by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 There is a shortage in the Strategic National Stockpile of one of the most needed supplies amid the coronavirus outbreak — N95 respirator masks — in large part because the Obama administration failed to replenish the supply following the H1N1 outbreak in 2009, reports say. Current Health and Human Services […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 Democrats’ attempts to slip parts of the Green New Deal and other unrelated projects into the coronavirus stimulus bill “will never be approved by me,” President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. After several days of negotiating, Republican and Democratic senators were close to approving a $2 trillion package that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 Bookies have never been accused of a lack of creativity, and they are proving that as the coronavirus outbreak has all but shut down sports in the United States. Bets can’t be placed on who will pull off the biggest upset in the NCAA basketball tournament, how many three-pointers […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2020 Democratic senators on Sunday blocked a coronavirus stimulus package in which negotiators had given the Democrats essentially everything they wanted, observers said. But the Democrats proclaimed it a corporate giveaway and stopped it in its tracks. “The bill was not just loans to corporations. It also had relief […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2020 A gun rights group is suing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, saying he has essentially “suspended the Second Amendment” during the coronavirus outbreak. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) reported it has filed a federal lawsuit against Murphy and State Police Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan. The foundation asserted that Murphy’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2020 Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday that she would support a coronavirus stimulus plan that sends checks to all Americans, regardless of wealth. The New York Democrat, in an interview with CNN, suggested the government could easily get back the money from those who don’t need it by taxing […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2020 Sen. Tom Cotton on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at ending America’s reliance on Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturing, which was exposed by the coronavirus crisis. Cotton, Arkansas Republican, introduced legislation to limit the volume of Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from the U.S. medical drug supply. APIs are the “active ingredients” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2020 Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Department of Justice reportedly is seeking “emergency” powers which would grant it the ability to ask chief judges to detain people indefinitely without trial. Politico reported on Saturday that it had reviewed documents which “detail the department’s requests to lawmakers on a host of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2020 Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the gun industry is lobbying to be included as “critical infrastructure” by the federal government, a designation that would allow stores and manufacturing plants to stay open and supplied. Citing the supply needs of the police and military, and self-defense by the public, the industry […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2020 Failed Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg delivered a double whammy to his campaign staff at the end of the week. On Thursday night, Bloomberg’s campaign emailed staffers that employees on two floors of its Manhattan offices had been exposed to the coronavirus, Politico reported. On Friday, the campaign notified […]
