WHO Special Envoy Heaps Praise on Sweden’s Covid Strategy
One of the World Health Organization’s six special envoys on Covid-19 has highlighted Sweden’s virus response as a model that other countries should be emulating in the long run.
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Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots
A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth. And he knows this because he’s been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades.
98% of Americans who prefer socialism over capitalism reject ‘biblical worldview’: survey
A full 98% of Americans who hold socialist beliefs reject a “biblical worldview” while a strong majority of those who subscribe to biblical beliefs support conservative policies, according to data released by a research group headed by noted evangelical pollster George Barna.
Forty-four different cities: Majority of people arrested during Kenosha protests from out of town
A majority of the people who were arrested last week in Kenosha, Wisconsin, were from out of town.
Trump visits areas hit by Cat. 4 Hurricane Laura that killed 16, left 650K without power
President Donald Trump on Saturday assured Texas and Louisiana that the federal government “will take care of you” as he toured areas hit by Category 4 Hurricane Laura, which killed at least 16 people and left more than 650,000 without power.
39 missing Georgia children found during “Operation Not Forgotten”
Thirty-nine missing children from the state of Georgia have just been found, the US Marshals Service (USMS) confirmed Thursday. Nine people were arrested as the two-week long multi-agency “Operation Not Forgotten” rescued 26 children and ensured 13 others were in safe locations, Just the News reported.
Chuck Schumer: ‘Senate Must Vote to Decriminalize Marijuana’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.-N.Y.) put out a tweet on Sunday afternoon saying that the Senate must vote to decriminalize marijuana.
Hydroxychloroquine ‘very safe,’ says Dr. Scott Atlas; blasts ‘garbage’ medical studies
The drug hydroxychloroquine has gotten a bad rap thanks to politics, media hype and some “garbage” medical research, according to Dr. Scott Atlas, who joined the White House coronavirus task force earlier this month.
Man killed in Portland amid clashes between BLM protesters, pro-Trump supporters
Racial justice marchers and pro-Trump demonstrators converged on downtown Portland, Oregon, Saturday, sparking clashes and leaving one man shot and killed in the mayhem, police said.
Gunman who shot 2 officers arrested after 12-hour standoff
A St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side remained in critical condition Sunday, police said.
John Ratcliffe says he is coordinating with John Durham and plans to declassify more documents soon
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe revealed he is coordinating with U.S. Attorney John Durham in the federal prosecutor’s inquiry into the Russia investigation and expects to make further declassifications public soon.
John Ratcliffe says he has filed ‘crimes reports’ over leaks of classified intelligence
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says he has made multiple “crimes reports” related to leaks of classified information.
‘It Looks Like 1,000 Tornadoes’: Hurricane Laura Leaves Trail of CAT-4 Destruction
One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the US is moving North and East after pounding the Gulf Coast. Laura has now been downgraded to a tropical storm after slamming Louisiana with 150 mph winds this morning and leaving hurricane damage for hundreds of miles.
Trump admin. petitions Supreme Court to restore FDA’s abortion pill safety protocol
The Trump administration has asked the United States Supreme Court to lift an injunction on a federal rule requiring women to see a doctor before an abortion clinic dispenses abortion-inducing drugs.
Biden, Dems rethink riots response as law-and-order message lifts Trump
Top Democrats scrambled to adopt a tougher approach this week to riots that have broken out in cities across the country, casting a worried eye at President Trump’s rising poll numbers, which experts said were driven at least partly by his law-and-order message.
Appeals court says transgender students have constitutional right to use bathroom of choice
An appeals court has ruled that the Constitution and federal law guarantee transgender students the right to use the bathroom of their choice, a decision that upholds earlier court decisions and could be headed to the Supreme Court.
Seventy-four face federal charges from Portland protests
Seventy-four people are now facing federal charges related to protests that have rocked Portland, Oregon, for three months since George Floyd was killed, the local U.S. attorney announced Thursday.
Night of unrest in Minneapolis after black murder suspect kills himself in the street
In an effort to prevent rioters from suspecting police involvement in another black man’s death, Minneapolis police released a video Wednesday night showing a black murder suspect shooting himself dead in the street, the Washington Examiner reports. Rioting reportedly began upon news of the suspect’s death, but continued even after the police video was published. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey placed the city under curfew for the night, and called the National Guard for assistance.
Justice Department requests COVID-19 data from four states which required nursing homes to accept people with coronavirus
The Justice Department has requested COVID-19 data from the governors of four Democratic-run states that the government says may have caused thousands of deaths in nursing homes, Just the News reports. The department said in a statement that the requests “are not accusations of fault or wrongdoing by the states or any other individual or entity, and the department has not reached any conclusions about these matters.”
Republicans place free exercise of faith at front of convention agenda
Speakers throughout the Republican National Convention are aggressively courting President Trump’s religious base by touting him as a defender of the free exercise of faith.