By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News Lockdown orders are set to expire by May 1 in nearly two dozen states even as new cases of the novel coronavirus continue to rise, forcing governors across the country to decide whether to lift the orders or extend them. As of Monday morning, the states whose lockdown orders expire by May 1 are Alabama, Alaska, […]
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Trump ramps up pressure on Pelosi over stalemate on small business program: ‘Come back to Washington’
By Adam Shaw | Fox News President Trump on Friday ramped up the pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, urging her to “get back to Washington” and solve the stalemate in Congress over a $250 billion request to top-up a small-business loan program as part of the response to the coronavirus crisis. “An incompetent political hack! Come back to Washington & […]
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Sanders suspends presidential campaign, rendering Biden presumptive Democratic nominee
By Paul Steinhauser, Brooke Singman | Fox News Bernie Sanders suspended his Democratic presidential campaign on Wednesday, effectively ensuring former Vice President Joe Biden will be the party’s nominee even as the liberal Vermont senator vowed to continue to lead his “movement” into the future. The senator, at one point the front-runner for the nomination, initially announced the decision during an all-staff conference […]
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Trump says US may put a ‘very powerful hold’ on funding to World Health Organization
By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News President Trump signaled Tuesday he may put a “very powerful hold” on funding to the World Health Organization as he lashed out at the United Nations specialized agency and accused it of “being very China-centric” amid the coronavirus pandemic. Reiterating his complaints from a tweet earlier in the day, the president said that the WHO “has been […]
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New York City stockpiled ventilators for a pandemic, only to later auction them off: report
By Tyler Olson | Fox News In 2006, then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration began purchasing ventilators to allow the city to be prepared for a pandemic like the current coronavirus crisis — only for the city to later auction them off, according to a report. ProPublica reported Monday that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued a report in 2006 […]
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Pelosi pushes ‘SALT shakeup’ stimulus that could reduce her tax bill and enrich her wealthy district
By Gregg Re | Fox News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is pushing for a new stimulus bill that would roll back the state and local tax deduction (SALT) cap, a proposal that would predominantly help wealthy individuals — including most residents in Pelosi’s district and perhaps even Pelosi herself. A 2019 report from the Joint Committee on Taxation projected that of those who would face lower […]
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Coronavirus in the US: State-by-state breakdown
By Alexandria Hein, David Aaro | Fox News As of Monday morning, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 164,470 people across 135 countries and territories, resulting in over 5,700 deaths. In the U.S., at least 49 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying over 3,700 illnesses and 68 deaths. CORONAVIRUS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Here’s a […]
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Disorder in the courts: Federal judge blasts Chief Justice John Roberts
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News A federal judge leveled harsh accusations against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and the rest of the conservative majority, claiming that they are “actively participating in undermining American democracy.” Judge Lynn Adelman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin blasted the Roberts-led court in an article titled “The Roberts Court’s […]
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Biden projected to win Mississippi and Missouri primaries, with polls in pivotal Michigan closing soon
By Gregg Re | Fox News Joe Biden will easily win the primary contests in Mississippi and Missouri, Fox News projects, building on the former vice president’s momentum from Super Tuesday a week ago. Biden cruises past Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in both states, making Michigan – where polls close in less than an hour – even […]
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Sanders fights for another Rust Belt upset to regain momentum against Biden
By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Underscoring what’s at stake for his White House bid when Michigan and five other states hold Democratic presidential nomination contests on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders emphasizes that “this is a very, very important day in Michigan.” Speaking in front of more than 10,000 people at a rally at the University of Michigan in Ann […]
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Buttigieg exits presidential race ahead of Super Tuesday, cementing collapse after strong Iowa showing
By Gregg Re | Fox News Pete Buttigieg told supporters he’s ending his presidential campaign on Sunday, campaign sources confirmed to Fox News, in an abrupt and surprising pullout that further narrows the field of Democrats less than a month after he declared victory in the contested Iowa caucuses. Buttigieg had been scheduled to headline a rally in Dallas on Sunday night. The […]
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Warren declares contested Democratic National Convention the ‘final play’
By Gregg Re | Fox News In a head-turning memo Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign declared that “the reality of this race” is that “no candidate will likely have a path to the majority of delegates” at the July Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis. — setting out in stark terms the possibility of a bruising convention that party leaders have […]
