New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks in front of stacks of medical protective supplies during a news conference at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, which will be partially converted into a temporary hospital during the coronavirus outbreak, March 24, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) The ventilator shortages of which we were all
Month: April 2020
Chinese officials have long claimed the first case od COVID-19 was diagnosed in Wuhan on Dec. 1, blaming a nearby wet market that sells exotic animals as the cause. Not so, says a bombshell new report by scientists from the University of Cambridge in Britain. “While coronavirus was previously believed to have originated in a
Virgnia Governor Ralph Northam speaks to reporters after attending a rally outside the Virginia State Capitol Building in Richmond, VA, July 9, 2019. (Michael A. McCoy/Reuters) Last weekend, Virginia’s governor enshrined progressive understandings of abortion and gender identity into state law. Like many people of faith, Virginia governor Ralph Northam spent last weekend bearing witness
America’s leading universities have begun to respond to the financial consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Duke University will “pause” construction projects, new expenditures, and hiring, and freeze salaries (with the possibility of a bonus for employees earning less than $50,000). Princeton University will suspend faculty and staff salary increases, freezing new hiring save in exceptional
An Antifa activist has been sentenced to nearly 6 years in jail for a violent attack on a conservative demonstrator in Portland. Journalist Andy Ngo, who was also targeted during the rally, reacts. #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and
Empty street in Manhattan following the outbreak of the coronavirus in New York City, March 15, 2020. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters) We have confirmed the widespread rumor that it is Friday. Today’s Jolt begins with some good news, moves on to math, and points out hard truths about how long the public will continue to consent to
It shouldn’t take a Barack Obama economic adviser to explain the bad optics of holding up $251 billion in badly-needed small-business aid while showing off your twin $12,000 freezers and ice-cream hoard, but here we are anyway. In an interview with Roll Call, Karen Mills acknowledges that Democrats have specific policy goals in mind for
(Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) In his interview with Ben Smith, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet said that the reason he took 19 days to run a story mentioning the assault allegation against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden was his desire to do the necessary “reporting to help people figure out what to make of it.”
A scientist at a medicines company performs research for a coronavirus vaccine at a laboratory in San Diego, Calif., U.S., March 17, 2020. (Bing Guan/Reuters) A clinical trial of a potential antiviral treatment for the coronavirus is showing early signs of success: nearly all the coronavirus patients in the trial were discharged in less than
This Thursday’s edition of CNN’s coronavirus town hall turned into a Democratic Party campaign event when co-hosts Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta invited former Vice President Joe Biden onto the show to rip President Trump, and opine about how he would do things differently. And while there were frivolous campaign questions asked, neither of
Senator Kyrsten Sinema on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 16, 2019. (Erin Scott/Reuters) Last week, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell warned that the $349 billion fund for small businesses (known as the Paycheck Protection Plan) would soon run dry, and he asked the Senate to agree by unanimous consent to increase the amount of
President Donald Trump on Thursday laid out a three-phase road map to reopening the U.S. economy, closed for weeks after a virus from China invaded America. In a phone call with governors, Trump set out an approach to restore regular activity, at first in places with few COVID-19 cases and later, as the virus fades,
New Jersey congressman Jeff Van Drew weighs in on the Senate impeachment trial. #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting Company and FOX News
Tammy Bruce called out Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) for how she handled a letter she received from a woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. MORE: http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/09/17/tammy-bruce-calls-out-dianne-feinstein-over-letter-kavanaugh-accuser-christine-blasey
Reese Witherspoon is an actress, producer, and entrepreneur. One of her ventures is an online shopping site for her clothing line called Draper James. She was looking for a way to honor the efforts of teachers during the coronavirus pandemic since schools are closed and teachers are working with students remotely. Unfortunately, no good deed
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) participates in a Census Town Hall at the Louis Armstrong Middle School in Queens, N.Y., February 22, 2020. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) It’s a shame that Democratic primary voters are holding the country back, but until AOC figures out a way to cut voters out of the equation, she’ll just have to
Health workers start the process to test people in a car as they use a newly approved saliva-based coronavirus test at a site in Edison, N.J., April 15, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) A number of NRO writers have offered today some valuable cautionary data about antibody testing and herd immunity. Certainly, one cannot yet anticipate what
On April 26, 1986, a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, starting a tremendous fire. Both the explosion and the fire resulted from structural damages caused by negligence during the construction of the plant which were known for more than a decade but never acted upon. Radioactive fallout spread over approximately 39,000
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in New York City, N.Y, October 17, 2019. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that the state’s coronavirus shutdown will be extended to May 15 in coordination with other states. “What happens after then? I don’t know,” Cuomo said of the shutdown extension, adding that he does
President Donald Trump answers a question from CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta during the coronavirus response daily briefing at the White House, April 10, 2020. (Jim Acosta/Reuters) Years ago I wrote a piece in these pages about how mass immigration was an immutable value of the Left. (I wanted to call it “Immigration
Expected live at 6 p.m. ET: President Trump is expected to announce his plan to reopen the U.S. economy during the daily Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the White House. Subscribe to Fox News! https://bit.ly/2vBUvAS Watch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxnews.com Watch Fox News Channel Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing
Could this be one reason why Democrats objected so sharply to the interim appointment of Ambassador Richard Grenell to Director of National Intelligence? In his capacity as DNI, Grenell declassified a number of footnotes from Inspector General Michael Horowitz’ damning report on the FBI’s handling of Operation Crossfire Hurricane. Not only did the bureau mislead
President Trump and Russia’s President Putin shake hands during a news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The FBI was warned that the Steele Dossier might contain Russian disinformation. Here’s what we know: The Obama administration opened an investigation into the Republican Party’s presidential campaign during a highly contested
A couple celebrities are trying to leverage their star power to get state governments to release prisoners due to the threat of coronavirus, arguing that it would somehow make New York communities “safer.” Two Oscar-winning celebrities, Joaquin Phoenix and John Legend, have each appealed to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over social media to allow
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy takes part in a summit in New York City, October 17, 2019. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Governor Phil Murphy’s comments represent an ideology that is completely unacceptable for a government leader in the United States. New Jersey governor Phil Murphy said he “wasn’t thinking of the Bill of Rights” while implementing social-distancing
President Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 29, 2020. (Al Drago/Reuters) Pro-life members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to keep measures in place intended to protect unborn life and the dignity of fetal remains as abortion advocates push for them to
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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) in an interview in Laredo, Texas, October 9, 2019. (Veronica Cardenas/Reuters) Congressional Democrats are demanding that the Trump administration “halt immediately” the construction of a wall at the southern border during the coronavirus pandemic in order to conserve funds to combat the health crisis. A total of 91 House and Senate
The latest coronavirus relief funding in California is on the way, but it’s not going to be delivered to small businesses or recently furloughed citizens. Roughly $125 million will be sent to 150,000 illegal aliens living in the Golden State. The news was announced by Governor Gavin Newsom, who feels “a deep sense of gratitude”
The New York Times building in New York City (Gary Hershorn/Reuters) One additional thought about the New York Times‘ Biden story that I addressed on the homepage. Early on in the Times report on Tara Reade’s accusations against Joe Biden, before even getting to the facts, the authors discuss the various allegations of sexual harassment or
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