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Over 40 states preparing to pay out Trump’s $300 unemployment aid boost

By Megan Henney FOXBusiness Arizona, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Tennessee and Texas are the only states to have started paying claims this month. More than three weeks after President Trump signed an executive action partially restoring boosted unemployment aid, 41 states have signed up to pay out the $300-a-week federal portion of the sweetened aid. President Trump signed an executive […]

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Trump unloads on Biden, ‘left-wing political violence’ in ‘Democrat-run cities’ ahead of Kenosha trip

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News ‘The violence is fueled by the rhetoric of far-left politicians,’ Trump said during a press briefing. Ahead of his trip to Wisconsin, President Trump tore into Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and other Democrats, accusing them of stoking “left-wing political violence” in cities across the nation. Repeating claims made during last week’s […]

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Trump blasts Portland leaders as ‘terrible,’ ‘incompetent’ after latest violence, says residents ‘tired of it’

By Charles Creitz | Fox News Trump tells Laura Ingraham in exclusive interview that ‘Democrats have lost control of the radical left’. President Trump told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham in an exclusive interview airing Monday night that if he wasn’t president, “you would have riots like you’ve never seen” in response to Joe Biden’s assertion that rioting and violence in […]

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Biden condemns rioting, blasts Trump’s response in fiery post-convention speech

By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Dueling speeches this week by Biden and Trump over the racial unrest. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden took a sledgehammer to President Trump’s emphasis on law and order amid a summer of protests and violence in many American cities, asking voters “does anyone believe there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is […]

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Massachusetts activates 1,000 National Guard troops amid protests

By Audrey Conklin | Fox News The reason behind the activation remains unclear. One-thousand National Guard members have been activated amid the coronavirus pandemic and national protests. The Boston Herald reported that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s order was a reaction to Jacob Blake’s shooting, though a statement from the governor’s office doesn’t indicate a specific reason. “National Guard personnel are deployed only at the request of, and […]

Posted inNational Security & Defense

Trump vows ‘security’ as he accepts GOP nomination, warns Biden would end ‘American greatness’

By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Trump claims ‘no one will be safe in Biden’s America’ Arguing “no one will be safe in Biden’s America,” President Trump took aim at rival Joe Biden and painted a clear contrast between himself and the Democratic presidential nominee as he gave arguably the most important speech of his 2020 reelection campaign. Delivering his GOP renomination acceptance speech […]

Posted inOpinion

Liz Peek: Trump makes riveting case for reelection, shows America what it is in for if Biden wins

By Liz Peek | Fox News Republicans made a convincing case that voters have a very clear choice in November. If the point of a political convention is to get your party’s message out, win over voters and boost your candidate’s prospects, then make no mistake about the 2020 conventions, Republicans absolutely buried Democrats. The polling tells us so. Joe Biden got […]

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Elise Stefanik: Biden speaking out on violence after months of silence is ‘too little too late’

By Joshua Nelson | Fox News ‘This is going to become one of the key deciding issues as people head to the polls this November,’ she said. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden finally speaking against rioting is not enough, said Rep. Elisa Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Thursday. “It’s too little too late, he has been silent for two and a half months,” […]

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Trump sending federal law enforcement to Kenosha, says Dem gov. accepting offer to restore order

By Brooke Singman | Fox News ‘We will NOT stand for looting, arson, violence, and lawlessness on American streets,’ president tweets. President Trump on Wednesday said he will send federal law enforcement and the National Guard to Kenosha, Wis. to restore “law and order” amid days of unrest in the city. “We will NOT stand for looting, arson, violence, and lawlessness on […]

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Kenosha police hunt for suspect with long gun after 2 killed, 1 wounded in unrest

By Danielle Wallace | Fox News Investigators probing whether the shooting was linked to ‘self-styled militias guarding a gas station,’ a report said. Kenosha police are searching Wednesday for a suspect seen on video armed with a long gun after a shooting late Tuesday killed two people and wounded a third. The deadly violence broke out during the third […]

Posted inHealthcare

Coronavirus impact: State-by-state re-openings & restrictions

By Daniella Genovese FOXBusiness The aggressive measure is meant to keep the virus in check by forcing people to stay away from each other. Local governments around the nation are working to reopen the economy months after “stay-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” orders were implemented in an attempt to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. As the virus rapidly spread around […]