By Daniella Genovese FOXBusiness The aggressive measure is meant to keep the virus in check by forcing people to stay away from each other. Local governments around the nation are working to reopen the economy months after “stay-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” orders were implemented in an attempt to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. As the virus rapidly spread around […]
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5 key moments from the RNC’s first night
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Republicans kicked off their convention on Monday. The Republican National Convention opened Monday with a variety of speeches that focused on the promise of America’s future, countering what the party saw as a negative outlook put forward during last week’s Democratic convention. A number of speakers praised the accomplishments of President Trump’s administration before the coronavirus pandemic […]
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Cuban-born Maximo Alvarez warns against socialism in emotional RNC speech
By Thomas Barrabi | Fox News “We cannot let them take over our country,” the Florida businessman said. Florida businessman Maximo Alvarez warned against the “empty promises” of socialism during an impassioned speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday. Alvarez, the founder of Sunshine Gasoline Distributors, fled Cuba with his parents at the age of 13 as Fidel Castro […]
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Tropical Storms Marco, Laura put US coastlines on alert
By Janice Dean | Fox News Tropical Storm Marco is weakening Monday – yet it still brings the risk of heavy rain, storm surge, strong winds and tornadoes as the system moves inland. Marco is forecast to move west along the Louisiana and Texas coast Tuesday and Wednesday. The current projected path of Tropical Storm Marco. (Fox News) Tropical Storm Laura is south of […]
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New York City faces business exodus, officials unclear as to full extent of losses: report
By Peter Aitken FOXBusiness Retail chains and restaurants have abandoned an “unsustainable” New York City over the past few months due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by The New York Times — but officials say thet will not know the full extent of losses until the fall. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed to reduce the geographic […]
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President Trump to participate in every day of Republican convention
By Marisa Schultz, John Roberts | Fox News President Trump will participate in every day of the Republican National Convention (RNC), an untraditional move for the nominee who is typically highlighted on the final night of festivities, Fox News has learned. But Trump already bucked tradition once before when, four years ago, he made a surprise appearance on the first night of the […]
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Biden taps Kamala Harris as running mate, setting aside tensions from primary
By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News She makes history as the first Black woman to serve as a major political party’s VP pick. Kamala Harris, the politically shrewd California senator with a law enforcement background that has caused some tensions with the progressive left, was announced Tuesday as Joe Biden’s running mate. She makes history as the first Black woman […]
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Sally Pipes: Another coronavirus lockdown would hurt these patients and providers
By Sally Pipes | Fox News Foregoing medical care on such a large scale can be catastrophic. Last week, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci urged states with rising COVID-19 rates to consider a new round of lockdown restrictions. “You may need to pause, you may need to drop back a little bit,” Fauci said. “I don’t think you necessarily have to […]
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Trump’s big win on relief orders – here’s why Pelosi, Schumer are so unhappy
By Liz Peek | Fox News The president understands the urgency – and he understands political hardball. What a smackdown! Furious that Democrat leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer were blocking a bill to help Americans through the COVID-19 crisis, President Trump stepped up and got the job done, all by himself. Over the weekend, he issued four executive orders that would extend […]
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American ex-Green Berets jailed over failed Venezuela attack
By Bradford Betz | Fox News Lawyers for the men said they are being denied their constitutional right to a fair trial. Two former U.S. Green Berets were sentenced by a Venezuelan court Friday to 20 years in prison for their role in a botched attack in May, aimed at toppling President Nicolás Maduro. Maduro’s chief prosecutor announced the surprise decision […]
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Group sends hundreds of thousands of ‘potentially misleading’ ballot applications
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News The mailings contain legitimate ballot applications but appear to be from a government source. A voter registration group is sending hundreds of thousands of mail-in and absentee ballots to voters in states that do not automatically mail the ballot applications themselves. The Center for Voter Information, a 501(c)4 nonprofit advocacy organization, […]
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Trump claims Biden ‘no longer worthy of the Black Vote’ in wake of diversity comment
By Brooke Singman | Fox News ‘Sleepy Joe Biden just lost the Black Vote,’ Trump first said in a now-deleted tweet. President Trump on Friday said his presumptive Democratic challenger Joe Biden “is no longer worthy of the Black Vote,” after the former vice president made comments contrasting African American and Latino diversity. “After yesterday’s statement, Sleepy Joe Biden is […]
