An overwhelming majority of voters said Congress should pass a coronavirus relief package as soon as possible, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds. Seventy-seven percent of registered voters in the Nov. 10-13 survey said Congress should pass another round of stimulus as soon as possible. Twenty-three percent said the nation does not need a new coronavirus […]
Twelve million people would lose federal benefits the day after Christmas if Congress does not pass extensions for key unemployment programs, according to a study by The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank. “Absent congressional action to extend CARES Act benefits, December 26 will mark the end of one of the last lifelines available to […]
A 9-year-old boy was found safe wearing no jacket or shoes by a creek bed in Tennessee on Tuesday after a three-day search in the woods. Jordan Gorman was discovered on Tuesday at around 3 p.m. underneath a shelter made out of tarp, three-quarters of a mile away from his home in Cheatham County, Tennessee, […]
President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani on Sunday insisted that the presidential election would be “overturned,” claiming he had “evidence” that “corrupt machines” had deleted millions of votes for Trump — but couldn’t share it. In an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” the ex-Big Apple mayor, who was recently tapped to lead Trump’s post-election […]
If “the clothes make the man,” then, for conservative commentator Candace Owens, those clothes better be “manly.” Indeed, she argues, human civilization depends on it. Owens’ remarks, broadcast in a series of tweets, were in response to British pop star Harry Styles’ donning a Gucci gown replete with lace and ruffles, under a black blazer, […]
A Connecticut woman charged with shooting two of her children, one fatally, suffered a psychotic episode during the coronavirus lockdown and tried to kill herself, her husband told police. Naomi Bell, 43, of Plymouth, was arraigned via video Monday in New Britain Superior Court on charges of murder and attempted murder for fatally shooting her […]
The Trump administration is preparing to move forward with a major proposal to lower drug prices and rulemaking could come as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the effort. The move, fiercely opposed by the pharmaceutical industry, would implement President Trump’s “most favored nation” proposal and lower certain Medicare drug prices to […]
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday warned that the biggest threat to the country and to his transition posed by President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 race is that “more people may die.” Biden made the stark warning during remarks about the economy from Wilmington, Delaware, during which he was asked by NBC News’s […]
President-elect Joe Biden denounced “all acts of violence” in a statement to Fox News after attacks on President Trump’s supporters at the so-called Million MAGA March in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. “President-elect Biden continues to denounce all acts of violence,” Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates said Monday, although he did not name Antifa or Black Lives […]
Tech advocates in Washington are eager to work with the incoming Biden administration and reverse many of President Trump’s immigration policies, especially those that created barriers for high skilled visa holders. Some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley have clashed with the Trump administration in court, suing over his executive orders restricting immigration for […]
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) on Sunday announced broad new restrictions that will affect restaurants, theaters, gyms and indoor gatherings. The new restrictions will last for at least four weeks. Restaurants will be allowed to operate only outdoor service, and parties will be limited to five or fewer people. Gyms, theaters and museums will be […]
President Trump has reportedly told some of his advisers that if President-elect Joe Biden is officially certified as the winner of the 2020 race, he could announce his plan to run for the White House in 2024 shortly after, according to The New York Times. The conversation came amid the president mulling different scenarios for […]
