By Barnini Chakraborty | Fox News Another day, another dig. This time it’s from a prominent Chinese official who is using articles written by the American media to fuel Beijing’s propaganda machine as the tit-for-tat between the two superpowers escalated Monday over COVID-19’s origin and which country’s lack of action is responsible for turning the novel coronavirus into a global pandemic. […]
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Pelosi’s coronavirus stimulus includes return of ‘Obamaphones,’ other unrelated items, GOP says
By Gregg Re | Fox News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced her own emergency coronavirus stimulus bill on Monday, leading furious Republicans to argue that much of the proposal contained a progressive wishlist seemingly unrelated to the crisis — including several provisions that amount to a resurrection of the notorious “Obamaphone” program, GOP officials said. The bill proposed by Pelosi, D-Calif., additionally seeks […]
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Senate fails to move forward with coronavirus ‘Phase 3′ bill amid Dems’ opposition
By Bradford Betz | Fox News The GOP-controlled Senate on Sunday failed to move forward with considering the $1.4 trillion “Phase Three” stimulus package intended to help businesses and families devastated by the downturn over the coronavirus outbreak, as Senate Majority Leader McConnell, R-Ky., blasted Democrats opposed to the plan. The vote came while at least five GOP senators were in self-quarantine, including Sen. Rand […]
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Facing calls to quit, Burr seeks ethics probe
By Chris Stirewalt | Fox News FACING CALLS TO QUIT, BURR SEEKS ETHICS PROBE WaPo: “Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said Friday that he has asked the Senate Ethics Committee to review his recent stock sales, which included some in industries that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. The Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, who had expressed confidence in […]
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Kim Jong Un orders workers to build new hospital as North Korea continues to claim no coronavirus cases
By Greg Norman | Fox News North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is calling on his country to hastily build a “modern general hospital” to “better protect the precious health and safety of our people” amid growing suspicions the Hermit Kingdom isn’t being honest about the coronavirus outbreak. State media reported Kim broke ground at the hospital construction site in Pyongyang on Tuesday as the North continues […]
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Trump wants to send Americans checks ‘immediately’ in response to coronavirus, Mnuchin says
By Brooke Singman | Fox News Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday that the Trump administration wants to send checks to Americans “in the next two weeks” in an effort to help people cope with the economic fallout due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re looking at sending checks to Americans immediately,” Mnuchin said during a press briefing from the White House. […]
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Foreign disinformation campaign on fake national quarantine trying to cause panic: officials
By Brooke Singman, Gillian Turner | Fox News Trump administration officials say a foreign disinformation campaign is trying to spread fear amid the coronavirus pandemic, with false rumors of a nationwide quarantine and more. A senior administration official told Fox News on Monday that it is imperative to ensure the information about the novel coronavirus is coming from verified outlets. CYBERATTACK HITS HHS, REPORT […]
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Sanders attacks Biden record as one-on-one debate turns personal: ‘Don’t laugh, Joe’
By Gregg Re | Fox News A Democratic debate that was tamed from the outset by coronavirus-related precautions nevertheless produced fireworks Sunday night as Bernie Sanders repeatedly attacked Joe Biden’s lengthy record and spurned the presidential primary front-runner’s attempts to win over him and his base by adopting liberal platforms. Biden bristled at Sanders’ transparent attempts to […]
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Inside China’s high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus
By Barnini Chakraborty | Fox News If you listened to Chinese state-run media, you’d think President Trump went to China and released vials of COVID-19 on groups of unsuspecting men, women and children. Beijing has been bending over backward trying to convince the world that the United States is the real culprit behind the quickly spreading virus that’s already claimed more than 4,600 […]
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Trump to pitch Congress on payroll tax cut, relief for small business amid coronavirus crisis
By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News President Trump said Monday evening that he will be meeting with congressional leaders on Tuesday to press them about what can be done to help the economy as it struggles amid the coronavirus outbreak. Trump said that he plans to meet with Senate leadership on Wednesday to discuss a payroll tax cut, small business […]
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CPAC attendee tests positive for coronavirus; White House says Trump, Pence not in close proximity
By Melissa Leon | Fox News The American Conservative Union (ACU), which hosts the high-profile Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), confirmed Saturday that one of this year’s conference attendees has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “The exposure occurred previous to the conference,” the ACU said in an email to attendees and participants. The person was tested in New Jersey and […]
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Judge Orders Barr to Show Him Unredacted Mueller Report
By Petr Svab A federal judge has ordered Attorney General William Barr to show him the unredacted version of the Mueller report, which summarized the results of an investigation into allegations of collusion between Russia and the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump. Washington, D.C., District Judge Reggie Walton said in a March 5 opinion […]
