Daily Archives: Thu, Apr 9th, 2020

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Mike Pence’s Office Won’t Let Top Health Officials Speak to CNN Unless Network Airs Trump’s Live Briefings

The Vice President’s office won’t allow top U.S. health officials to speak to CNN because the network stopped airing the daily press briefings live on air. Mike Pence is head of the Coronavirus task force that includes experts. His office is refusing to book officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx for CNN…

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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin: U.S. Will Reopen ‘As Soon as the President Feels Comfortable with the Medical Issues’

The Treasury Secretary has said the U.S. could reopen as early as May. Steve Mnuchin told CNBC that the economy will open for business when the President feels the time is right. Mnuchin spoke to CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday about the much vaunted effort to get Americans back to work. “Do you think there’s…

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IMF Chief: Pandemic Will Cause ‘Worst Economic Fallout Since the Great Depression’

The head of the International Monetary Fund has issued a grim forecast about the world economy. As deaths from Coronavirus grow, most countries will also face a deep recession. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said that almost all of the organization’s 189 members will see living standards decline this year. She said the economic effect would…

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Former Fox News Host Bill O’Reilly Says Coronavirus Victims “Were on Their Last Legs Anyway”

Bill O’Reilly, the former Fox News host who left the network in 2017 amid a sexual harassment scandal, said in an interview with former colleague Sean Hannity that coronavirus victims “were on their last legs anyway,” according to audio posted online by Media Matters. The transcript is below: SEAN HANNITY: I want life back to…

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Coronavirus Restrictions Are “Draconian,” Says AG William Barr

Attorney General William Barr criticized measures taken to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, calling them “draconian” and recommending they should be reevaluated by May. In an interview with Fox News, Barr said the United States should ascertain whether measures being “adopted are fully justified, and there are not alternative ways of protecting people”…

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