March 2020

Push for Cash in Rescue Package Came From Unlikely Source: Conservatives

But as it became clear there was bipartisan opposition to President Trump’s push for a payroll tax holiday, Mr. Mnuchin got onboard and the cash idea quickly transformed from pipe dream to reality, to the centerpiece of Senate Republicans’ roughly $1 trillion rescue plan. The optics were jarring, since it is Republicans who usually accuse

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Trump’s ‘coup de grace’? Coronavirus tests a divided America

LARGO, Fla. — As restaurants across the country stacked chairs on tables and shut their doors to try to contain the deadly coronavirus, what would be the final visitors streamed into the Conservative Grounds coffee shop in Largo, Florida. Fox News played on the televisions. Patrons posed for photos in a replica of the Oval

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Idris Elba Releases Song About Self-Quarantine, Positive Coronavirus Diagnosis

Idris Elba has turned to music as a way to cope during his self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic. He announced earlier this week that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus. The actor, who is also a DJ and music producer, shared a nearly four-minute track on his Instagram on

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Used to Meeting Challenges With Bluster and Force, Trump Confronts a Crisis Unlike Any Before

But even as he has seemed to take the crisis more seriously, Mr. Trump has continued to make statements that conflicted with the government’s own public health experts and focused energy on blaming China, quarreling with reporters, claiming he knew that the coronavirus would be a pandemic even when he was minimizing its threat only

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NY airports, hospitals under pressure as virus cases mount

The Federal Aviation Administration briefly suspended flights to New York City-area airports on Saturday because of coronavirus-related staffing issues as the number of confirmed cases in the state soared above 10,000 By MICHAEL HILL and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press March 21, 2020, 7:17 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — The Federal Aviation Administration

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