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I lost my secure, well-paying manufacturing job to free trade with the People’s Republic of China, and all I got was this damn virus that killed Grandma — and shut down even the lousy, ­insecure service-industry gig the Chinese had left me. Whether the political and journalistic classes like it or not, that’s how many working-class and left-behind Americans will politically interpret the events of the past couple of months. And not just Americans, but similarly situated voters across the developed world: Britons who backed Brexit, Italians who support the populist League and Five Star Movement, Spaniards who pull for...

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Old film of busy London, England in 1930.

Former President Barack Obama suggested on Twitter on Tuesday that President Donald Trump “denied” warnings of the coronavirus pandemic.“We’ve seen all too terribly the consequences of those who denied warnings of a pandemic,” Obama wrote.The former president shared an article on Twitter about Trump rolling back fuel economy standards, and also accused the president of “climate denial.”https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1245007713387544576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1245007713387544576&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2020%2F03%2F31%2Fbarack-obama-suggests-donald-trump-denied-coronavirus-warnings%2F“We can’t afford any more consequences of climate denial,” he wrote. “All of us, especially young people, have to demand better of our government at every level and vote this fall.”Obama continues speaking up to criticize or challenge Trump’s response to the coronavirus, despite...

President Trump on Tuesday said Americans could use scarves as makeshift protective masks as the nation grapples with a shortage of protective gear amid the coronavirus outbreak. "You know, you can use a scarf, a lot of people have scarves," Trump told reporters during a news conference at the White House. "My feeling is if people want to do it there is certainly no harm to it. I would say do it rather than going out to get a mask."

Russia is sending the United States medical equipment to help fight the coronavirus outbreak, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

New information from the IRS on Monday shines more light on what people can do to get their checks from the government as quickly as possible while many families worry about paying the bills and buying food during the coronavirus crisis, which has cost millions of people their jobs. For Americans eligible for stimulus cash under the new relief law, the fastest way to receive it is to make sure they've filed a tax return for 2019 or 2018 with bank information so the government can deposit the money directly. The IRS says it will use people's 2019 returns to...

Coronavirus patients hospitalized across Michigan are receiving treatments of a newly-authorized, but yet untested, drug touted by at least one health care system for showing signs of managing COVID-19 symptoms. Dr. Marcus Zervos, division head of infectious diseases at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, said a majority of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Henry Ford Health Systems facilities were prescribed hydroxychloroquine during the last three weeks. Zervos said the drug, an arthritis medicine also used to treat malaria, isn’t seen as a “miracle cure" but has shown some success in managing a virus that currently has no remedy. “I don’t want...

Gov. Cuomo unveiled plans Tuesday to reduce the state’s looming $6.1 billion deficit by forcing New York City and other local governments to rein in their Medicaid spending — or pay for it on their own. Cuomo’s $178.6 billion budget plan also would slash nearly $2 billion in state aid to the city --SNIP-- In addition to shifting the healthcare costs, Cuomo said the state would slash at least $2.5 billion in annual Medicaid spending --SNIP-- The governor’s budget plan also calls for cutting $1.8 billion in state aid to localities

Researchers this week planned to start testing a century-old vaccine to see if it would be useful in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Tests are to be conducted in four countries, beginning in Netherlands, to see if bacillus Calmette-Guerin, or BCG, can train the immune system to fight the virus, which has claimed more than 35,000 victims worldwide. BCG has been used to fight tuberculosis and early stage bladder cancer. Some 1,000 doctors and nurses in Netherlands are to receive either the vaccine or a placebo this week. In Australia, 4,000 healthcare workers in Melbourne have volunteered to take part in...

Today, President Donald J. Trump has kept another promise to the American people by releasing the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule that will provide safer and cleaner cars and save American families thousands of dollars in new vehicle costs.  As noted by both car companies and consumer advocates, the previous administration’s unattainable corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO2 emissions standards made new vehicles too expensive for many Americans to afford, forcing them to keep driving their older, more dangerous, and less environmentally friendly vehicles.  In addition to solving these serious problems, the SAFE Vehicles Rule will...

It’s tempting to write off resurrected Democratic front-runner Joe Biden’s latest howler as just another blooper. One of those Tucker Carlson helpfully compiled in his latest gallows humor montage. (See the bottom of this story.) As you watch it, remember that this isn’t just some guy auditioning to drive your kids on their school bus. He’s asking us for the launch codes that would let him, all on his own, launch a world-ending nuclear war. I won’t mock Biden’s scrambled statements here at The Stream. I’ll leave that to Carlson and to President Trump. I hope they treat Sen. Biden...

Last week the liberal media ran screaming headlines after 39-year-old Natasha Ott was found dead on her kitchen floor while awaiting her coronavirus test results. Rest in peace, Natasha. Of course, the left ran with the story as a way to whip up panic and attack the Trump administration...A second coronvirus test came back negative on Natasha Ott...

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICYSUBJECT:       Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby order as follows:Section 1.  (a)  I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 7426 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020...

Israel has begun testing a COVID-19 vaccine prototype on rodents at its bio-chemical defence laboratory, a source says. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), in rural Ness Ziona, to join the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on February 1, prompting an easing of its secrecy as it co-operates with civilian scientists and private firms. In a statement, Netanyahu's office said IIBR director Shmuel Shapira had informed him of "significant progress" in designing a vaccine prototype and that the institute "is now preparing a model for commencing an animal trial". A source familiar with IIBR...

Meet Toshi, a paralyzed Tuxedo kitten. He was slated to be euthanized due to his fractured spine, but was rescued. His handicap doesn't stop him from doing virtually everything and anything else a kitten does. Video, 11 minutes, 26 seconds.

US stocks declined on Tuesday as traders weighed a longer-than-expected recovery from the escalating coronavirus outbreak. The losses came as numerous economists across Wall Street further revised their quarterly gross-domestic-product estimates lower amid the pandemic. The market close saw the Dow Jones industrial complete its worst first quarter in history, having tumbled 23%. In addition, both the Dow (-14%) and S&P 500 (-12%) turned in their worst monthly returns since the depths of the financial crisis in October 2008. On a GDP basis, Goldman Sachs sees the economy shrinking by 34% next quarter, eclipsing its previous projection of 24%. The...

With courtrooms shuttered for most in-person hearings, the federal judiciary is for the first time broadly allowing certain criminal proceedings to take place by video and teleconference, a sea change for technology-resistant trial courts throughout the country. The shift in policy announced Tuesday is intended to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus by allowing judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and defendants to work and appear remotely. It is unclear whether it will lead to lasting changes in how the federal judiciary operates, and some are concerned that the video and teleconferences could cut off media and public access to what...

St. Dionysius the Great was Pope of Alexandria from 248 to 264. During that time, the Church of Alexandria suffered horrible persecution. Just as that was dying down, an epidemic broke out in the city, just as Pascha was approaching. St. Dionysius described the epidemic, and the Church’s response, in a letter to some of his flock outside of Alexandria. It is especially relevant today, as our current church leaders try to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, which is also happening as we prepare for Pascha.St. Dionysius’ letter was printed by Eusebius in his seminal Church History, chapter 7. The...