By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News A stimulus package bill meant to boost the economy amid coronavirus fears will be introduced on the floor of the House Wednesday but seems unlikely to include a temporary halt to the payroll tax that the Trump administration has been touting. The bill, which lawmakers have been furiously working on for days, comes as […]
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Democracy 2020 Digest: Bernie sets terms for possible future exit, even as he stays put
By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed on Wednesday to stay in the Democratic presidential nomination race, emphasizing that “on Sunday I very much look forward to the debate in Arizona with my friend Joe Biden.” The populist senator from Vermont – who spoke the day after he was pummeled by the former vice president in Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho […]
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Dems condemning Trump’s proposed payroll tax cut after previously supporting Obama’s
By Gregg Re | Fox News Democrats are lining up to condemn President Trump’s proposal to eliminate payroll taxes amid the coronavirus outbreak, even though many of them were lock-step in supporting former President Obama’s two-percent payroll tax cut in 2010. The apparent flip-flop came as stocks rebounded on Tuesday on news of the president’s coronavirus initiatives, with the Dow posting its third-biggest […]
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Hunter Biden cites coronavirus, wife’s pregnancy to avoid deposition until after Election Day
By Gregg Re | Fox News Hunter Biden’s attorneys have abruptly asked the Arkansas judge in his ongoing paternity case to postpone his scheduled March 11 deposition until after Election Day, saying the coronavirus outbreak, his wife’s “imminent due date” and “intense media scrutiny” all pose a risk of “personal endangerment” for the former vice president’s son. Additionally, […]
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Dow plunges over 2,000 points, oil crashes as price war erupts and coronavirus spreads
By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness U.S. equity markets were sharply lower Monday morning after an oil price war broke out between Saudi Arabia and Russia and the new coronavirus showed signs of spreading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down by as many as 2,046 points, or 7.9 percent, in the opening minutes of trading while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite […]
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Doctor, staffer linked to Connecticut hospitals ID’d among NY coronavirus cases, governor confirms
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News A doctor and a staffer linked to Connecticut hospitals have been identified as testing positive for coronavirus, the state’s governor said Saturday. The doctor is a New York state resident who visits patients in Connecticut’s Bridgeport Hospital but is not on the staff there, Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement. “This most recent case of […]
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GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik blasts ‘radical Far-Left’ after finding ‘vile’ note on car while grocery shopping
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a third-term congresswoman from New York State who drew national attention for defending President Trump during impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill last year, has become the latest victim of public incivility against Republicans. Stefanik wrote Saturday on Twitter that when she returned to her car earlier in the day after grocery shopping with her […]
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China Gave Imperfect Data on Coronavirus Epidemic: Pompeo
By Zachary Stieber China has delivered imperfect data on the new coronavirus, which emerged in the country in late 2019 before spreading to more than 50 countries around the world, a top U.S. official said on Friday.ADVERTISING “Remember, this is the Wuhan coronavirus that’s caused this,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, using a colloquial […]
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Loaded gun found in jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself
By Associated Press Federal investigators found a loaded gun Thursday that had been smuggled into the jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself last summer, following a weeklong lockdown that turned up other contraband and led to a criminal probe into guard misconduct, the federal Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press. The handgun was located by Bureau […]
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Trump campaign sues CNN over ‘false and defamatory’ statements, seeks millions in damages
By Brian Flood, Brooke Singman | Fox News EXCLUSIVE: President Trump’s re-election campaign filed a libel lawsuit against CNN on Friday for publishing “false and defamatory” statements about seeking Russia’s help in the 2020 election. “The complaint alleges CNN was aware of the falsity at the time it published them but did so for the intentional purpose of hurting the campaign while misleading […]
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Trump moves forward with cutting off funds to sanctuary cities: ‘Do not protect criminals!’
By Adam Shaw | Fox News President Trump on Thursday said his administration is moving forward with withholding funding from sanctuary cities after an appeals court ruled that such a move was legal – part of a broad push by the administration to end the controversial policies that it says makes Americans less safe. “As per recent Federal Court ruling, the Federal […]
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House Passes $8.3 Billion Bill to Fight Coronavirus
By Jack Phillips The House Wednesday, in a bipartisan 415-2 vote, passed a more than $8 billion spending package for emergency COVID-19 coronavirus funding. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) announced the move and funding in a press release, explaining that it’s not a political matter—but a public safety concern. “This should not be […]
