#Coronavirus in the USA

Several protestors wearing camouflage clothing and holding guns in Wisconsin stand near a makeshift guillotine outside the Wisconsin State Capitol on Friday. Protestors at the Wisconsin State Capitol protest pushed back at state Gov. Tony Evers' coronavirus response, which has been extended into May 26.

Protestors in Nevada drove down the Las Vegas Strip to demand it and other small businesses be re-opened while thousands of demonstrators gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol and anti-lockdown protests continue to spark across the country. In Las Vegas, conservative radio host Wayne Allyn Root organized an anti-lockdown protest that started on Las Vegas Boulevard. The event, 'Open Nevada, Unleash Prosperity, Save America,' was referred to as 'America's First Interactive Drive-Thru Protest Caravan' as protestors drove some 11 miles down the Las Vegas Strip to fight stay-at-home orders. Root told Breitbart that the Las Vegas protest was 'the safest protest in America,' adding that protestors adhered to mandated social distancing rules by staying inside their cars. However, photos showed protestors outside without masks or gloves as they gathered in a parking lot before the rally began. 'We support the economy. We support capitalism. We support Trump,' he said.

Thousands of people in Huntington Beach seemingly ignore social distancing guidelines during the coronavirus outbreak. Pictures taken in Huntington Beach, an Orange County city, on Friday show crowds gathering to enjoy as the state roasted in a spring heat wave. Dozens of locations reached 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher well before noon, the National Weather Service said, and officials are bracing for even larger crowds this weekend. Hungtingon Beach Officer Angela Bennett told ABC7 : 'We're trying to ask people to maybe put themselves in our residents' position and think about the fact that our residents also have limited parking'.

There were 4.4 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Friday. It adds to the nearly 22 million people who applied for unemployment aid in the previous four weeks. About one in six American workers have now lost their jobs since mid-March, by far the largest streak of US job losses on record.