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Three Short Pieces of Advice for President Trump on the Virus 1. Offer more realistic hope. President Trump could say something like this: “We are going to have a huge party when this thing subsides. We’re going to dine out, travel, and enjoy life more than ever before. Believe it!” 2. Be encouraging. He could also say, “Keep building and growing, America. Keep hiring good people. Keep making great products. Show our leadership. Have faith that moves mountains.” 3. Report new cases (and deaths) of the flu alongside new cases (and deaths) of the coronavirus. This will help put coronavirus...

Give Joe Biden some credit. On Jan. 27, he published an op-ed in USA Today recognizing that the coronavirus outbreak could become a big problem. But he devoted nearly the entire piece to bashing President Trump, then fighting off impeachment from Biden's old Democratic colleagues on Capitol Hill, and nearly none of it to explaining what he, Joe Biden, would do to fight the pandemic. Since then, where has Biden been?...

Philadelphia police are investigating an alleged assault and robbery recorded on video and posted to social media, Mayor Jim Kenney tweeted Sunday morning. The video, posted on Instagram by user @jaydothemost on Thursday and reported by NextShark, shows a group of four men walking down a sidewalk toward another man. The man, wearing a white hat and a white sweatshirt, moves toward the street as the group approaches. But one of the men sucker-punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground. MORE NEWS Philadelphia police alter low-level arrest policies during coronavirus crisis Fatal King of Prussia shooting over...

General Motors and Ford Motor are offering new vehicle financing programs to spur sales amid the coronavirus outbreak, which is hurting consumer confidence and slowing dealer showroom traffic. GM, through its GM Financial arm, is offering 0% financing for seven years – two years more than recent programs – and four months deferred payments for those with A+ credit. People with a lower rating of A1 can qualify for the deferment, however not the 0% financing, the company confirmed Monday. The new programs come as many expect the COVID-19 pandemic to significantly impact U.S. auto sales. RBC Capital said Monday...

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Fox News Channel announced Monday it will host a two-hour virtual town hall with President Trump and other top members of the White House coronavirus task force on Tuesday at noon ET. The event will be co-moderated by network anchors Harris Faulkner and Bill Hemmer, with contributions being made throughout by Fox News contributors Dr. Nicole Saphire, Dr. Marc Siegel and Dr. Mehmet Oz. "Ahead of the town hall on March 24th, viewers will be able to submit their questions regarding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to the president and the administration’s task force via FNC’s social media accounts on Twitter,...

Americans who have had their livelihoods taken away from them without notice as a result of the Chinese virus COVID-19 are hurting and desperately looking to the U.S. government to deliver much needed relief. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin joined with President Trump last week at a press briefing and assured Americans that checks will be coming in a matter of days, and the Senate worked through the weekend on a spending measure. With a bipartisan deal within reach, House Speaker Nanacy Pelosi threw a hand grenade into the mix. So egregious was her actions that the hashtag #PelosiChokesWhilePeopleGoBroke was soon...

...Coronavirus Bailout Bill TodayFolks, this was done to tank the markets. This was done to resist President Trump. This was done to screw over the American worker. The Senate has a $1.6 trillion Wuhan coronavirus bailout package that Democrats co-wrote. They filibustered it on Sunday night. We all know why they’re doing this. This isn’t a secret. The Dow Jones is down some 600 points as we speak and now, they’re trying to logroll stuff that is unrelated to this pandemic. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said this move ( is to shift the economic agenda) more to the progressive Left’s...

Former aides to high-ranking Democratic politicians are joining a so-called "coronavirus war room" in order to attack President Trump's response to the pandemic. Protect Our Care -- a nonprofit tied to liberal dark money groups -- announced the war room on Thursday, with the group's leader accusing Trump of exacerbating the pandemic. Heading the war room is Zac Petkanas, a former adviser to Hillary Clinton and former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Sarah Chase, a former research associate for the presidential campaign of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is joining the team as well.

Good news! I take it upon myself to identify good news in crises, since the mainstream media almost always overlooks good news. Like when Ebola went away, they simply quit reporting. I haven't had much good news to report since South Korea largely conquered the Coronavirus, COVID-19. Around a week ago, it looked like we were starting to see some flattening of the curve in the U.S., but then the number of positive tests exploded, probably simply because the number of tests exploded. We may be starting to see some real flattening, but a local explosion in the New York...

