Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
FBI sabotaged Trump’s presidency: Barr
Attorney General William Barr says that what the FBI did to President Trump in the Russia probe was one of the "greatest travesties in American history." Published April 10, 2020
Pentagon says COVID report cited by ABC doesn’t exist
The Pentagon says a supposed intelligence report cited by ABC News on an emerging COVID-19 pandemic doesn't exist. Published April 9, 2020
Pentagon eyeing ‘stop loss’ order in coronavirus fight to keep troops from exiting
The Trump administration is looking at issuing a "stop loss" order in the war on coronavirus that would prevent troops from leaving service once their enlistments ended, according to a Pentagon source. Published April 7, 2020
Nation’s hospitals diagnosed as short on coronavirus staff, gear and money: IG
The frontline fighters in the war on coronavirus are lacking diagnostic tests, protective gear, and cash, the Health and Human Services Department inspector general reported on Monday. Published April 6, 2020
Donald Trump, Richard Grenell to help cull intelligence community
The Trump administration is set to pare desk jobs at the top of the intelligence community, invoking the argument that its staffs are too large and duplicative, knowledgeable sources say. Published April 5, 2020
War on COVID-19 slowing coronavirus growth: Researchers
Pantheon Macroeconomics estimates that in New York City, the American pandemic epicenter, the number of new cases daily peaked a week ago and "appears to now to be failing sharply." Published April 4, 2020
Health agencies’ reports didn’t highlight inventory shortfalls
The federal watchdog for the department that includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a total of four press statements on its website in 2019-20, and three of them dealt with the health care of migrant children at the border. Published April 2, 2020
White House’s favorite coronavirus model overshot hospital bed count
An institute's coronavirus projections, which President Trump is greatly relying upon to set COVID-19 policy, said the U.S. would need 135,000 hospital beds by today -- yet only about 31,000 patients are hospitalized. Published April 2, 2020
On-scene British reporters say Chinese markets again selling bats, likely source of deadly pandemic
China is permitting wild animal markets to resume selling bats, believed to be the source for the deadly coronavirus now killing people across the globe, including over 2,500 Americans to date, British reporters say. Published March 30, 2020
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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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." Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published March 15, 2020
