By Stephen Sorace | Fox News Tensions have heightened since federal officials were sent to quell riots in Portland, Oregon. Several cities across America are bracing for more demonstrations and violent rioting this weekend after another night of lawlessness and unrest boiled over into the early hours of Sunday morning, as Antifa and militia groups prepare for further battle […]
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Tax hikes contemplated to plug coronavirus-caused budget shortfalls
By Brittany De Lea FOXBusiness The coronavirus pandemic has put a significant strain on state and local budgets, causing some local leaders to consider raising taxes as a means to ensure critical services can continue. “State and local governments need, desperately need, financial support,” Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi said during a recent Economic Policy Institute teleconference. Zandi predicts the budget […]
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Millions of Americans are unemployed, we need to make it easier for them to get back to work
By Phil Harvey, Lisa Conyers FOXBusiness About thirty million (and counting) Americans are officially unemployed, and this number is not likely to budge much anytime soon. At the same time, millions of small businesses nationwide are shuttered and many do not know when or if they will ever re-open. The $3 trillion CARES emergency funding effort aims to help small businesses. It […]
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China harboring military-linked biologist fugitive at San Francisco consulate, FBI says
By Gregg Re | Fox News The Chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring a biology researcher who falsely denied connections to the Chinese military to obtain a visa and gain access to the country, according to court documents filed by the FBI. The filing came as part of a document that cited a slew of other episodes in which Chinese nationals allegedly […]
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Mail-in voting faces slew of issues nationwide, as emergency USPS memo sounds alarm
By Gregg Re | Fox News Mail carriers may need to leave packages behind at distribution centers, memo warns. Mail-in voting across the country has led to a series of anomalous results in recent weeks – including delayed, misplaced and missing ballots, a review by Fox News has found. As the issues surfaced, Fox News obtained a copy of a […]
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Another 1.3M Americans filed for unemployment aid last week amid uneven coronavirus recovery
By Megan Henney FOXBusiness It’s the 17th week in a row that jobless claims came in above 1 million. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remained historically high last week, indicating that employers are continuing to slash jobs amid a coronavirus resurgence that’s threatening the labor market’s nascent recovery. EXTRA $600 IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ENDS NEXT MONTH AS […]
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Coronavirus double standard — liberal media declare protests more sacred than church
By Tim Graham | Creators Syndicate Our media elites don’t care when religious believers of all colors and creeds are demoted to second-class citizens. For many Americans, the most painful consequence of the coronavirus lockdowns is the closing of church services. The grace and peace of Sunday makes it easier to make it through the week. But our media […]
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US economy faces new hurdle for recovery: Child care crisis
By Megan Henney FOXBusiness School systems are weighing only a partial reopening in the fall, or remaining entirely virtual. The U.S. economy faces another hurdle in its recovery from the coronavirus-induced financial crisis: A lack of child care. Experts broadly agree that reopening schools in the fall could be key to reversing the severe economic damage inflicted by the pandemic. […]
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Paul Batura: On Reagan Revolution’s 40th anniversary, here are 5 lessons Trump should embrace
By Paul J. Batura | Fox News Four decades later, America remains in desperate need of the values and principles that President Ronald Reagan so heartily championed. Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena was demolished earlier this spring, but exactly 40 years ago – July 17, 1980 – its then sparkling new rafters were reverberating with the triumphant cheers […]
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Trump to hold Rose Garden press conference
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News A source familiar with the matter said the president will use the opportunity to discuss China. President Trump will hold a press conference in the Rose Garden Tuesday at 5 p.m., the White House announced, and a source familiar with the matter said the president will use the opportunity to discuss China during […]
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Cuomo takes heat over internal nursing home report
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing backlash from the scientific community and others for using a state report that backed up his theory that nursing home coronavirus deaths were not caused by his policies, even though the report may not have thoroughly explored the issue. Cuomo has been insisting that the thousands of nursing […]
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Local governments weigh major tax hikes to plug coronavirus-induced shortfalls
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Homeowners, beware. State and local governments scrambling to raise money during the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic are looking to increased property taxes — as well as wealth taxes and more — to fill budget holes. The proposals come as officials are trying to strike a balance. Historic job losses caused by lockdowns […]
