Four elected Democrats and a private attorney were accused Tuesday of taking part in a bribery and extortion scheme that encouraged soliciting and/or accepting cash and other things of value from business owners in exchange for favorable votes on issues before the Toledo City Council, federal prosecutors said. Sponsored: Eerie… Read More
CNN closing and selling main news office
WarnerMedia said Monday it will sell the iconic CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, but that it doesn’t mean the network will abandon the city. The network will consolidate its Atlanta workforce in a series of offices across town, the same office campus where CNN was first located upon its founding… Read More
Trump overhauls federal hiring — media ignores
President Donald Trump is preparing to direct the federal government to overhaul its hiring to prioritize a job applicant’s skills over a college degree, administration and industry officials say. Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday outlining a new direction for the nation’s largest employer during a meeting… Read More
Dr. Fauci set to testify on coronavirus fight
With coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations, Dr. Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday at a fraught moment in the nation’s pandemic response. The government’s top infectious disease expert will testify before a House committee, along… Read More
Second wave of “Trump Checks” coming
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering a second wave of economic stimulus efforts — the so-called “Trump Checks” that delivered $1,200 in the pockets in every American taxpayer. The sting of the coronavirus shutdown continues to drag down the U.S. economy, and the White House is weighing a second stimulus…. Read More
[Poll] Re-open the economy? You decide
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits because of the coronavirus has soared past 30 million, worsening a crisis unmatched since the 1930s and turning up the pressure on political leaders to lift restrictions that are choking the economy. Government figures released Thursday showed that 3.8 million laid-off workers… Read More
Unemployment hits highest since Great Depression
Unemployment in the U.S. has swelled to levels last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with 1 in 6 American workers thrown out of a job by the coronavirus. More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, the government said Thursday. In all, roughly… Read More
Small business lending program already out of cash
The government’s lending program for small businesses is on hold. The Small Business Administration said Thursday that it reached the $349 billion lending limit for the program, after approving nearly 1.7 million loans. Thousands of small business owners whose loans have not yet been processed must now wait for Congress… Read More
22 million U.S. workers now unemployed
The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus ballooned Thursday to at least 22 million in just four weeks, an unprecedented collapse that has fueled widening protests and propelled President Donald Trump’s push to relax the nation’s social distancing guidelines. Trump planned to announce new recommendations later… Read More
5 ways Trump could make China pay for coronavirus
by Frank Holmes, reporter As deaths from coronavirus sweep all 50 states, President Donald Trump is drawing up plans to make China pay for spreading the deadly global health pandemic. Chinese media outlets have admitted that Communist officials knew the virus, which originated in Wuhan, was spreading like wildfire. If… Read More
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