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Hundreds protest coronavirus stay-at-home order in California to ‘defend constitutional rights’

By Travis Fedschun | Fox News Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in Southern California to protest the state’s stay-at-home orders to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the latest in a growing number of demonstrations nationwide. The protesters assembled in San Clemente, near the city’s pier, before marching a half-mile through town joined by drivers who honked in support. Leigh Dundas, a human rights attorney, […]

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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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Top coronavirus model significantly lowers total estimates of US deaths in new projection

By Adam Shaw | Fox News A key coronavirus model has lowered its estimate of total U.S. deaths in its latest projection of how many will die due to the contagious virus. The revision will likely fuel criticism from skeptics that initial projections were overblown, and one that government leaders may use to say that efforts to combat the spread […]

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Coronavirus timeline shows politicians’, media’s changing rhetoric on risk of pandemic

By Gregg Re | Fox News As reporters looked on during a contentious White House briefing this week, President Trump stepped aside and played a brief video showing several media figures downplaying the coronavirus in January and February, including some personalities who now argue the president didn’t act quickly enough. Looking back, members of both parties have mud on their face […]

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MSNBC host suggests Biden form ‘shadow government’ to counter Trump on coronavirus

By Dom Calicchio | Fox News The U.S. presidential election is still seven months away but an MSNBC host is already suggesting that Democrat Joe Biden set up a “shadow government” against the Trump administration amid the coronavirus outbreak. Stephanie Ruhle pitched the idea Wednesday during an interview with Jim Messina, who served as deputy chief of staff of operations under former President Barack Obama. Messina […]

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Coronavirus stay-at-home orders stir protests nationwide amid fears of economic collapse

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News At least 15,000 cars and trucks are expected to descend on Michigan’s state capital on Wednesday to protest what they’re calling Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s tyrannical new guidelines to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state. The so-called “drive-by” demonstration – in order to maintain social distancing […]

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Trump slams ‘complaining’ Dem Pritzker at coronavirus briefing, signals openness to more stimulus checks

By Gregg Re | Fox News Saying “we hope we’re seeing a leveling off in the hottest spots of them all,” President Trump revealed Sunday evening that 1.67 million people have now been tested for coronavirus in the United States — although he made clear he felt some politicians have let their constituents down during the crisis. Illinois Gov. J.B. […]

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After mocking Trump for promoting hydroxychloroquine, journalists acknowledge it might treat coronavirus

By Gregg Re | Fox News After repeatedly mocking President Trump for suggesting on March 19 that hydroxychloroquine could be an effective treatment for coronavirus, media organizations have begun acknowledging that the drug — now approved for emergency use to treat coronavirus by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — may be useful after all. Journalists and top Democrats have beaten a similarly […]