Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
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
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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published February 29, 2020
