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Trump touts surprise job gains, calls on states to end coronavirus lockdowns

By Tyler Olson | Fox News President Trump declared Friday that jobs are coming back on the heels of a surprise labor report that may indicate the start of an economic recovery amid historic job losses, as he also upped his demands on states to lift lingering coronavirus-related lockdowns. “We’re bringing our jobs back,” Trump said during upbeat remarks to members […]

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Trump says GOP ‘forced’ to seek other state to host convention, slamming North Carolina governor

By Gregg Re | Fox News President Trump announced late Tuesday that Republicans are “forced” to seek another state to host their convention, saying North Carolina’s governor was “still in Shelter-In-Place Mode” and had “refused to guarantee that we can have use of the Spectrum Arena” in Charlotte, despite earlier assurances. The president didn’t name an alternative venue. Earlier in the day, GOP officials said […]

Posted inWeather

Tropical Storm Cristobal lashes Mexico, Gulf Coast states likely to have impacts by next week

By Janice Dean, Brandon Noriega | Fox News The third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is bringing life-threatening flooding to Mexico and Central America, and possible problems to the Gulf Coast. Tropical Storm Cristobal is the third named storm so far in a very active season, which officially just began Monday. There are as many as 13 to 19 named storms predicted during the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 […]

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Former Antifa member bashes radical group as fighting for nothing but ‘failed leftist socialist ideology’

By Charles Creitz | Fox News A former member of the radical Antifa organization told “The Ingraham Angle” Monday that the group’s claim to be “anti-fascist” is a “false narrative.” Gabriel Nadales told host Laura Ingraham that he was in Antifa around 2011, and recalled it as the most violent group he had ever been part of. TRUMP UNLOADS […]

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Big-city Dems who had imposed strict lockdowns now let George Floyd rioters flout rules

By Gregg Re | Fox News The coronavirus lockdown is seemingly down and out, as many Democrats in charge of big cities — including several who once insisted on strict quarantine measures — line up to champion the nationwide mass demonstrations over the in-custody death of George Floyd, sans social distancing. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo lashed out at protesters calling to reopen the […]

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SpaceX makes history, launches NASA astronauts into space from US soil for the first time since 2011

By James Rogers | Fox News SpaceX has launched NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on their historic Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is the first time that astronauts have launched from American soil since the final Space Shuttle flight in 2011. Hurley and Behnken blasted off from Kennedy Space Center’s historic launch pad 39A, which […]

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Hertz Files for US Bankruptcy Protection as Car Rentals Evaporate Amid CCP Virus Pandemic

By Reuters NEW YORK—The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after its business was decimated during the CCP virus pandemic and talks with creditors failed to result in much-needed relief. Hertz’s board earlier in the day approved the company seeking Chapter 11 protection in a U.S. bankruptcy […]

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Doctors raise alarm about health effects of continued coronavirus shutdown: ‘Mass casualty incident’

By Tyler Olson | Fox News More than 600 doctors signed onto a letter sent to President Trump Tuesday pushing him to end the “national shutdown” aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, calling the widespread state orders keeping businesses closed and kids home from school a “mass casualty incident” with “exponentially growing health consequences.” The letter outlines a variety of consequences […]

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo gets a pass from CNN on nursing home policy controversy

By Brian Flood | Fox News New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being accused of failing to protect nursing home residents during the coronavirus pandemic, which one state representative called an “inexcusable tragedy.” While many are blaming Cuomo’s policies for the high death toll, one place you won’t hear any questions about it is on CNN, where experts point out the governor is instead lobbed […]

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Georgia apologizes over ‘processing error’ after accusations officials were manipulating coronavirus case counts

By Danielle Wallace | Fox News The Georgia Department of Public Health apologized Monday for its most recent coronavirus data gaffe, explaining a “processing error” over the weekend had incorrectly shown a downward trend in the number of daily new infections. In a tweet Monday from its official Twitter account, the department said: “Yesterday, a processing error inadvertently included 231 serologic test […]

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Dow surges over 900 points amid coronavirus vaccine progress as lockdowns ease

By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness Drugmaker Moderna received positive coronavirus trial results. U.S. equity markets soared Monday after drugmaker Moderna announced progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and as lockdowns continued to ease nationwide. Ticker Security Last Change Change % I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 24597.37 +911.95 +3.85% SP500 S&P 500 2953.91 +90.21 +3.15% I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 9234.82807 +220.27 +2.44% The Dow Jones Industrial Average […]