Biden calls for mandate requiring all Americans to wear masks
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday called for a nationwide mask mandate to help fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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S&P reaches near record high same day it reports corporate bankruptcies on track to reach 10-year high
The S&P 500 opened near a new record high Tuesday morning, the same day the S&P Global Market Intelligence report projected that corporate bankruptcies will reach a 10-year high in 2020.
Tropical Storm Josephine forms in Atlantic, becomes earliest ‘J’ storm in record-setting hurricane season
The 10th named tropical storm of the year formed Thursday out over the Atlantic Ocean, setting yet another record for a busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
Monday’s derecho damaged 10M acres of crops in Iowa; 600K still without power in Midwest
More than 600,000 customers remained without power Wednesday in the Midwest due to the powerful derecho that roared across the region on Monday. Iowa was especially hard hit, as the potent windstorm devastated the state’s power grid and flattened valuable corn fields.
$5,630,859,000,000: Federal Spending Has Already Set Annual Record; Deficit at Record $2,807,295,000,000
The federal government set records for the amount of money it spent and the size of the deficit it ran up in the first ten months of fiscal 2020 (October through July), according to data released today in the Monthly Treasury Statement.
White House Shooter Charged With Assault
More details emerged Wednesday about a shooting near the White House that prompted security agents to remove President Donald Trump from a press briefing briefly.
Experts monitoring small earthquakes on California’s San Andreas Fault
Seismic experts are monitoring a swarm of small earthquakes that struck under the Salton Sea in California Monday, to assess the possibility of their becoming a large event on the San Andreas Fault, Yahoo News reports. There is a reported 20% possibility of a magnitude 7 or larger earthquake on the San Andreas Fault over the next 30 years.
Barr: Antifa a ‘Revolutionary Group’ That Wants to Establish Socialism
For the first time, the nation’s top law enforcement officer has explicitly outlined the nature of far-left anarcho-communist group Antifa, describing it as a “revolutionary group” intent on establishing socialism or communism in the United States—and the experts agree.
Trump tests power, outpaces Obama on executive orders
President Trump, who criticized President Obama as ineffective four years ago for relying heavily on executive orders, is increasingly wielding his presidential pen on everything from tax relief to lowering drug prices as the election nears.
Gun Sales in July: 2 Million, Up 134.6% From July 2019
There were an estimated 2 million firearms sales in July, which is an increase of 134.6% from July 2019, according to Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting (SAAF).
Biden Chooses Kamala Harris As Vice Presidential Running Mate
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has chosen Senator Kamala D. Harris of California as his vice presidential running mate on Tuesday.
Over 100 people arrested in apparently organized outbreak of looting and unrest
Amid ongoing violence and looting in Chicago, over 100 people were arrested Monday after 13 police officers were injured during a night of unrest, the Washington Examiner reports. In a statement, Police Superintendent David Brown said the unrest “was not an organized protest” but “an incident of pure criminality” that reportedly began after officers shot and wounded a 20-year-old man who had opened fire on them.
Powerful derecho with 100mph winds causes chaos across Midwest
A rare storm packing 100 mph winds and with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest on Monday, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, causing widespread property damage and leaving hundreds of thousands without power as it moved through Chicago and into Indiana and Michigan.
Federal deficit swells to nearly $3 trillion in first 10 months of fiscal year 2020
The federal deficit so far this fiscal year is at $2.8 trillion, roughly $2 trillion higher than the deficit for the same period last year, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
House will be mostly absent until mid-November
The House will be in session just three weeks between now and Nov. 16, Democratic leaders announced Monday.
Seattle City Council votes to scale back police department funding as officer pay on chopping block
The Seattle City Council approved steep cuts to the city’s police department but avoided the 50% scale back in funding social justice activists had sought.
Johnson subpoenas FBI in review of Russia probe origin
The Senate Homeland Security Committee on Monday subpoenaed the FBI and Director Christopher Wray as part of its broad review into the origins of the Russia investigation, Fox News has learned.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) launches campaign for mass clemency as systemic response to racist incarceration
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is launching a years-long campaign for the clemency and release of 50,000 prisoners as a means to address “decades of racist, punitive, and degrading incarceration,” Fox News reported last week. “The Redemption Campaign” will be lobbying state governors to grant mass clemency to “older incarcerated people,” “people convicted of drug distribution and possession offenses,” “people incarcerated for technical probation or parole violations,” and people who would have received a lesser sentence if convicted under current laws.
End of July jobless rate remained high, although lower than forecast
Although the number of employment claims at the end of July was over 1 million for the 20th straight week, it was also the lowest number of new claims since the US was struck by COVID-19 in March, the Washington Examiner reports. The end of July saw 1.2 million claims when economists had forecast there would be 1.42 million.
Trump signs executive actions after Congress stalls on coronavirus relief
President Trump signed multiple executive measures after Congress failed to pass another coronavirus relief bill.