Rookie middlemen muddle the government’s effort to buy coronavirus supplies Josh Salman, Nick Penzenstadler and Dak Le, USA TODAY © Illustration by Andrea Brunty/USA TODAY Network, and Getty Images In search for COVID face masks, PPE and supplies, the government turned to rookie middlemen. Lawsuits, canceled orders and finger pointing followed.
Middlemen seeking to profit from the coronavirus pandemic have sprung up overnight to score billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 contracts, their stake as small as a mailbox rental or virtual office subscription.
Some never touch the product: They simply buy it from a manufacturer and resell it directly to the government – at an often steep markup.
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Freshman men’s tennis player Deji Thomas-Smith (from left), freshman women’s volleyball player Trinity Watts, and senior baseball shortstop Cam Locklear will stay busy on their respective courts and field this spring.
The Spring 2021 semester in sports will be a season like no other for Liberty University Athletics, with all but one of its 20 programs (football) competing over the next four months.
“It will be a busy spring,” said Ian McCaw, Director of Athletics. “We are packing almost a year’s worth of competition into one semester, so that will stress our staff and our facilities and our COVID testing at a high level, but I think everyone is up for the challenge, and we are looking forward to it.”
When Donald Trump boarded Air Force One Wednesday morning and headed to his estate in Palm Beach, it marked the end of his presidency and the beginning of Florida’s new role as the stage for Trump’s post-presidential drama.
Trump departed the White House beset by scandal and defeat, impeached a second time and seemingly oblivious or indifferent to the wreckage caused by his actions. He is at a low point, with two-thirds of the country disapproving of his performance after he spent two months making unsubstantiated election fraud claims that culminated in a rally on Jan. 6 that led to a mob overrunning the U.S. Capitol. Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died as a result.