By Van Gordon Sauter | The Wall Street Journal About 35 years ago I was sitting at lunch next to Jeane Kirkpatrick, a onetime Democrat who became a foreign-policy adviser to President Reagan and later U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She was lamenting what she called the “liberal leaning” media. As the president of CBS News, […]
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As US coronavirus death toll mounts, so does the belief by some that it is exaggerated
By Robert Gearty | Fox News There’s a reason why some people believe government officials are exaggerating the number of COVID-19 fatalities. One problem is the hodgepodge way states tally those numbers, Fox News has found. Some states count presumed coronavirus deaths along with confirmed cases under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance issued last month. Other states don’t count […]
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Watergate prosecutors who want to weigh in on Flynn case include Dem donors, outspoken Trump critics
By Tyler Olson | Fox News Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors have notified Emmet Sullivan, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, that they intend to file an “amicus curiae” (“friend of the court”) brief in the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn after the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to dismiss the charges against him. Flynn had previously pleaded guilty […]
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Reopening Updates: All 50 States and the District of Columbia
By Zachary Stieber Reopenings are taking place across the United States as most governors ease harsh restrictions put into place to try to slow the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The new virus, which originated in China, causes the potentially deadly disease COVID-19. Here’s the situation with each state and the District of […]
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Republican Senators Say Democrats’ $3 Trillion Virus Package ‘Dead on Arrival’
BY ZACHARY STIEBER Republican senators quickly rejected the $3 trillion package House Democrats unveiled on Tuesday. “It’s got so much unrelated to the coronavirus, it’s dead on arrival here in terms of a viable idea,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters on Capitol Hill. Republicans control the Senate, making their support necessary for legislation to get passed. The package from the […]
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Feds spent nearly $100B on pandemic readiness, health security in decade leading up to coronavirus crisis
By Tyler Olson | Fox News Over the past decade, the U.S. government spent nearly $100 billion on preparation for major health crises including pandemics, according to a 2018 paper on such funding — though the coronavirus outbreak still had Washington and states across the country scrambling to muster supplies and respond when it hit. Numbers from a paper in the academic journal “Health Security” released in […]
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NBC admits Chuck Todd’s ‘Meet the Press’ deceptively edited Barr remarks on Flynn
By Gregg Re | Fox News NBC News’ Chuck Todd aired a deceptively edited clip of Attorney General Bill Barr discussing the Michael Flynn case during his “Meet the Press” broadcast on Sunday, prompting the network to concede the mistake hours later — but there is still no word on whether Todd will apologize on-air. Asked by CBS News’ Catherine […]
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DOJ releases long-awaited Mueller scope memo, revealing the probe went beyond previously known mandate
By Gregg Re | Fox News The Justice Department on Wednesday released a mostly unredacted version of then-Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s August 2017 “scope memo” outlining the authority of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller — and the document reveals for the first time that Mueller’s authority went significantly beyond what was known previously. Rosenstein, who later left the Justice […]
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Fox News town hall: Trump predicts coronavirus vaccine by year’s end, vows ‘plague’ will pass
By Gregg Re | Fox News As some states loosen lockdown restrictions in a bid to set the nation’s battered economy on the road to recovery, President Trump endorsed a state-by-state approach while predicting at a Fox News virtual town hall on Sunday that a coronavirus vaccine could be available by December. “I think we’ll have a vaccine by the end […]
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New York Times calls for DNC investigation into Biden sexual assault claims
By Adam Shaw | Fox News The New York Times on Saturday called for the Democratic National Committee to investigate the sexual assault claims against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden — a day after he denied the allegations for the first time. “As is so often the case in such situations, it is all but impossible to be certain […]
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US gets dragged into fight as Australia-China war of words escalates
By Barnini Chakraborty | Fox News The animosity brewing between Australia and China over coronavirus reached a fever pitch this week. But tensions between the trading partners have been simmering for more than a year over alleged plots to plant spies in the government as well as control over strategic islands in the South Pacific that could have consequences for the United States. The latest […]
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Pelosi snaps at reporter over Biden allegation, doubles down on support: ‘I don’t need a lecture’
By Marisa Schultz | Fox News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., doubled down on her support for Joe Biden on Thursday in the face of a sexual assault allegation against him and had a contentious response to a reporter who asked whether she was treating Biden differently than Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. During her Capitol press conference, […]
