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Dem-imposed coronavirus orders face lawsuits across the nation

By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Stay-at-home orders aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus are now facing legal challenges from residents and state officials alike, alleging that some measures – mostly put in place by Democrats — go too far while the country gradually moves toward reopening. California alone is facing at least a dozen lawsuits that include claims that the state […]

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As US coronavirus death toll mounts, so does the belief by some that it is exaggerated

By Robert Gearty | Fox News There’s a reason why some people believe government officials are exaggerating the number of COVID-19 fatalities. One problem is the hodgepodge way states tally those numbers, Fox News has found. Some states count presumed coronavirus deaths along with confirmed cases under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance issued last month. Other states don’t count […]

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Coronavirus reopening – Democrats resist, Americans persist. Here’s why

By Liz Peek | Fox News Can you feel it? Can you feel the pace quickening? More cars on the road, more people in the stores, more ads crowding your inbox? Activity is picking up, even in my state of New York, where we’re still under lockdown. It’s palpable; Americans everywhere are going back to work. Democrats don’t like that one little bit. The worse […]

Posted inEconomy

Coronavirus lockdowns: Unrest growing in few remaining states that won’t give firm reopening date

By Greg Norman | Fox News Unrest is growing Friday in the American states that have become the last holdouts in terms of announcing dates when their economies will start reopening during the coronavirus outbreak. As the virus continues its deadly and unpredictable spread across the U.S., the economic losses are piling up as well, with more than 33 million Americans seeking jobless aid since the closures began. The overwhelming majority of states have […]

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Government gone too far? States rebuked for coronavirus lockdown measures

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News The Justice Department has sided with a Virginia church suing Gov. Ralph Northam after police threatened a pastor with jail time or a $2,500 fine for violating lockdown restrictions by holding a service on Palm Sunday – marking the latest incident where federal lawyers or local courts have challenged a state’s stay-at-home mandates […]

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Fox News town hall: Trump predicts coronavirus vaccine by year’s end, vows ‘plague’ will pass

By Gregg Re | Fox News As some states loosen lockdown restrictions in a bid to set the nation’s battered economy on the road to recovery, President Trump endorsed a state-by-state approach while predicting at a Fox News virtual town hall on Sunday that a coronavirus vaccine could be available by December. “I think we’ll have a vaccine by the end […]

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DeSantis fires back at coronavirus critics, says Florida didn’t have issues other states did

By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis boasted on Tuesday that the numbers of coronavirus cases in his state are far below what was expected, as some states with more restrictive shutdown orders have been hit harder. Speaking to reporters alongside President Trump at the White House, DeSantis pushed back against criticism that he waited too long to […]