As the president of the United States shelters in place with the White House press corps, and Joe Biden gibbers senselessly into the GoPro camera in his Delaware basement, this fall’s national election has been thrown into a cocked tricorn by the coronavirus. Many of Donald Trump’s retail-politicking strengths — the huge rallies, his command […]
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Officer Killed, Two Wounded In Ambush By Gunman
A police officer was killed and two others were injured in what authorities described as an “ambush” in San Marcos, Texas, officials said. The shooting took place after officers responded to a 6:05 p.m. domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex, the San Marcos Police Department said in a statement. “During the course of their […]
Chinese Lab Denies Releasing The Coronavirus
A laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan has broken its silence to deny accusations that the novel coronavirus originated there. Yuan Zhiming, vice director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, told Chinese state broadcaster CGTN, that this was a “conspiracy theory” designed to “confuse” people. He also denied the virus was manmade. It is […]
Bill Cosby Denied Early Release On Coronavirus Risk
Bill Cosby will not be walking out of prison anytime soon despite the recent uptick of offenders being granted early release due to the coronavirus. Cosby is currently serving up to 10 years for sexual assault in a facility in Pennsylvania, and a state official tells Fox News that any speculation that Cosby will be […]
Corona Deaths Hit Record High For Single Day
Thursday marked a new record for coronavirus deaths in the U.S., with 4,591 people dying from the virus in just 24 hours. The prior record was 2,569 deaths in the U.S. on Wednesday, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. The number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday was […]
Cuomo And Trump Get In Public Spat
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo clashed Friday over whether the federal government has done enough to assist the state, one of the epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak. The fireworks began when Cuomo criticized the president during his daily news briefing over the federal aid needed to carry out Trump’s […]
Elizabeth Warren To Be Joe Biden’s Running Mate?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, said Wednesday she would accept the job of vice presidential running mate if Joe Biden asked. Biden, who became the Democrat’s apparent nominee after Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race earlier this month, pledged during a Democratic presidential debate a month ago to “pick a woman to be my […]
Trump Unveils Plan To Reopen The Nation
President Donald Trump announced federal guidelines to reopen the U.S. on Thursday that put the onus on governors of making decisions about their states’ economies. Trump called the recommendations “the next front in our war, which is called opening up America again.” He said the strategy is based on “hard verifiable data” and “benchmarks must […]
Small Business Loan Program Already Out Of Money
One of the main coronavirus relief fund sources for suffering small businesses hit its $350 billion limit Thursday and is no longer accepting any more lenders or applications, the Small Business Administration announced. “The SBA is currently unable to accept new applications for the Paycheck Protection Program based on available appropriations funding,” SBA spokesperson Jennifer […]
Coronavirus Is Killing The United States Postal Service
A letter carrier’s mail route is structured so that it routinely takes about eight hours to complete — but that was before the coronavirus pandemic began wreaking havoc on the already beleaguered U.S. Postal Service. “Some days I’ve never seen it like this,” said one U.S. Postal Service letter carrier who spoke on condition of […]
Four ISIS Members Arrested Trying To Attack US Military Targets In Germany
MAINZ, Germany — Four suspected ISIS members who were plotting to attack U.S. military facilities and other targets have been arrested in Germany, prosecutors in the country said Wednesday. Specialist tactical police units swooped on the suspects in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, arresting the men who were all originally from Tajikistan, the prosecutors […]
Dow Falls Over 600 Points As Roller Coaster Continues
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the day down by just under 450 points Wednesday, after weak manufacturing reports added to the list of grim economic data, including a record decline in monthly retail sales and ugly quarterly earnings from some of the country’s largest banks. The S&P 500 fell by just over 2 percent […]