zcGVuZGluZy1wb2xscy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjAwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4MjgyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzLXdpdGgtbGlzYS1sZXJlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjY3ODImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAbDeizXrxP-TlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Trump and his Republican allies are [pushing to pass long-sought tax cuts](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP4QsAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDUvMDUvYnVzaW5lc3MvZWNvbm9teS90cnVtcC10YXgtY3V0cy1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1zdGltdWx1cy5odG1sP2FjdGlvbj1jbGljayZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDUwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xODI4MiZtb2R1bGU9TGF0ZXN0Jm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzLXdpdGgtbGlzYS1sZXJlciZwZ3R5cGU9SG9tZXBhZ2UmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI2NzgyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAGw3os168T_k5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) for businesses and their employees as part of the virus response, while [Democratic legislators are arguing](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8wNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1odW5nZXItZm9vZC1zdGFtcHMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDUwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xODI4MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcy13aXRoLWxpc2EtbGVyZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI2NzgyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAGw3os168T_k5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) for direct funding of benefits to the poor and the jobless, such as a 15 percent increase in food stamps to last through the economic crisis. - Joe Biden’s lead over Trump is [growing among voters nationwide](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0T7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8wNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9qb2UtYmlkZW4tdGFyYS1yZWFkZS1tb25tb3V0aC1wb2xsLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyMDA1MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTgyODImbmw9b24tcG9saXRpY3Mtd2l0aC1saXNhLWxlcmVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yNjc4MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKABsN6LNevE_5OVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), according to a Monmouth University poll released on Wednesday. But there were also signs of trouble for the former vice president in the first major survey to ask voters about Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation against him. Thirty-seven percent said the accusation was probably true, 32 percent said it was probably not true, and 31 percent had no opinion. That last number could diminish as the story continues to receive coverage and potentially develop; whether those still-uncertain respondents wind up believing Biden or Reade could have serious implications for his ability to rally support heading into November, when he will seek to exploit [Trump’s relatively weak standing among female voters](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNC8yMi91cHNob3QvcG9sbHMtYmlkZW4tdHJ1bXAtZWxlY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDUwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xODI4MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcy13aXRoLWxpc2EtbGVyZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI2NzgyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAGw3os168T_k5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in particular. Photo of the day Doug Mills/The New York Times President Trump signed a proclamation in honor of National Nurses Day in the Oval Office on Wednesday. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MzMzNTEmbGk9Q04mbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOXzIwMjAwNTA3VwNueXRCCgAbDeizXrxP-TlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NDUyODUwJmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDIwMDUwN1cDbnl0QgoAGw3os168T_k5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTgzOTIwJmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDIwMDUwN1cDbnl0QgoAGw3os168T_k5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Kelly Loeffler faces growing scrutiny over her wealth. She’s trying to make the best of it. [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0TPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvbmljaG9sYXMtZmFuZG9zP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjAwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4MjgyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzLXdpdGgtbGlzYS1sZXJlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjY3ODImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAbDeizXrxP-TlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Nicholas Fandos](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0TPaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvbmljaG9sYXMtZmFuZG9zP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjAwNTA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4MjgyJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzLXdpdGgtbGlzYS1sZXJlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjY3ODImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAbDeizXrxP-TlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Congressional Correspondent, Washington The finances of Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, a former business executive and the richest member of the Senate, were always going to turn heads. But just four months into her tenure, deep pockets that were once a top selling point to Georgia Republicans have become more and more of a liability for Ms. Loeffler, dragging down her approval numbers just months before she will face voters. First came disclosures that Ms. Loeffler and her husband had traded stock shares worth millions of dollars around the time she was being briefed by top government health officials about the coronavirus. Political opponents in both parties stoked questions about insider trading, which she adamantly denied. On Wednesday, The New York Times [unearthed a very different financial story](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8wNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9rZWxseS1sb2VmZmxlci1jb21wZW5zYXRpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDUwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xODI4MiZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcy13aXRoLWxpc2EtbGVyZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI2NzgyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAGw3os168T_k5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~): When Ms. Loeffler left her business career to join the Senate, her employer gave her a parting gift most likely worth more than $9 million. The gift was not illegal, but the company in question is run by her husband and undercuts Ms. Loeffler’s frequent claims that she sacrificed huge sums of money to serve the public. As [Politico reported](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRglm0NP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucG9saXRpY28uY29tL25ld3MvMjAyMC8wNS8wNi9rZWxseS1sb2VmZmxlci1jYW1wYWlnbi0yMzYxMzQ_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyMDA1MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTgyODImbmw9b24tcG9saXRpY3Mtd2l0aC1saXNhLWxlcmVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yNjc4MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKABsN6LNevE_5OVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) on Wednesday, far from trying to play down her wealth, Ms. Loeffler has actually started highlighting it to try to rescue her campaign. This week, she started a $4 million ad campaign that trumpets how she used her private plane to bring Georgians stranded by the coronavirus home, donated her Senate salary to Covid-19-related causes and made $1 million in charitable donations. 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