coronavirus

Tyson Foods, one of the largest meat-processing companies in the world, announced this week that the company will be cutting prices on select beef products amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Their announcement comes as grocery prices across the United States continue to soar, increasing by 2.6 percent from March to April. Tyson Foods said the …

Around the world, nations are starting to emulate’s Sweden’s COVID-19 strategy. Here’s why. Sweden’s unique approach to the COVID-19 pandemic has been drawing a great deal of scrutiny for weeks, including both admiration and criticism. The Swedes, unlike most other nations, have eschewed the hardline approach that has led to mass economic shutdowns and skyrocketing …

Civil disobedience may be key to recovering our liberty and prosperity in a post-COVID world. Elon Musk restarted production at Tesla’s car plant in Fremont, California, in defiance of county officials who ordered the plant to stay closed. He announced the move publicly by tweeting yesterday: Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. …

The coronavirus crisis has President Trump feeling queasy about his trade deal with China. Trump said the landmark agreement “doesn’t feel the same” now that the pandemic has upended the global economy and reignited tensions between Washington and the Chinese Communist Party. “The big thing is they should have never let this happen,” the president …

New York City health commissioner Oxiris Barbot dismissed a request during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic to provide the police force with a large stockpile of masks, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. In a phone conversation in late March, NYPD chief of department Terence Monahan asked Barbot for a supply of 500,000 …

Senator Cory Gardner (R., Colo.) has joined the effort by Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) to pass legislation that would see the federal government essentially pay the salaries of workers laid off during the coronavirus pandemic. Hawley’s “Rehire America” plan would pay up to 80 percent of wages for employees that have been laid off. …

Close to three million people filed jobless claims in the past week, bringing the total number of unemployed Americans to 36 million. Some 21.8 percent of the American workforce is now unemployed, a result of mass business closures imposed to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. While the closures initially hit retailers, restaurants, and the hospitality …

The Trump administration plans to extend restrictions on border crossings imposed during the coronavirus pandemic indefinitely. Under the restrictions, legal border crossings between Mexico and Canada have been closed to tourist travel, and people caught crossing the Mexico-U.S. border illegally are immediately returned to Mexico. President Trump signed an executive order in March implementing the …

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against the state’s extension of its stay at home order, which was put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus. In a win for the Republican majority in the state legislature, the court ruled in a 4-to-3 decision that Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ stay at home …

FBI agents served a warrant at Senator Richard Burr’s (R., N.C.) Washington, D.C., home on Wednesday and confiscated his cell phone as part of an investigation into stock trades the senator made before the coronavirus pandemic sent Wall Street crashing. A spokesperson for the senator declined to comment to reporters regarding the developments, according to …