During an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday night Sidney Powell, a top attorney representing General Michael Flynn against the FBI, said explosive new documents showing agents framing her client are only the beginning.”The documents I’ve seen so far in addition to the ones you have in your hands now are even more stunning. It’s…
Attorney General Bill Barr has instructed federal prosecutors to “be on the lookout” for overly restrictive state and local shutdown orders that may infringe on people’s constitutional rights. In a memo issued Monday, Barr recognized that while some restrictions are necessary and proper for combating the coronavirus pandemic, others could go too far. “If a state or local…
A judge in Harris County, Texas, on Wednesday ordered residents to start wearing face masks in public for 30 days beginning next week — or possibly face a fine. But Judge Lina Hidalgo’s action, which intended to help stem the spread of the coronavirus in the third most populous county in the U.S., drew immediate pushback — including from the…
Monday marked the lowest number of coronavirus-related fatalities in the U.S. in two weeks, just days after the number of deaths had spiked to 4,591 in a single day. According to Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. lost 1,433 people to coronavirus on April 20, adding to the overall death toll of 42,364. According to the data,…
We may no longer have professional sports, but at least we get to watch President Trump dunk on reporters who mistake the question-and-answer period for debate time. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond repeatedly argued with the president during Sunday’s White House press briefing, as did CBS reporter Weijia Jiang. Jiang reworded Democratic talking points into questions, asking…
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) schooled Bill Maher repeatedly as the HBO host accused President Trump of poorly handling the Wuhan coronavirus. Maher argued the president dithered in late January, even after White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar briefed Trump about the novel coronavirus coming out of China. “Two…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hit the cable networks on Sunday, running with two main talking points: the first being the blatant lie that President Donald Trump said the Wuhan coronavirus is a “hoax,” the second being that the president didn’t take the virus seriously from the get-go. During a Sunday morning interview with Fox…
EXCLUSIVE: There is increasing confidence that the COVID-19 outbreak likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory, though not as a bioweapon but as part of China’s attempt to demonstrate that its efforts to identify and combat viruses are equal to or greater than the capabilities of the United States, multiple sources who have been briefed on the details…
President Trump’s decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus crisis touched off an international war of words overnight as Democratic lawmakers in Washington as well as international bodies like the European Union condemned the move. The president announced Tuesday that the United States would immediately halt funding for the health organization, saying it…
Speaking to reporters in the White House Rose Garden Tuesday evening, President Trump doubled down on his criticism of the World Health Organization and accused its officials of a coverup. “This is an evaluation period,” Trump said. “I am instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization while a review is conducted…
Is this good news? Is this a sign that we’re turning the corner? It depends. For now, we should all be cautiously optimistic concerning what Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is doing concerning the planned re-opening of its economy. The Wuhan coronavirus has ground the US economy to a halt. The vast majority of the country is…
President Trump, who previously warned on Twitter that the country’s efforts to halt the spread of coronavirus cannot “be worse than the problem itself,” appears poised to begin reopening parts of the economy as unemployment soars to Depression-era levels and residents of several states chafe under orders to stay in their homes. The unusual and dramatic restrictions put…
CNN was not happy with President Trump during his coronavirus task force briefing on Monday and it showed through their chyrons, analysis, and cutaways from the White House. Their snarks and snipes began after Trump played a video that showed members of the media downplaying the Wuhan coronavirus early on in the pandemic. It then…
During the daily Wuhan coronavirus task force briefing Monday evening, President Trump played a series of video clips featuring reporters, anchors and pundits downplaying the threat of Wuhan coronavirus. Amelia Brace Extraordinary scenes at the White House Press Briefing, Donald Trump playing a video of what he sees as unfair coverage of his handling of…
In the past, President Trump has quelled rumors that he does not have a good relationship with Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying last month that he’s “extraordinary” and that they “get along very well.” But suspicions mounted again on Sunday after Trump retweeted a message that included a call to “#FireFauci.” The director of the National…
U.S. stock futures fell Monday morning despite confirmation that OPEC, Russia and other major oil producers agreed to cut output by a record amount, ending their price war. Oil gave back early gains and stock futures traded lower with the Dow Jones Industrial Average off around 250 points. Investors are also looking ahead to what will be a busy week of corporate…
Dr. Anthony Fauci gave hope to the American people on Wednesday morning, indicating that we may be rounding the corner of this COVID-19 epidemic, during an interview on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom: Lucas Tomlinson Dr. Fauci: After this week, “we should start seeing the beginning of turnaround, which is a good sign,” he tells @SandraSmithFox Dr.…
During the White House Wuhan coronavirus task force briefing Tuesday evening, Dr. Deborah Birx said the United States has taken a “liberal approach” in the way doctors classify deaths from the virus. “The intent is right now if someone dies with COVID-19, we’re counting that as a COVID-19 death,” Birx said. “There are other countries…
President Trump suggested Tuesday that he might consider cutting funding for the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus crisis and alleged role in helping China downplay the severity of the outbreak. “The W.H.O. really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We will be giving that…
Equity futures are pointing to a higher open on Tuesday amid a few glimmers of hope that the coronavirus pandemic could be slowing. The major futures indexes are indicating a rise of 4 percent when trading begins. In Europe, London’s FTSE rose 2.5 percent, Germany’s DAX gained 3.6 percent and France’s CAC added 3.2 percent. Asian markets were also rising. Japan’s Nikkei…
