Daily Archives: Fri, Apr 17th, 2020

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Trump Consults Faith Leaders on Restarting In-Person Worship

The Associated Press reports that President Donald Trump is consulting faith leaders on “a phased-in return to broader in-person worship” after religious services had to move online after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered houses of worship nationwide. A White House statement said Trump “mentioned his memories as a young child attending Billy Graham’s service at Yankee…

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U.S. is the “King of Ventilators,” Says Trump As Death Toll Hits 37,000

President Donald Trump declared the United States the “king of ventilators” in statements during a coronavirus briefing at the White House earlier today, even as the death toll in the United States hits 37,000. “We’re now the king of ventilators. We have hundreds of thousands under construction. We don’t need them ourselves, the governors are…

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Native American Tribes Sue U.S. Treasury to Stop Coronavirus Relief from Going to Corporations

Six Native American tribes––including the Tulalip Tribes and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation in Washington State. The Akiak Native Community, the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, the Asa’carsarmiut Tribe of Alaska, and Maine’s Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians––have sued the United States Treasury Department to make sure coronavirus relief funds go directly…

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Smugglers Sawed into Trump’s Border Wall 18 Times in One Month in San Diego

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) records obtained by The Washington Post via a Freedom of Information Act request, smugglers breached or attempted to breach President Donald Trump’s border wall 18 times in one month, sawing into sections in the San Diego area between September 27 and October 27.  The newspaper had requested…

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Susan Collins’s Democratic Challenger Outraises Her in Maine Senate Race

Maine Democrat Sara Gideon (D), the state’s House Speaker, has outraised incumbent Senator Susan Collins (R) in Maine’s Senate race in the first quarter of 2020 while relying predominantly on small donors. According to new filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Giden raised about $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2020. Collins, by contrast,…

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Trump Demands States Be “Liberated” From Stay-At-Home Orders

President Donald Trump tweeted demands that the governors of several states under lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic “liberate” citizens who are protesting against stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines. In two separate tweets, the president directed messages toward the governors of Minnesota and Michigan. LIBERATE MINNESOTA! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17,…

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Michelle Obama Will Help Deliver “One-Two Punch” for Joe Biden

Michelle Obama will join Joe Biden’s presidential campaign to help him appeal to a broad swathe of Democratic voters. The former First Lady’s campaign rollout is expected soon. Obama and her husband, former President Barack Obama, will deliver a “one-two punch” for Biden, according to commentators. She is even more popular than her husband among…

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