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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Here’s When $300 A Week Unemployment Benefits May Start
By Zack Friedman, Forbes When do the $300 weekly unemployment benefits start? Here’s what you need to know – and what it means for you. Unemployment Benefits According to a new memo from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), the $300 enhanced weekly unemployment benefits will not be available until late August. Unemployed Americans have been waiting for supplemental […]
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Stocks turn lower after surging to record
By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new highs. Stocks slumped into negative territory Tuesday after hitting record highs earlier in the session following strong housing data and better-than-expected retail earnings. The S&P 500 climbed as much as 0.39% in the opening minutes of trading, eclipsing its intraday high of 3,393.52, before turning lower. The benchmark index needs to finish […]
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China’s anti-Trump election meddling raises new alarm, as DNI calls country biggest threat
By Brooke Singman | Fox News ‘China poses a greater national security threat to the U.S. than any other nation,’ DNI says. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Fox News that China poses “a greater national security threat” to the United States “than any other nation,” detailing a web of threats that includes “election influence and interference.” Intelligence […]
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Stocks slide after Congress breaks with no COVID-relief deal
By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness U.S. equity markets slipped Friday morning after lawmakers went on break without agreeing on a coronavirus relief package and retail sales softened. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 87 points, or 0.31%, in the opening minutes of trading while the S&P 500 dropped 0.23% and and the Nasdaq Composite swung between tiny […]
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Trump lays down gauntlet for Barr on Durham probe: Either ‘greatest attorney general’ or ‘average guy’
By Brooke Singman | Fox News ‘I hope they’re not going to be politically correct,’ Trump said. President Trump on Thursday said he hopes U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is investigating the origins of the Russia probe, is “not going to be politically correct” and warned that Attorney General William Barr could go down as “the greatest attorney general” […]
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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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NYC relocations accelerating at ‘substantial’ pace, local movers say
By Brittany De Lea FOXBusiness Even as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has leveled off in recent weeks, moving companies say they remain inundated with requests from people leaving New York City. Big Apple-based moving company Oz Moving, for example, told FOX Business that the volume of moves continues to rise at a “substantial rate” – in addition to a […]
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NRA fights back, files its own suit against NY attorney general seeking to disband organization
By Stephanie Pagones | Fox News President Trump slammed AG Letitia James’ suit against the group, calling it ‘a very terrible thing’. The National Rifle Association is fighting back against a lawsuit filed Thursday by New York’s attorney general by submitting its own civil suit against the state official, accusing her of defamation and violating its rights to free speech. The NRA’s […]
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Beirut explosion: Rescue workers frantically search for survivors as Lebanon capital confronts massive devastation
By Danielle Wallace | Fox News At least 100 have died and some 4,000 are injured. Rescuers on Wednesday are working frantically to search for survivors in Beirut a day after a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital, leaving at least 100 dead and some 4,000 injured. Lebanon’s Health Minister Hamad Hassan told reporters outside a hospital that the death toll […]
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Dem Senator walks out of Ted Cruz’s Antifa hearing: ‘I don’t think you listen’
By Marisa Schultz | Fox News Cruz accuses Democrats of not forcefully denouncing the leftist extremist group. Tensions flared at a Senate hearing on Antifa when a top Democrat walked out of the room declaring she couldn’t sit through Sen. Ted Cruz’s rhetorical speeches any longer. The dustup occurred when Cruz, R-Texas, blasted Democrats for not condemning Antifa more directly for the violence […]
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Stocks rally as slow coronavirus-relief talks move in ‘right direction’
By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness Microsoft has until Sept. 15 to strike a deal for TikTok’s US operations. U.S. equity markets rallied Tuesday morning after a Democratic negotiator said deadlocked Congressional talks on coronavirus relief, including extra unemployment benefits that boosted the economy before running out last month, were moving in the “right direction.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 123 points, or […]
