By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness 45 Million Americans have lost their jobs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. equity markets plunged Thursday with the selloff accelerating in the final hour of trading as investors reacted to a resurgence in COVID-19 infections as more states reopened and also after the Federal Reserve warned of a slower economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,861 points or […]
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Republicans returning fire in 2020 battle for Senate
By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Democrats have been playing offense so far this year as they try to regain the majority in the Senate for the first time in six years. But with five months to go until November’s general election, the Republicans are starting to return fire as they defend 23 of the 35 Senate seats up for grabs this year. […]
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Fauci says extended stay-home orders could cause ‘irreparable damage’
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News Stay-home orders that extend too long could cause the U.S. “irreparable damage,” Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Friday. Strict crackdowns on large gatherings and other orders, such as for home quarantines, were needed when the coronavirus first hit the nation, but those rules can now begin to be lifted in many parts of the country, Fauci […]
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Border Wall Construction Has Increased During Pandemic: CBP Chief
By Jack Phillips The head of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency revealed that the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall has remained a high priority during the pandemic, and the barrier is going up faster than before. President Donald Trump has long said that building the wall to curb illegal immigration into the […]
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Watergate prosecutors who want to weigh in on Flynn case include Dem donors, outspoken Trump critics
By Tyler Olson | Fox News Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors have notified Emmet Sullivan, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, that they intend to file an “amicus curiae” (“friend of the court”) brief in the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn after the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to dismiss the charges against him. Flynn had previously pleaded guilty […]
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Reopening Updates: All 50 States and the District of Columbia
By Zachary Stieber Reopenings are taking place across the United States as most governors ease harsh restrictions put into place to try to slow the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The new virus, which originated in China, causes the potentially deadly disease COVID-19. Here’s the situation with each state and the District of […]
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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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‘The View’ ignores Tara Reade’s Biden allegations after championing Kavanaugh accusers
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News “The View” hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Meghan McCain have been sounding off regularly on President Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak and the race between Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Yet none of them have weighed in on a disturbing sexual assault allegation facing Biden […]
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Buildings closed by coronavirus face another risk: Legionnaires’ disease
By John Shiffman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Commercial buildings shuttered for weeks to stem the spread of the coronavirus could fuel another grisly lung infection: Legionnaires’ disease. Public health experts are urging landlords across the globe to carefully re-open buildings to prevent outbreaks of the severe, sometimes lethal, form of pneumonia. The sudden and sweeping closures […]
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Governors face tough decisions as coronavirus lockdowns set to expire by May 1
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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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 […]
