Thursday, March 28, 2024

Politics

Austria To Ease Restrictions After Growth Rate Of Infections Slows To 2.8%

VIENNA (VINnews) — Austria is set to be the first country in Europe to start easing the quarantine measures adopted to contain the coronavirus, after the country reported that the ...

Governors Seize Spotlight Amid States’ Coronavirus Response

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Across America, as families stuck in their homes anxious and isolated by the new coronavirus, a new daily ritual is taking shape: tuning into the governor’s a...

Trump Sees Limits Of Presidency In Avoiding Blame For Virus

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is confronting the most dangerous crisis a U.S. leader has faced this century as the coronavirus spreads and a once-vibrant economy falters...

Fact Check: Trump Pitches Drug Not Approved For Coronavirus

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is pitching a medicine for COVID-19 sufferers that science has not concluded is effective or safe for their use. “Take it,” he said of the ...

Taliban Warn Peace Deal With US Near Breaking Point

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The Taliban in a statement Sunday said their peace deal with the United States was nearing a breaking point, accusing Washington of violations that inclu...

Intelligence official ‘disappointed’ after ouster by Trump

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The ousted inspector general of the intelligence community says he is “disappointed and saddened” that President Donald Trump fired him, but he also encouraged ot...

Report: Gantz Ready To Accept Limited Annexation In Judea And Samaria

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JERUSALEM (JNS) — Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz is ready to accept a limited annexation of territory in Judea and Samaria, possibly bringing a unity agreement between Gan...

‘Blood Libel’: Chareidi Workers Separated At Plant For Preparing COVID-19 Test Swabs

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Novamed, a Jerusalem-based company which prepares the swabs required for COVID-19 test kits announced Sunday that it was releasing its Chareidi workers to unp...

Biden Says Convention Could Be Held Virtually

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WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden says the Democratic National Convention that has already been delayed until August may need to be held virtually. Biden said on ABC’...

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, ‘wartime’ pandemic leader or ‘backup’?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Is he a wartime president or a backup point man? President Donald Trump seems to go back and forth on that, or both ways at once, in responding to the coronavirus...

Trump Fires Watchdog Who Handled Ukraine Complaint

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired the inspector general of the intelligence community, sidelining an independent watchdog who played a pivotal role in his imp...

In time of crisis, Trump-Pelosi relationship remains broken

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the most powerful people in Washington have not spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century, one that ...

Pelosi Creating House Committee To Oversee Economic Bailout

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will establish a special House committee with subpoena power to oversee the government's spending of the more than $2.2 tri...

Joe Biden Predicts Democratic Convention Delay Until August

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Prospective Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he thinks his party's nominating convention will have to be pushed back from July into August because o...

Trump Warns Iran Against Attacking US Troops In Iraq

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Tehran should expect a bold U.S. response if Iran or Iranian-backed groups attack American forces or assets in Iraq. ...

Early Divisions As Congress Weighs Next Help For Economy

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The bipartisan partnership that propelled a $2.2 trillion economic rescue package through Congress just days ago is already showing signs of strain, raising quest...

Republican Jewish Coalition In Rare Move Targets A GOP Congressman In Primary

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Republican Jewish Coalition — specifically its political action committee — has had it with Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky. And he’s a Republican. Massie ...

McConnell: Impeachment ‘Diverted Attention’ From Coronavirus

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump's impeachment trial distracted the federal government from paying attention to the novel corona...

Democratic Lawmakers Call For Racial Data In Virus Testing

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities in the national response to the co...

FBI Reaches Out To Sen. Burr Over Stock Sales Tied To Virus

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has reached out to Sen. Richard Burr about his sale of stocks before the coronavirus caused markets to plummet, a person familiar with the matter said Mon...