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Putin Seeking to Create New World Order with ‘Rogue States’ amid Coronavirus Crisis, Report Claims

April 5, 2020 Focus Washington

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his administration are using the coronavirus crisis to spread conspiracy theories in a bid to “subvert the West” and create a new world order, a new report has alleged. CNBC reported […]

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Trump Fires Watchdog Who Handled Ukraine Complaint

April 4, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump has fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community who handled the whistleblower complaint that triggered Trump’s impeachment, USA Today reports. Trump informed the Senate intelligence committee Friday of his […]

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Search for JFK’s Grand-Niece and Son, 8, Turns to Recovery, Mom Says

April 4, 2020 Focus Washington

A grand-niece of President John F. Kennedy and her son were feared dead after rowing into the rough Chesapeake Bay in Maryland to recover a soccer ball — and disappearing under the choppy waters, authorities […]

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C.D.C. Says All Americans Should Wear Masks. Trump Says He Won’t

April 4, 2020 Focus Washington

President Trump said on Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was urging all Americans to wear a mask when they leave their homes, but he undercut the message by repeatedly calling the […]

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NYC Sees Largest 24-Hour Jump Yet in Coronavirus Cases, Deaths

April 4, 2020 Focus Washington

By Friday night, the bruised Big Apple had its biggest spike in coronavirus cases and deaths in a single, 24-hour period since the outbreak hit New York last month, New York Post reports. A staggering […]

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U.S. Accused of ‘Piracy’ Over Mask ‘Confiscation’

April 4, 2020 Focus Washington

The US has been accused of redirecting 200,000 Germany-bound masks for its own use, in a move condemned as “modern piracy”, BBC reports. The local government in Berlin said the shipment of US-made masks was […]

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New York State’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises

April 3, 2020 Focus Washington

New York state braced for a wave of new COVID-19 cases next week after recording more than 500 deaths in a single day, bringing the total to nearly 3,000, Reuters reports. The toll is about […]

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U.S. Prosecutors Resist Calls to Free Inmates Amid Crisis

April 3, 2020 Focus Washington

Five inmates at a federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, have died since March 28 after contracting the coronavirus. Harold Lee’s family fears he could be next, Reuters reports. Lee, who was sentenced in 2018 for […]

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CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin Tests Positive for Coronavirus

April 3, 2020 Focus Washington

CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced on Friday that she tested positive for coronavirus after experiencing symptoms a day earlier. “I am OKAY,” Baldwin said in an Instagram post announcing her diagnosis. “It came on suddenly […]

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European Stocks Sink as Pandemic Hits Business

April 3, 2020 Focus Washington

European stock markets sank on Friday, erasing meager gains for the week, as more companies flagged a hit to business from the coronavirus pandemic while oil prices extended their previous day’s gains on hopes of […]

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Mnuchin Says Small Business Rescue Loans Launch Friday

April 3, 2020 Focus Washington

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was pressing ahead with the Friday launch of a $349 billion coronavirus rescue loan program for small businesses, after conceding to bank demands to fix aspects of the […]

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U.S. Navy Relieves Aircraft Carrier Commander Who Urged Swift Coronavirus Action

April 3, 2020 Focus Washington

The U.S. Navy relieved the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt’s captain of his command on Thursday, punishing him for the leak of a scathing letter he sent to superiors that sought stronger measures for curbing a […]

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Americans Urged to Wear Masks Outside as Pandemic Worsens

April 3, 2020 Focus Washington

The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out during the still-exploding coronavirus pandemic, as the U.S. death toll rose by 1,000 in a […]

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NY Funeral Homes Struggle as Virus Deaths Surge

April 3, 2020 Focus Washington

Pat Marmo walked among 20 or so deceased in the basement of his Brooklyn funeral home, his protective mask pulled down so his pleas could be heard, The Associated Press reports. “Every person there, they’re […]

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Rep. Ilhan Omar Blasts Trump’s Coronavirus Press Conferences

