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UNITED STATES─Members of Congress reached a deal on Wednesday, March 25, for a $2 trillion stimulus package bill to provide funds to Americans and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Charles Schumer after negotiating with U.S. Secretary of Treasurer Steven Mnuchin. The passage...

UNITED STATES−President Donald Trump announced the implementation of the Defense Production Act on Wednesday, March 18. The bill will give the federal government the authority to request manufacturers to ramp up the production of  needed medical supplies like surgical masks, ventilators, respirators, and allow  the expansion of hospital capacity in an effort to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) which originated...

UNITED STATES−Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi attempted to hide abortion funding in a slush fund for the new Family First Coronavirus Response Act bill. The Hyde Amendment strictly prohibits federal funding to be used to pay for abortions. White House officials are  accusing  Pelosi of attempting to use a loophole in the Coronavirus funding set aside for the diagnostic...

UNITED STATES−President Donald Trump addressed the county on Wednesday, March 11, calling for unity in the wake of the Coronavirus, and noted that the spread of the virus is now a National Emergency. President Trump placed a 30-day travel ban on flights coming into the U.S. from Europe beginning starting Friday, March 13 in an effort to mitigate and contain...

UNITED STATES−Nielsen Media Research reports that President Donald Trump’s Town Hall meeting in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the hometown of former Vice President Joe Biden’s on Thursday, March 5, was the most-watched in cable TV history. The event was sponsored by Fox News and co-hosted by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. Reports indicate 4.2 million viewers watched, with MSNBC’s achieving 1.4 million...

MILWAUKEE, WI—A total of six people were killed, after a former employer at the Molson Coors Brewing Co. opened fire on several people after being fired from his job on Wednesday, February 26. The facility is located on the 4000 block of W. State Street. The shooter has been identified as a 51-year-old male who died from a self-inflicted...

UNITED STATES−A Hobart, Indiana couple were charged on Thursday, February 20, after running two kids on bikes off the road in July 2019. On July 12, 2019, two 14-year-old twin boys riding bikes, were taunted by Kyren Gregory Perry-Jones, 23, and Cailyn Marie Smith, 18, who pulled up beside them. The boys had Trump flags affixed to their bicycles with...

UNITED STATES−For the third time in his presidency, Donald Trump pardoned, granted clemency or commutations to 13 people on Tuesday, February 18. "Today, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Grants of Clemency granting Full Pardons to the following individuals: Edward DeBartolo, Jr., Michael Milken, Ariel Friedler, Bernard Kerik, Paul Pogue, David Safavian, and Angela Stanton. In addition, President Trump signed...

JACKSONVILLE, FL—On February 4, Nadia King, a 6-year-old with special needs, was escorted out of her school by police to be taken to a mental health facility involuntarily under the Baker Act. King was in a class for special needs children at Love Grove Elementary School in Jacksonville, Florida when she became—what police reports would claim to be—“out of control”...

UNITED STATES−A man has been arrested after allegedly slapping a juvenile wearing a Make America Great Again after exiting a polling station in New Hampshire on Tuesday, February 11. Patrick Bradley, 34, entered a Trump tent outside Windham High School at the Granite, New Hampshire primaries and slapped 15-year-old Nate Campbell. The teen told Bradley to, “have a nice night,”...