Month: September 2020

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Sunday aimed at lowering drug prices in the United States by linking them to those of other nations and expanding the scope of a July action, […]

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Pandemic Preparedness Panel Slams Collective Failure to Heed Warnings

A collective failure by political leaders to heed warnings and prepare for an infectious disease pandemic has transformed “a world at risk” to a “world in disorder”, according to a report on international epidemic preparedness, […]

Trump Visits California, Biden Talks Climate Change as Wildfires Take Campaign Focus

President Donald Trump will travel to California on Monday to be briefed about its devastating wildfires while Democratic rival Joe Biden plans a speech on the matter from Delaware, bringing climate change to the forefront […]

Pompeo Says U.S. Ambassador to China to Leave Post

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said early Monday U.S. ambassador to China Terry Branstad would leave the post, Reuters reported. “I thank Ambassador Terry Branstad for his more than three years of service to the […]

ByteDance Drops Tiktok’s U.S. Sale, Considers Partnership With Oracle

ByteDance has abandoned the sale of TikTok in the United States to pursue a partnership with Oracle that it hopes will spare it a U.S. ban while appeasing China, people familiar with the matter told […]

Afghan Peace Talks Open With Calls for Ceasefire, Women’s Rights

Afghan government representatives and Taliban insurgents gathered on Saturday for historic peace talks aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians, Reuters informed. Ahead of face-to-face […]

Pompeo Says U.S. ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Turkey Actions in East Mediterranean

The United States remains “deeply concerned” about Turkey’s actions in the eastern Mediterranean, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday, urging a diplomatic end to a simmering crisis over offshore natural resources, Reuters informs. […]

AstraZeneca Resumes UK Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine Halted by Patient Illness

AstraZeneca has resumed British clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine, one of the most advanced in development, after getting the green light from safety watchdogs, the company said on Saturday, Reuters informed. The late-stage trials of […]

Facebook Removes Posts Linking Oregon Wildfires to Activist Groups

Facebook has started removing false claims that the deadly wildfires in Oregon were started by various left-wing and right-wing groups, a spokesman for the social media company said on Saturday, after the rumors left state […]

Trump Rallies Supporters in Nevada

Republican President Donald Trump rallied his backers in Nevada on Saturday in a bid to drum up support in a state where polls show his Democratic rival Joe Biden is ahead, Reuters reported. Going through […]

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Canada Reports Zero COVID-19 Deaths for First Time Since March

Canada reported zero COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours for the first time since March 15, according to public health agency data released late on Friday, Reuters reported. Canada’s death toll from the pandemic […]

Key Aide to Prosecutor Reviewing Origins of Trump-Russia Probe Resigns

A senior aide to the Connecticut federal prosecutor in charge of investigating the origins of the FBI’s probe into contacts between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia has resigned from the Justice Department, a spokesman […]

U.S. Lawmakers Question Disney CEO Over Xinjiang Connection to ‘Mulan’

A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers urged Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Chapek to explain the company’s connection with “security and propaganda” authorities of China’s Xinjiang region during the production of live-action war epic “Mulan”, […]

Bahrain Follows Emirates in Normalizing Ties With Israel

Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday, a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated, Reuters reported. […]

Afghan Peace Talks Open in Doha, 19 Years After 9/11 Triggered War

Afghan government representatives and Taliban insurgents gathered on Saturday for historic peace talks aimed at ending two decades of war that has killed tens of thousands of combatants and civilians, Reuters informed. “The choice of […]

September 11, 2020 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: 20 New State Polls – Harris vs. Pence – Respecting the Military

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, September 11, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 40% (Reuters) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without these extremes […]

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Biden, Pence Attend New York 9/11 Memorial, Trump at Pennsylvania Crash Site

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence, both masked, joined New York’s somber 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, while President Donald Trump marked it at the Pennsylvania crash site of […]

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Trump Says Everyone Knew the Coronavirus Was Airborne in February

President Donald Trump on Thursday defended comments he made to reporter Bob Woodward in early February in which he acknowledged the coronavirus “goes through air” despite publicly downplaying the threat in public and telling Americans […]

U.S. Sanctions Ukrainian Lawmaker and Rudy Giuliani Ally for Involvement in 2020 Election Meddling

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on three Kremlin-linked individuals and a Ukrainian lawmaker Thursday for attempting to meddle in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, CNBC reported. In a statement Thursday, Treasury described Andrii Derkach, […]

Pelosi Hopeful COVID-19 Aid Bill Can Still Pass Before Election

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was hopeful legislation for additional COVID-19 relief could be finalized before the Nov. 3 presidential election no matter how the Republican-led Senate voted on a slimmed down version […]

World Shares Struggle to Shake off Bearish Mood as U.S. Tech Giants Wobble

Share markets struggled globally on Friday in a shadow cast by overnight falls in U.S. big tech shares, as well as doubts about the prospects for a U.S. stimulus after the Senate rejected a Republican […]

Senate Defeat of ‘Skinny’ Coronavirus Aid Bill Puts It on ‘Dead-End Street’

The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around $300 billion in new coronavirus aid, as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing, Reuters writes. By a vote […]

EU Ramps up No-Deal Preparations as It Weighs UK’s Brexit Ultimatum

The European Union on Friday was ramping up preparations for a tumultuous end to the four-year Brexit saga as top officials prepared to brief its 27 members on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to […]

Russia Says It Has Timeline of Navalny Movements, Wants to Send Investigators to Germany

Russian police have traced opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s movements and what he drank before falling ill in Siberia last month, and are trying to locate a witness who has left the country, the interior ministry […]

Microsoft Believes Russians That Hacked Clinton Targeted Biden Campaign Firm

Microsoft recently alerted one of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s main election campaign advisory firms that it had been targeted by suspected Russian state-backed hackers, according to four people briefed on the matter, Reuters reported. […]

September 10, 2020 John Ganjei

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: New National, State Polls – Describing the System

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, September 10, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 40% (Reuters) to 48% (Rasmussen). Without these extremes […]

NYC Democrat Runs Campaign Ad Calling de Blasio ‘Worst Mayor’ in History of the City

A New York congressman has a very simple message for his constituents as he lobbies for reelection: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is the worst, Fox News informed. Rep. Max Rose, a Democrat who represents Staten […]

Trump Adds 20 Names to Supreme Court Shortlist

President Donald Trump on Wednesday added 20 names to his list of potential nominees to the Supreme Court and called on his Democratic rival Joe Biden to do the same, renewing a tactic he first […]

Weekly Jobless Claims Miss Estimates as Employment Gains Taper Off

Weekly jobless claims were worse than expected last week amid a plodding climb for the U.S. labor market from the damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, CNBC reported. The Labor Department reported 884,000 first-time filings […]

Trump Reacts to ‘Great Honor’ of Nobel Peace Prize Nomination, Calls it ‘Great Thing for Our Country’

President Donald Trump welcomed his nomination for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize in an exclusive interview with the “Fox News Rundown” on Thursday, calling it “a great thing for our country,” Fox News informed. “It’s a great honor to be […]