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 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2020 From the get-go, Joe Biden has been critical of President Donald Trump’s briefings on the coronavirus outbreak. Now, the likely Democratic Party presidential nominee plans on holding his own “shadow” coronavirus briefings. “They tell me there’s ways we can do teleconferencing via us all being in different locations,” Biden […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2020 Americans are giving President Trump high marks for his response and leadership during the Wuhan coronavirus crisis, a new poll found. According to a Harris poll released on Thursday, 56 percent approve of Trump’s handling of the crisis. In less than a week, the president’s general approval rating […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2020 Critics are calling on four senators to resign after it was revealed they sold off millions of dollars in stocks in the days before the coronavirus crisis crashed the market. The four senators, Republicans Richard Burr of North Carolina, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Democrat […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2020 The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is seeking to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against it by 2016 Trump campaign associate Carter Page, claiming that the “gist” of accusations in the narrative against Page made in ex-British spy Christopher Steele’s unverified dossier were true. In the January lawsuit, Page alleged […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2020 Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot posted a viral video which features a group of wealthy, privileged celebrities self-quarantined in their lavish homes singing John Lennon’s “Imagine”. “We’re all in this together,” says Gadot at the start of the viral video posted Wednesday to her 36.8 million-fan Instagram page. The […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) first reported on the spread of a previously-unknown virus on Dec. 31, 2019. The virus was linked to a number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, a city in Eastern China. The WHO officially named the virus COVID-19. Researchers from the University of Southampton […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2020 The White House on March 19 released a list of the actions President Donald Trump has taken since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. In just the past few days: Trump has announced that the U.S. and Canada have mutually agreed to close the northern border to nonessential travel; […]