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

Rep. Ilhan Omar criticized the coronavirus press conferences at the White House calling it rambling and self-promotional, Fox News informed. MSNBC and CNN did not run the press conference in its entirety. Erik Wemple, the Washington Post’s media […]

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San Francisco Order Bans Reusable Bags from Grocery Stores in Effort to Fight Coronavirus

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

One of the hardest-hit cities by the coronavirus, San Francisco, issued a ban of reusable shopping bags Wednesday in a set of social distancing measures as part of the city’s extension of its stay-at-home order, meant […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Confident, Calm, Stressed – Wisconsin – New Behavior – Trust Coronavirus Information

April 2, 2020 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, April 2, 2020 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 47%Same as Tuesday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 45% (Politico) to 48% (Grinnell, Rasmussen). The fourth […]

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Coronavirus Cases in U.S. Doubled in Past Week

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

The United States is seeing a significant rising in the number of coronavirus cases in the last weeks, with numbers doubling in the past five days, and death toll quickly rising as well. The virus, […]

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Trump Uses Coronavirus Bailout against Congressional Oversight

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump is using the coronavirus bailout to keep up his long-running battle against congressional oversight, potentially laying the groundwork for yet another showdown with Congress, The Hill reported. There are already an unprecedented […]

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Schwarzenegger Says Californian Authorities ‘Shortsighted’ to Defund Pandemic Stockpile

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told POLITICO on Tuesday it was “shortsighted” for California leaders to abandon a $200 million emergency preparedness effort he initiated in 2006 to deal with a future pandemic, as the state […]

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U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Seen at Record High

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits likely shot to a record high for a second week in a row as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists […]

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Spain’s Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 10,000

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

Spain’s death toll from coronavirus surpassed the 10,000 threshold after a record 950 people died overnight, the country’s Health Ministry said on Thursday, Reuters reported. The number of cases registered rose to by about 8% […]

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Palestinian Camps Face Grave Threat If Coronavirus Spreads

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

Malka Abu Aker has seen her crowded refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank swell year upon year since fleeing there over 70 years ago, with the arrival of new generations and those escaping successive […]

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Americans Huddle Indoors as Coronavirus Deaths Keep Spiking

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths in the United States nearly doubled in three […]

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WHO Expects Coronavirus Cases to Hit 1mn in Following Days

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

The World Health Organization is expecting the number of cases of coronavirus to reach one million in the upcoming days, while the death toll to reach about 50,000. “As we enter the fourth month since […]

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Trump Expects Russia-Saudi Oil Deal Soon

April 2, 2020 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump said he has invited U.S. oil executives to the White House to discuss ways to help the industry “ravaged” by slumping energy demand during the coronavirus outbreak and a price war between […]

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Intelligence Officials Say China Underreported Virus Cases: Report

April 1, 2020 Focus Washington

U.S. intelligence officials say that China underreported both the number of cases and the death toll the country suffered from the coronavirus outbreak, according to a report published Wednesday by Bloomberg. Three unnamed intelligence officials […]

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Anti-malaria Medicine Promoted by Trump Now in Shortage, FDA Says

April 1, 2020 Focus Washington

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed that two of the anti-malaria medicine that was promoted by President Donald Trump as a potentially successful way to treat coronavirus are now in shortage, The Hill […]

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No Hopeful Signs for Iran as Coronavirus Death Toll Crosses 3,000

April 1, 2020 Focus Washington

In a day of more grim news for Iran, the country’s death toll from the new coronavirus reached 3,036, with 138 deaths in the past 24 hours. These are official figures but experts fear the […]

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Hezbollah Shifts Attention From Syria Fight to Battle Virus

April 1, 2020 Focus Washington

In the streets of Beirut’s southern suburbs, Hezbollah paramedics and volunteers on trucks and on foot sprayed disinfectants on shops and buildings. At a hospital where it once treated its wounded fighters, the group’s medical […]

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