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Apr 21 2020
News
Schumer predicts Senate passage of relief bill Tuesday
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday said he believed Democrats, Republicans and the White House had a deal to provide $350 billion to a coronavirus relief small-business lending program and that the Senate could vote on the deal later in the day.
The package would also provide $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion to expand testing.
“I think we will be
The HillMay 25 2021
Analysis
The Lab-Theory Cover-Up: When Truth Serves Prejudice
Rarely has the press corps been so dismissive of something about which it knew so little.
We’ve all seen this phenomenon. First comes the initial report. Next come the initial reactions. And, then, the moment there is space to be filled, a certain sort of person begins crossing his fingers, bowing his head in mock prayer, and saying, in effect, “Please let the killer have whatever
National Review (News)Jun 29 2021
Analysis
Seven Reasons to Be Extremely Optimistic About the Economy Right Now
The U.S. economy is in the middle of an awkward transition. Like a groggy bear roused from hibernation, the country is no longer dormant due to the pandemic, but isn’t quite back in full form either. Millions remain unemployed, businesses are having trouble hiring, workers are still avoiding the office, and shortages of everything from lumber to computer chips have helped push up consumer
SlateDec 07 2020
News
Trump Officials Push Ambitious Vaccine Timeline as California Locks Down
As cases surge and hospital beds fill up, federal officials said a vaccine could be distributed to as many as 24 million people by mid-January.
The Trump administration’s top health officials outlined an ambitious timetable on Sunday for distributing the first coronavirus vaccinations to as many as 24 million people by mid-January, even as the accelerating toll of the pandemic filled
New York Times (News)Oct 23 2020
News
Donald Trump, Joe Biden Clash Over Covid, Ethics in Calmer Presidential Debate
President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden offered starkly differing views of the administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, traded accusations about their personal ethics and questioned each other’s records on economic and racial-justice issues in the final debate before the Nov. 3 election.
Thursday night’s meeting was less combative than the pair’s first, three weeks earlier
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 16 2020
Fact Check
Are thieves using face masks doused in chemicals to rob people?
A viral Facebook post shared more than 1,700 times claims thieves are handing out chemically doused face masks to knock people out before robbing them.
“Please be cautious & safe,” the post stated.
Verdict: False
No news reporting about such robberies could be found. The same post has been shared in several different countries without specific details about the alleged
Check Your FactJun 30 2020
News
How North Carolina Transformed Itself Into the Worst State to Be Unemployed
By March, when the coronavirus began accelerating through the United States, Shawn Hill-Watkins had been working as a cashier at a Food Lion supermarket in High Point, North Carolina, for seven months, taking three buses to work and back each day. She couldn’t afford the groceries she was ringing up for customers, but she had always been outgoing and knew how to keep the mood upbeat. Older
ProPublicaSep 01 2014
Opinion
Labor Today
In the months before Labor Day last year, job growth was so slow that economists said it would take until 2021 to replace the jobs that were lost or never created in the recession and its aftermath.
The pace has picked up since then; at the current rate, missing jobs will be recovered by 2018. Still, five years into an economic recovery that has been notable for resurging corporate
New York Times (News)Apr 15 2020
News
In crisis, Trump’s most ardent fans find they love him more
Critics say the president failed to prepare for the pandemic and is botching the response. But roughly a third of Americans believe he’s exhibiting strong leadership, and back his desire to get the economy moving soon.
To many on the left, President Donald Trump has been a manifest disaster in guiding America through the current pandemic.
But Maria Romero most definitely would
Christian Science MonitorApr 15 2020
News
Health Experts Condemn Donald Trump’s WHO Funding Freeze: ‘Crime Against Humanity’
“The president’s decision makes Americans less safe, let’s be clear about that,” one expert warned.
Leading health experts denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to halt U.S. funding for the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump announced the move on Tuesday, accusing the WHO of failing “in its basic duty” to initially warn the world of the
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