By Tyler Olson | Fox News Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., on Thursday said that he is sending oversight letters to a number of Democratic governors who sent coronavirus patients into nursing homes and asked Democrats to join him in getting to the bottom of the issue. “The decision of several governors to essentially mandate COVID positive patients go back to their nursing homes ended […]
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Dow tanks 1,861 points as stocks post worst session since March
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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‘Defund the police’ wrests support from politicians coast-to-coast – and steamrolls holdouts
By Tyler Olson | Fox News In the wake of George Floyd’s death, calls to “defund the police” have in a matter of days escalated from a fringe campaign to a celebrity-backed cause to part of the municipal mainstream — and now appear primed to spur official action, to varying degrees, in cities across the country. The stunning momentum behind the movement has fueled Republican […]
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Violent, armed looters overrun Santa Monica Music Center: ‘They took everything from us, and no one stopped them’
By Hollie McKay | Fox News For almost five decades, Santa Monica Music Center was an oasis of arts and education that gave all walks of life the opportunity to bond over melodies. But in the riots that reached Santa Monica on Sunday, almost everything inside was damaged or pilfered as the distraught owners looked on, and those who tried to […]
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George Floyd rioting – Biden doesn’t get it. It’s the safety, stupid
By Liz Peek | Fox News President Trump has promised to quell the violent attack on our country, and said: “Where there is no safety, there is no future.” He is correct. Never before in our country’s history have our elected officials – officials who have taken an oath to uphold our laws and pledged to keep us […]
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Rioting across the nation leaves cities reeling as hundreds arrested, National Guard called in, businesses damaged and at least 3 dead
By Caitlin McFall, Dom Calicchio | Fox News Dozens of cities across the United States were left early Sunday to assess the toll of a grim night of violent riots that left at least three dead, dozens injured, hundreds arrested and buildings and businesses in charred ruins as protests over the death of a black Minneapolis man in police custody continued for a […]
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church services; Roberts sides with liberals
By Mark Sherman | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Over the dissent of the four more conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberals in turning away […]
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MSNBC analyst’s smear of Florida governor hasn’t aged well
By WND Staff Claiming five Democratic governors were making decisions rooted in “fact-based truth,” MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle slammed Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ restrained approach to the novel coronavirus pandemic from March. But more than two months later, the “facts” vindicate DeSantis’ decision not to order a complete statewide lockdown. The Florida death rates […]
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Trump crafts executive order on social media, weighs commission to probe bias amid Twitter fight
By John Roberts, Gillian Turner, Brooke Singman | Fox News President Trump is crafting an executive order on social media that could seek to curb legal protections for the industry, a broadside that comes amid his escalating fight this week with Twitter over the company’s decision to fact-check his claims for the first time. Fox News is told that, separately, the […]
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Top GOP Lawmaker Says There Will Be ‘Criminal Referrals’ Against Mueller Team
By Tom Ozimek Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the GOP ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, said Republicans have expanded their investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe and will be making “criminal referrals” against special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. Nunes told Fox News on Sunday that Republicans will be making the criminal referrals “in coming weeks,” against […]
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Kayleigh McEnany says reporters dodging FBI’s misconduct with the Flynn case is ‘journalistic malpractice’
By Joshua Nelson | Fox News White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday that most journalists seem to be focused on President Trump’s determination that churches are essential services during the coronavirus pandemic while more serious matters pertaining to the FBI’s Russia investigation misconduct should be discussed. “I was asked 11 questions as to why churches should be opened. It […]
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Dems hammering Trump overlook Obama administration’s record of firing inspectors general
By Gregg Re | Fox News Joe Biden recently admitted that he didn’t “recall” the Obama administration’s conspicuous 2009 firing of a prominent inspector general, even as he sought to slam President Trump for terminating the State Department’s internal watchdog amid a probe of whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered staffers do the dishes, walk the dog and obtain dry […]