It looks as though liberal billionaire Michael Bloomberg may have had other reasons why he was laying off his presidential campaign staff, and they could be interpreted as just downright cruel. Bloomberg had reportedly told NY-area campaign staffers “they had potentially been exposed to coronavirus” in an email last Thursday, before they were laid off the next day, Newsweek reported March 20. What makes this even worse is that staffers are “expected to lose their health insurance at the end of March.” “Campaign staffers were allegedly promised paid positions, including health insurance, until the November election,” according to Newsweek.

A man has died and his wife is under critical care after the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate, an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks.

Governor to New Mexicans: Stay at home SANTA FE, N.M. — Watch the full press conference in the video above. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a Stay-at-Home order for New Mexico Monday. The order will close all non-essential businesses effective Tuesday, March 24. It will also require all non-essential businesses to work from home. The order exempts people who provide essential functions such as provided meals for students, health care workers, those working in child care centers and those involved in preserving public safety.

One of China's top coronavirus experts has warned that the nation is facing a second outbreak due to the increasing number of infections detected among new arrivals from abroad. Professor Li Lanjuan, a member of Beijing's expert team on the virus, said she was 'very worried that imported cases could trigger another large-scale epidemic in our country'. Her comment came after health officials reported the country's first case of someone who is believed to have contracted the disease, known as COVID-19, from another person returning from abroad. It also came as life in former epicentre Wuhan is slowly returning to...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Amid political bickering over a potential economic relief package, Democrats warned Americans that the stimulus bill would stimulate the economy. "This stimulus bill might stimulate the economy -- which would hurt our chances to stop the bad orange man," said Senator Chuck Schumer. "We can't overstate how much damage this would do to our 2020 campaign. The last thing we need is a strong economy going into November." "This stimulus package is horrifying. It specifically includes funding to stimulate Trump's economy, and we can't have that." "We cannot pass it to find out what is in it -- then...

Louisiana is officially the first abortion-free state in the country. Over the weekend, state officials issued an order mandating that all non-essential surgeries cease in the state while it battles the outbreak of the coronavirus. Several states have issued the same directive but only Ohio and Texas have indicated it also applies to abortions. While Ohio abortion centers continue killing babies in abortions in defiance of the mandate, and Texas abortion businesses just got word today that the order applies to them as well, abortion centers in Louisiana apparently complied with the mandate. Benjamin Clapper, Executive Director of Louisiana Right...

Intelligence reports given to President Donald Trump’s administration in January and February pointed to coronavirus becoming a “globe-encircling pandemic” long before Trump took action to prevent it from spreading in the U.S., the Washington Post reported Saturday. Members of Congress and the Trump administration were receiving the reports even as high-level members of both the Republican and Democratic parties were downplaying the disease. Critically, however, the reports did not make any estimates of when the virus might spread to the U.S., or make suggestions for how to prepare, according to WaPo, which accepted money from the Chinese government for advertising...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin and Travis County are expected to issue orders Tuesday telling people to stay at home to help prevent the further spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Steve Adler told KXAN Monday. “I would anticipate that probably tomorrow the county judge and I will enter new orders,” he said. City and county lawyers are discussing Monday night when it would take effect. While Austin says it’s still working on the details of the order, it may look something like Dallas County’s rules. During the stay-at-home order time in Dallas, only “essential” businesses will be allowed to continue operating....

I have a relative coming in from another state to stay with me. I am at risk and have been isolated. How do I introduce him into the home, 2 week quarantine? In Garage? Cannot find a camper. Ideas?? I have no real way to have him come into the house and quarantine from me. There are no options. Live in northern new England. I have a two car garage attached to the house, but it is cold and drafty. I thought of borrowing a big tent and putting it in the garage to give it some space, and room....

...Every time President Trump calls it the Chinese virus, he's making an important point. Meanwhile the media has become a repository of People's Republic propaganda. The problem extends far beyond whether to call it the coronavirus, the Wuhan Flu, COVID-19, or the Chinese virus. The media has met this crisis, the way it has every other, by persistently undermining President Trump's leadership. Repeatedly interrupting his press briefing for ChiCom memes is not an aberration, but how the media has tackled the subject of the Wuhan Flu all along. Even President Bush received a "crisis honeymoon" after September 11 in which...