By Marisa Schultz | Fox News Trump Administration ordered the shutdown of the consulate that was ‘hub of spying’. U.S. officials pried open the doors of the Chinese consulate in Houston on Friday and took over the building shortly after Chinese officials vacated the facility on orders from the Trump Administration. Federal officials and local law enforcement surrounded the Houston facility Friday […]
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Apartment evictions are mounting in Houston, and could get worse
By The Wall Street Journal Over 11M Americans could be served with eviction papers over the next 4 months. It was 9:07 a.m. when Cammessia Mitchell started banging on a courtroom door in Southwest Houston. She thought she was early for her June eviction hearing. Minutes later, she learned that her landlord had already won the case. […]
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USDA finds coronavirus-related meat plant shutdowns behind cattle, beef price disparity
By Jeanette Settembre FOXBusiness The report found COVID-19 disrupted the meat market, production and sale of beef in the US. The U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed in a report that the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the meat market’s production and the sale of beef in the U.S., but did not specify any violations of federal law regarding a disparity between the price […]
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Sen. Marco Rubio: Trump right to shut Chinese consulate in Houston — it was a massive spying operation
By Sen. Marco Rubio | Fox News This sends a strong message to China, Russia and other adversaries that America will not tolerate illegal espionage. This week smoke billowed from the courtyard of the Chinese consulate in Houston as employees burned sensitive documents. Typically, consulates carry out services such as issuing visas and engaging in cultural exchanges. […]
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GOP reps push resolution to ban Democratic Party over past slavery ties
By Tyler Olson | Fox News A group of Republican House members, led by Rep. Louis Gohmert of Texas, introduced a resolution Thursday that would effectively ban the Democratic Party from the House or force a party name change over past slavery ties — a response to the recent efforts to remove tributes to past members of the Confederacy from the […]
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo’s attempt to call out Ted Cruz gets quick response
By Brie Stimson | Fox News ‘When you air the interviews you already have, then maybe we can discuss new ones. #FakeNews,’ he tweeted. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called out CNN’s Chris Cuomo Wednesday for challenging the senator to give an interview on his show when the network only aired a fraction of a several-minute interview he gave CNN earlier this […]
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China harboring military-linked biologist fugitive at San Francisco consulate, FBI says
By Gregg Re | Fox News The Chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring a biology researcher who falsely denied connections to the Chinese military to obtain a visa and gain access to the country, according to court documents filed by the FBI. The filing came as part of a document that cited a slew of other episodes in which Chinese nationals allegedly […]
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Lockdowns were ‘big mistake,’ crippled economy and haven’t ‘done much’ to curb COVID-19: Rand Paul
By Talia Kaplan | Fox News ‘I see nothing to be admired in New York’s lockdown,’ Paul says. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told “Fox News Rundown” podcast on Wednesday that he thinks coronavirus lockdowns were “a big mistake,” adding that they led to a crippling of the economy and haven’t “done much to the virus.” Paul made the comments as several states […]
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Big tech lags as stocks power higher
By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Tesla were trading at or near record highs. U.S. equity markets traded higher Tuesday morning as Silicon Valley giants pared their early gains, pulling the Nasdaq Composite behind the other major averages. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 309 points, or 1.16 percent, in early trading while the S&P 500 rose 0.73 percent. […]
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S&P 500 gains on COVID-19 vaccine, stimulus hopes
By Reuters (Reuters) – The S&P 500 edged higher on Monday as promising data across a range of COVID-19 vaccine candidates and hopes of more stimulus helped overcome fears around the extent of the economic damage from a surge in domestic infections.FILE PHOTO: Traders wearing masks work, on the first day of in-person trading since […]
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Another 1.3M Americans filed for unemployment aid last week amid uneven coronavirus recovery
By Megan Henney FOXBusiness It’s the 17th week in a row that jobless claims came in above 1 million. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remained historically high last week, indicating that employers are continuing to slash jobs amid a coronavirus resurgence that’s threatening the labor market’s nascent recovery. EXTRA $600 IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ENDS NEXT MONTH AS […]
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House GOP resolution accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘anti-American’ remarks; office decries ‘false smear’
By Adam Shaw | Fox News Resolution introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona. A resolution introduced Thursday by House Republicans condemns allegedly “anti-American” statements by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after remarks in which she called for supporters to begin “dismantling the whole system of oppression.” The resolution, introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. – and co-sponsored by Reps. Scott Perry, R-Pa., […]
