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The U.S. coronavirus death toll reached 40,628 by Monday morning as state governors publicly worried they won’t have the amount of tests needed to safely reopen parts of the economy. “The administration, I think, is trying to ramp up testing. They are doing some things with respect to private labs,” Maryland governor Larry Hogan, a …
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Roger Stone told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Friday night that his upcoming prison sentence would essentially be a “death sentence” due to underlying health problems amid the coronavirus pandemic. Stone’s interview with Carlson came after a 16-month gag order on the longtime Republican operative was lifted this week. The order was lifted as …
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Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, will be released from prison due to fears about a coronavirus outbreak among inmates and prison staff members. Cohen is currently serving a three-year sentence at the federal prison camp in Otisville, N.Y., where 14 inmates and seven staff members have tested positive for the virus. The federal …
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The Trump administration’s guidelines for reopening the U.S. economy will give recommendations to state governments on when to relax business closures, effectively recognizing that the final decision rests with individual governors. “The buck stops with the governors,” a senior administration official involved in development of the guidelines told the Wall Street Journal. During a conference call …
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Activist Tom Steyer at the Democratic primary debate in Charleston, S.C., February 25, 2020. Billionaire Tom Steyer on Thursday decided to shut down his “Need to Impeach” political action committee, months after the Democrat-led impeachment proceedings against President Trump failed to achieve his removal. Steyer founded Need to Impeach in 2017, but has not contributed …
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The White House has invited Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) to join its task force on reopening the U.S. economy, following Hawley’s proposal that the federal government pay 80 percent of workers’ wages until the coronavirus crisis subsides. “Just finished call w/ [President Trump] as part of his Task Force on Reopening – becoming more …
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Pro-life members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to keep measures in place intended to protect unborn life and the dignity of fetal remains as abortion advocates push for them to be loosened during the coronavirus health crisis. Representative Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Republican, and Senator Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, led two letters …
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Dan Fouts, who was sentenced by CBS to call many Jets telecasts, never failed the 1 p.m. NFL Sunday Wince Test. You know the Wince Test? That’s when you find out who the announcers will be on the CBS and Fox early games. Too often the likes of Daryl “Moose” Johnston, “Hollerin’ ” Kevin Harlan and …
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Millions of Americans — especially those who use income tax preparers such as H&R Block and TurboTax — are still waiting for their promised stimulus checks, according to a report Thursday. While many did find their $1,200 check deposited into their accounts by the IRS on Wednesday, millions of others were greeted with the words …
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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) in an interview in Laredo, Texas, October 9, 2019. Congressional Democrats are demanding that the Trump administration “halt immediately” the construction of a wall at the southern border during the coronavirus pandemic in order to conserve funds to combat the health crisis. A total of 91 House and Senate Democrats made …
The U.S. coronavirus death toll reached 40,628 by Monday morning as state governors publicly worried they won’t have the amount of tests needed to safely reopen parts of the economy. “The administration, I think, is trying to ramp up testing. They are doing some things with respect to private labs,” Maryland governor Larry Hogan, a …
