Federal Reserve Launches Bold Program to Stabilize Markets
The Federal Reserve unveiled a host of programs on Monday in order to stabilize the markets in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, which some termed, “quantitative easing to infinity.”
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US and Mexico agree to block all nonessential travel at shared border, exempting trade
The Trump administration announced on Friday a ban on recreational and tourist travel at the U.S.-Mexico border as a precaution to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
FDA approves coronavirus test that gives results in less than an hour
The Food and Drug Administration approved a coronavirus test that will give results in less than an hour.
Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic missile
The United States announced Friday it has successfully tested an unarmed prototype of a hypersonic missile, a nuclear-capable weapon that could accelerate the arms race between superpowers.
Nearly one billion people confined to homes globally to curb virus
Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and US states rolled out lockdown measures already imposed across swathes of Europe.
Strongest earthquake in 140 years rattles Croatia’s capital; at least 1 dead
A strong earthquake rattled Zagreb, Croatia, on Sunday morning, killing at least one person and littering the streets with debris.
Wycliffe Associates Publishes New Testament in New Language Created for the Deaf and Deaf-Blind Communities
Wycliffe Associates held a dedication service for its newly published Symbolic Universal Notation (SUN) New Testament on February 20, 2020, at its worldwide headquarters in Orlando, Florida.
From field hospitals to respirator masks, Pentagon wades into coronavirus support role
The Pentagon on Tuesday laid out how the U.S. military would support the medical response to the coronavirus, from using its stockpile of respirator masks to potentially building field hospitals and perhaps even deploying Navy hospital ships to reduce the stress on U.S. emergency rooms.
Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program
The Federal Reserve, saying ‘the coronavirus outbreak has harmed communities and disrupted economic activity in many countries, including the United States,’ cut interest rates to essentially zero on Sunday and launched a massive $700 billion quantitative easing program to shelter the economy from the effects of the virus.
Mexico considering restrictions on US border amid coronavirus fears
Mexico could consider measures at its northern border to slow the spread of the coronavirus into its relatively unaffected territory, health officials said on Friday, with an eye to containing a US outbreak that has infected more than 2,000 people.
Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts US National Emergency
U.S. President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency, clearing the way for more federal aid to stream to states and cities to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump Threatens to Veto House-passed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Reforms
The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to change the way the FBI and National Security Agency use the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to conduct electronic surveillance of foreign nationals and agents in the United States. But President Donald Trump indicated Thursday that he might veto the bipartisan bill, saying he and his allies wanted more information about how the FBI’s investigation of alleged ties between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia was launched.
U.S. Conducts Retaliatory Air Strikes Against Iran-Backed Militia In Iraq
The United States is conducting retaliatory airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia group operating in Iraq following a deadly attack a day earlier against a base hosting Western forces near Baghdad, the Pentagon says.
Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for court hearings in the United States.
Trump to pressure China to join New START deal to restrict their growing nuke arsenal
The Trump administration this week disclosed plans to seek an extension of the 2010 New START agreement to limit China’s growing nuclear arsenal and restrict exotic new weapons not covered by the treaty.
Netanyahu calls virus ‘pandemic’ as Israel plans restrictions on some US flights
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that the coronavirus was a pandemic more severe than any disease outbreak in the past century, as a senior official said Israel was likely hours away from placing restrictions on flights arriving from some parts of the United States.
Near Record Employment: 159,759,000 Working in U.S.A.
Forty-five thousand more people were employed in February than in January, bringing the total number employed — 158,759,000– to the second highest level in the nation’s history.
US Strikes Taliban For Attacking Afghan Forces, After Trump Says Taliban Wants to ‘Cease the Violence’
President Trump said Tuesday he had ‘a good, long [phone] conversation’ with the leader of the Taliban and that the group wants to ‘cease the violence.’
House approves $8.3B to battle coronavirus
The House passed an $8.3 billion measure to fund the federal government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed 11 lives and infected more than 100 people in the United States.
IDF halts major air defense drill with US as coronavirus restrictions intensify
The Israel Defense Forces called off a major air defense exercise with the United States on Wednesday night, a day after it launched, following stricter safety restrictions issued by the Health Ministry aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.