by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2020 A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was charged with attempted fraud for allegedly tampering with requests for vote-by-mail absentee ballots, federal and state prosecutors in West Virginia announced on Tuesday. A joint statement by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, and Secretary of State Mac […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 25, 2020 “How did a temporary plan to preserve hospital capacity turn into two-to-three months of near-universal house arrest?”, an analyst asked. Coronavirus lockdowns led to a 40 percent job loss among people earning less than $40,000 per year, worker furloughs at hundreds of hospitals, a stoppage of international travel, and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 25, 2020 Amid the coronavirus crisis in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo quietly got his 2020 budget passed. It contained an amendment to the state’s Green Light Law which allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. The amendment makes it a Class E felony for New York law enforcement to share […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci, the champion of the coronavirus lockdown, appears to have had a change of heart when it comes to extended stay-at-home orders. But he is adamant on the subject of vaccines. “We can’t stay locked down for such a considerable period of time that you might do […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 22, 2020 In defiance of Gov. Larry Hogan’s cornavirus lockdown order, a Maryland pastor ripped up an order threatening him with a $5,000 fine if he continued to hold in-person services. Stacey Shiflett, the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Dundalk, tore up the cease-and-desist order during his Wednesday night sermon, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 Continued enforced lockdowns are a bigger threat to Americans’ physical and mental health than the coronavirus, physicians said on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday. “I just feel that’s there’s a very big disconnect between what the average American thinks is going on and what’s actually going on,” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 Republicans swept to victory in Staunton, Virginia’s city council election on Tuesday as voters tossed out three Democratic incumbents in a usually reliable Democratic stronghold in the state’s Shenandoah Valley. Republican candidates Mark Robertson, Amy Darby, and Steve Claffey all joined incumbent Andrea Oakes in a four-seat GOP sweep, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 “The debate over reopening the economy has a peculiar characteristic: It breaks down almost entirely along political lines,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw wrote in a May 18 op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. “Liberals emphasize the dangers of an open society, shaming those who want to go back to work. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 Democratic officials have gone “crazy” with power in imposing wide-ranging lockdown orders even as coronavirus curves have been flattened and the pandemic “recedes,” Fox News host Tucker Carlson said. Carlson slammed several “drunk with power” leaders including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and New York City […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 19, 2020 Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s coronavirus lockdown orders were ruled by a judge to be “null and void.” Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew Shirtcliff made the ruling Monday in a lawsuit brought by churches who said the Democrat governor’s social-distancing directives were unconstitutional. The lawsuit also argued that emergency powers […]
