France reported a new record for daily coronavirus infections on Thursday a day after the government announced new restrictions on bars and restaurants in major cities which have provoked an outcry from local politicians and business owners. Figures from Public Health France showed that 16,096 people had tested positive for Covid-19 over the last 24 …
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Trump Says the vaccine has to be approved by the HiM not the FDA (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump signaled that he could overrule any tightening of U.S. rules for the emergency clearance of a coronavirus vaccine, a move that could increase concerns that the race to find a Covid-19 shot is being politicized ahead …
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(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said that Americans in the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled will be sent $200 discount cards for prescription drugs within weeks, potentially putting cash in their pockets ahead of his November re-election. “Nobody’s seen this before. These cards are incredible,” Trump said Thursday in a speech outlining what …
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https://youtu.be/mWHqZ-oC_9Y The Dow rose Thursday as an Apple-infused rebound in tech and signs U.S. lawmakers are ready to resume talks on stimulus lifted investor sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.88%, or 234 points. The S&P 500 was up 0.96%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.34%. Tech awoke from its slumber this week, with …
Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said on Thursday that he is not worried about the possibility of inflation escalating in the near future, as reported by Reuters. Nick Note: they are buying the stuff by the truck load.. So lets not let it go to waste
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, in the most upbeat comments by a central banker since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, said the U.S. economy may surge at a 35% annualized rate in the third quarter and the nation may be close to a complete recovery by year-end. Rapid expansion in …
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“Vote him out!” Mourners booed President Donald Trump when he went to pay his respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. President Trump is getting blatantly, and loudly, disrespected for his attempt to pay his respects to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg … and the chants he heard have a familiar ring. First …
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Slightly more Americans applied for state unemployment benefits in the week ended Sept. 19 than in the prior week. Jobless claims rose 4,000 to 870,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims in the prior week were raised by 6,000 to 866,000. The number of people already collecting economic benefits, known as continuing claims fell 167,000 …
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President Trump’s campaign is discussing “contingency plans” that would involve bypassing the result of November’s election, reports The Atlantic. The report delves into possible scenarios if Trump apparently loses the 2020 presidential election but doesn’t concede, noting that although we’re used to electors being selected based on the popular vote, “nothing in the Constitution says …
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When asked if he would give a “peaceful transfer of power” to Joe Biden were he to lose in the November election. “Well, we’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said with a smile. “You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster.” The president …