Fact checking Joe: Biden continues to push coronavirus misinformation

Fact checking Joe: Biden continues to push coronavirus misinformation

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 Joe Biden has repeatedly spread misinformation about President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus, a report said. The Daily Caller noted five different occasions where the like 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominee and his campaign have pushed false narratives about Trump’s response to the outbreak. Biden falsely said Trump […]

‘Christmas in March’: Pelosi’s shameless non-virus power-grab

‘Christmas in March’: Pelosi’s shameless non-virus power-grab

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 “A bipartisan stimulus measure had been negotiated over several days in the Senate and was headed towards a key procedural vote when it was stopped dead Sunday at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s urging and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s obeisance,” James Robbins wrote for USA Today. “Every time the […]

Reports: Stockpile of N95 masks depleted, never restocked on Obama’s watch

Reports: Stockpile of N95 masks depleted, never restocked on Obama’s watch

by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 There is a shortage in the Strategic National Stockpile of one of the most needed supplies amid the coronavirus outbreak — N95 respirator masks — in large part because the Obama administration failed to replenish the supply following the H1N1 outbreak in 2009, reports say. Current Health and Human Services […]

Trump vows to block Dems’ demands which ‘have nothing to do’ with coronavirus stimulus bill

Trump vows to block Dems’ demands which ‘have nothing to do’ with coronavirus stimulus bill

by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 Democrats’ attempts to slip parts of the Green New Deal and other unrelated projects into the coronavirus stimulus bill “will never be approved by me,” President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. After several days of negotiating, Republican and Democratic senators were close to approving a $2 trillion package that […]

Gamblers raise stakes on creativity during sports shutdown

Gamblers raise stakes on creativity during sports shutdown

by WorldTribune Staff, March 24, 2020 Bookies have never been accused of a lack of creativity, and they are proving that as the coronavirus outbreak has all but shut down sports in the United States. Bets can’t be placed on who will pull off the biggest upset in the NCAA basketball tournament, how many three-pointers […]

Saving lives, livelihoods? Democrats seen exploiting crisis to advance non-virus agenda

Saving lives, livelihoods? Democrats seen exploiting crisis to advance non-virus agenda

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2020 Democratic senators on Sunday blocked a coronavirus stimulus package in which negotiators had given the Democrats essentially everything they wanted, observers said. But the Democrats proclaimed it a corporate giveaway and stopped it in its tracks. “The bill was not just loans to corporations. It also had relief […]

Group sues NJ governor for suspending Second Amendment

Group sues NJ governor for suspending Second Amendment

by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2020 A gun rights group is suing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, saying he has essentially “suspended the Second Amendment” during the coronavirus outbreak. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) reported it has filed a federal lawsuit against Murphy and State Police Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan. The foundation asserted that Murphy’s […]

AOC: Mail checks to everybody, then tax it back from the rich next year

AOC: Mail checks to everybody, then tax it back from the rich next year

by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2020 Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday that she would support a coronavirus stimulus plan that sends checks to all Americans, regardless of wealth. The New York Democrat, in an interview with CNN, suggested the government could easily get back the money from those who don’t need it by taxing […]

Sen. Cotton advances plan to remove pharmaceutical production from China

Sen. Cotton advances plan to remove pharmaceutical production from China

by WorldTribune Staff, March 22, 2020 Sen. Tom Cotton on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at ending America’s reliance on Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturing, which was exposed by the coronavirus crisis. Cotton, Arkansas Republican, introduced legislation to limit the volume of Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from the U.S. medical drug supply. APIs are the “active ingredients” […]

DOJ quietly seeks ‘emergency’ powers due to outbreak

DOJ quietly seeks ‘emergency’ powers due to outbreak

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 […]