Unemployment benefits for millions of unemployed Americans ran out in August. As expected, the Senate GOP didn’t get the votes they needed to pass their “skinny” coronavirus relief bill, which failed 52-47 on Thursday. The legislation needed 60 votes to pass. All Democrats voted against the bill, and Republican Sen. Rand Paul also opposed it. House …
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National polls have been showing that President Trump has narrowed his deficit. Surveys in the critical battleground states of Pennsylvania and Florida are also tentatively showing Biden has peaked. The chances of a contested election are rising and could lead to a stock sell-off and a dollar rise. Two weeks ahead of election day, there …
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Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says that Hunter Biden’s laptop is NOT part of a Russian disinformation campaign but says it IS in the hands of the FBI House Intel chair Adam Schiff said the ‘smear’ on Biden ‘comes from the Kremlin’ DNI John Ratcliffe said the laptop is not part of a Russian …
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell revealed his concerns in a warning manner for the White House not to proceed with a big stimulus deal prior to the election, according to the Washington Post’s report released on Tuesday. The senator questioned the good faith of the House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, concerning her negotiation with Treasury Secretary …
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Washington — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate will vote Wednesday on the coronavirus relief proposal crafted by Republicans, in addition to a separate vote on additional funding for a program to aid small businesses on Tuesday. McConnell’s announcement is a blow to efforts by the White House and Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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(Bloomberg) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that a bill for a compromise stimulus package is being written as she awaits a key phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Tuesday. Pelosi said in a Bloomberg Television interview that areas where more work is required to get a compromise include assistance to state and local …
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United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed on Tuesday the Democrats and the GOP have joined efforts to write the relief bill in order to pass it in the Congress before the presidential elections. Pelosi expressed her optimism about reaching a bipartisan agreement, but noted there are still sticking points that would have to be …
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Republican senator Ted Cruz claimed on Tuesday he is “very skeptical” about reaching an agreement between the Republicans and Democrats on the country’s next coronavirus stimulus bill. Previously, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asserted that a $500 billion aid bill proposal made by the Republicans “remains unacceptable” and “totally inadequate” as “the crisis has gotten …
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More trouble for Joe Biden as Ukrainian lawmaker claims second laptop belonging to Hunter’s business contacts in the country has been seized by law enforcement Andrii Derkach posted to Facebook on Friday to say there is a ‘second laptop’ In the post Derkach says that laptop ‘was given to Ukrainian law enforcement’ ‘These are not …
COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04536298 Brief Summary: The Vitamin D and COVID-19 Trial (VIVID) is a nationwide randomized clinical trial in 2700 U.S. men and women to investigate whether taking a daily dietary supplement of vitamin D for 4 weeks reduces the risk of hospitalization and/or death in participants newly …