By Hollie McKay | Fox News While coronavirus ravages New York – with officials desperately clamoring for life-saving supplies and federal assistance – attention has also turned to years of fiscal mismanagement and cost-cutting, despite it being one of the highest-taxed states in the country. Since the outbreak gained a foothold in the United States earlier this year – and quickly […]
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Pelosi pushes ‘SALT shakeup’ stimulus that could reduce her tax bill and enrich her wealthy district
By Gregg Re | Fox News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is pushing for a new stimulus bill that would roll back the state and local tax deduction (SALT) cap, a proposal that would predominantly help wealthy individuals — including most residents in Pelosi’s district and perhaps even Pelosi herself. A 2019 report from the Joint Committee on Taxation projected that of those who would face lower […]
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New York Mayor’s Threat Against Congregations Prompts Outpouring of Condemnation from Civil Liberties Defenders
BY Mark Tapscott New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stepped on a bipartisan political landmine Sunday when he threatened to close permanently religious congregations hosting worship and other gatherings in defiance of social distancing orders. “The American people are patient and will tolerate temporary impositions on their freedoms if it means they can demonstrate love for their neighbor. But, […]
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Book Review: ‘The Myth of Chinese Capitalism: The Worker, the Factory, and the Future of the World’
By Chriss Street Former Bloomberg Beijing bureau chief Dexter Roberts’ new bestselling book tracks the rise of China as the “factory to the world,” the devastation of its migrant workers, and its potential rebellious end. Roberts arrived in 1995 to a nation struggling with “gaige kaifang,” or reform and opening, following Mao Zedong’s radical egalitarianism that […]
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Trump calls for $2T infrastructure bill as ‘Phase 4’ of coronavirus response
By Brooke Singman | Fox News President Trump on Tuesday called for a $2 trillion infrastructure bill to serve as “Phase 4” of the federal government’s coronavirus response efforts, just days after Congress approved a massive stimulus package worth even more than that. “With interest rates for the United States being at ZERO, this is the time to […]
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Telling Chinese People the Truth About the CCP
By Catherine Yang It’s not just Americans who are only now realizing the extent of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence and its deceptions—many Chinese living in mainland China are in the same boat. For nearly 20 years, Jianglan Xiao has taken sharing the truth with the Chinese people as her mission. Working from California, she’s […]
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Florida sees sharp spike in coronavirus infections as fears grow it could be another hotspot
By Lucia I. Suarez Sang | Fox News Fears are growing that Florida could be another coronavirus hotspot after a sharp increase in infections in the last 24 hours and nearly two dozen more deaths. Health officials said Saturday morning they have seen 863 additional positive COVID-19 cases, which brought the total tally of cases to 3,763. In this photo provided […]
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Trump signs $2T stimulus bill after House approves historic coronavirus response
By Marisa Schultz, Chad Pergram | Fox News President Trump on Friday signed a more than $2 trillion legislative package to combat the coronavirus pandemic and send economic relief to workers and businesses squeezed by restrictions meant to stop the outbreak’s spread after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the legislation earlier in the day. “I want to thank […]
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Congress OKs $2T stimulus in historic coronavirus response, as rep’s objections sidelined
By Marisa Schultz, Chad Pergram | Fox News The House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly approved a more than $2 trillion package to combat the coronavirus pandemic and send economic relief to workers and businesses squeezed by restrictions meant to stop the outbreak’s spread. The legislation, approved by voice vote despite 11th-hour drama arising from a GOP lawmaker’s objections, amounts […]
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Trump says new coronavirus ‘guidelines’ will address potential changes to social distancing rules
By Brooke Singman, Matt Leach | Fox News President Trump on Thursday said the administration is working to publish new guidelines that will advise governors in states across the nation on potential changes to social distancing, based on whether certain counties are low, medium or high risk for the novel coronavirus. In a letter from the president to “America’s Governors,” Trump […]
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Trump Expresses Desire to ‘Have the Country Opened Up’ by Easter
By Zachary Stieber President Donald Trump said he’d like to have the United States “opened up” by Easter. “I’d love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter,” Trump said during a CCP virus town hall on Fox News on Tuesday. The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus as the CCP virus, which […]
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Ohio, Louisiana issue new statewide coronavirus stay-at-home orders
By Vandana Rambaran | Fox News Lousiana and Ohio became the latest states Sunday to announce they would issue sweeping restrictions urging citizens to stay at home in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-La., said the “stay at home order,” which would go into effect Monday, was a necessary measure to “flatten the curve” and protect […]
