While violent crimes have dropped in most American cities due to COVID-19 according to police statistics, grand theft auto is spiking in many places as cars remain unused for many. Referring to any more direct federal aid packages as "blue state bailouts", Senate GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he'd rather states be allowed to declare bankruptcy instead. The Australian government is backing the Trump regime's insistence that the WHO face inquiry on its COVID-19 response and Beijing's explanation on the illness's origins. Japan is largely ignoring Prime Minster Abe's emergency orders as gamblers are venturing into crowded city pachinko parlors despite the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study finds that US shelter-in-place order will hurt the economy in the short run, but in the long-term the lives saved will be worth $5.2 trillion.