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MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITYSUBJECT:       Providing Federal Support for Governors’ Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207 (the “Stafford Act”), and section 502 of title 32, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:Section 1.  Policy.  It is the policy of the United States to take measures to assist State Governors under the Stafford Act in their responses...

For the first time in decades, thousands upon thousands of people will not march down Market Street this year to celebrate San Francisco Pride because of the coronavirus pandemic. The colorful celebration of LGBTQ experiences, which has been held nearly every year since its humble beginnings in 1970, is officially canceled, Pride organizers announced Tuesday. Organizers had hoped to postpone the parade until later this year, but decided to cancel the event as the coronavirus raged on, with nearly 1,000 confirmed cases in San Francisco so far.

Abortion-rights groups on Tuesday asked federal courts to block statewide bans on surgical abortions in Louisiana and Tennessee during the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuits, brought by Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of abortion clinics in Tennessee and Louisiana, challenge abortion bans that state officials implemented to preserve medical resources for the coronavirus response. “All signs indicate that this crisis will not be over soon, and patients cannot wait until it is. Leading medical experts have been clear that COVID-19 responses should not ban abortion care," said Nancy Northup, president...

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This year marks 130 years since the spirit of cooperation, hope, and progress brought together the nations of the Americas at the First International Conference of American States.  This historic meeting chartered the course for the establishment of the Organization of American States in 1948, an institution that has ever since worked toward peace and prosperity throughout the Americas, encouraging the nonviolent resolution of conflict and promoting mutual social and economic growth.  As we celebrate our remarkable progress this Pan American Day and Pan American Week, let us also reaffirm our resolve to uphold and bolster liberty, democracy, and freedom...

James S. Brady Press Briefing RoomApril 13, 2020 5:49 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much, everyone.  My administration will do everything possible to help those communities get back on their feet.  We’re speaking with the governors and representatives.  FEMA is already on its way, and they got there — as soon as we heard the word, I said, “Get out there.”  So FEMA is there, and you know the great job that FEMA does.  It’s, really, something very special.So we just want to say: Warmest condolences, and we’re with you all the way.  It’s a tough deal.  That...

A Florida judge issued a letter to lawyers in his district reminding them to get out of bed and put on shirts before teleconferencing into online hearings. Judge Dennis Bailey of Broward Circuit Court, which had started holding some hearings virtually using teleconferencing app Zoom, said in a letter posted on the Weston Bar Association website that conducting hearings outside of court is no excuse for letting decorum fall by the wayside. "It is remarkable how many attorneys appear inappropriately on camera," Bailey wrote. "We've seen many lawyers in casual shirts and blouses, with no concern for ill-grooming, in bedrooms...

Even though Gov. Tom Wolf has barred most road construction because of the coronavirus, PennDOT has managed to get a waiver to begin a major road repair project this week on a busy stretch of Interstate 95. It involves an 11-mile section of the highway that runs from the Pensylvania-Delaware border northward to Tinicum Township, Delaware County, just beyond the Route 420 interchange. PennDOT classified the project as “critical infrastructure” repairs. It was among more than three-dozen projects across the state that got the governor’s blessing to proceed.

The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays will be searching for a new head lacrosse coach for the first time this century, the university announced Tuesday a.m. Two-time national champion head coach Dave Pietramala agreed to mutually and responsibly part ways with his alma mater, according to a press release. In 2015, Pietramala and then-AD Tom Calder agreed to a contract extension that ran through the 2020

WISCONSIN FREEDOM RALLY #REOPENWISCONSIN Public · Hosted by Madison Marie and 3 others Friday, April 24, 2020 at 1 PM Wisconsin State Capitol Bldg. 100-172 W Washington Ave, Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Let’s open up Wisconsin! The more people that come together, the more Mountains we will move. We need you there!!! Please share this with as many Wisconsinites as you can. Consider a screen shot of the Event and text to your family and friends. You are amongst friends, fellow business owners, farmers , parents and fellow Wisconsinites coming together for common goals. Join our Re Open WI group for...

U.S.—Former president Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden for president in a touching, intimate video Tuesday, saying, "Biden has touched us all." Many were worried Obama wasn't going to endorse Biden, but he came through for the DNC establishment, telling everyone how deeply and personally Biden has touched everyone he has ever worked with. "Many leaders, um, you know, they, um, don't rub you the right way," Obama said. "But not Joe. Joe, see, he, um, touches everyone he comes into contact with, whether they want him to or not. He's breathing down Trump's neck in, um, in the race now,...

Pelosi said that the November election will 'probably be moving toward vote by mail' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she would like to see "vote by mail" funding of up to $4 billion in Congress' next coronavirus stimulus package for upcoming elections. Pelosi suggested on Wednesday that the funding would to help states "expand" their vote-by-mail capabilities and allow voters to cast ballots by mail rather than show up in-person at the polls. "Vote-by-mail is so important to our democracy so that people have access to voting and not being deterred, especially at this time, by the ammunition to...

RUSH: Look at Madeleine Albright — for crying out loud — on Fox News. Holy smokes, what is that? Oh, my God! She’s blue. She’s blue! Do you see that? She could be part of the Blue Man Group. She could be a cheerleader for the Seattle Seahawks. Holy smokes! That’s gotta be lighting. It has to be lighting. Oh, man. We’ll get a screen grab of this and we’ll put it at RushLimbaugh.com. Somebody quickly get your phone out at the website! Go to Fox, and take a screenshot of that so people will know what I just interrupted...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he would be reopening some states as early as April. The president revealed his plans during a press conference in the Rose Garden. The day will be very close. … It’s going to be very, very close, maybe even before the date of May 1st,” Trump said. The president reaffirmed the reopening dates would vary from state to state, depending on the level of coronavirus infections. “Actually there are over 20 that are in extremely good shape, and we think we’re going to be able to get them open fairly quickly, and others...

A Resurrection All About Politics. Francis’s Easter Message To the “Popular movements” On the evening of April 12, Easter Sunday, the major Catholic media outlets reported on the letter sent that same day by Pope Francis to the “popular movements” all over the world, the same ones he convened and met with for the first time in Rome in 2014, a second in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia in 2015, and a third in Rome again in 2016.The “popular movements,” his definition, represent the mass of those “excluded from the benefits of globalization.” They are “street vendors, recyclers, carnies,...

Updated April 14, 2020, 7:58 p.m. ET9 minutes ago 9 minutes ago Cuomo Insists He Doesn’t Want a Fight With Trump: Live Updates Governor Cuomo, after appearing on four different television channels to spar with the president, said he wanted to work as partners.

An inmate who was released from a Florida jail in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus is back behind bars and accused of committing second-degree murder the day after he got out, deputies say. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office confirms 26-year-old Joseph Edwards Williams was arrested on a warrant Monday night in Gibsonton. They say he is connected to a March 20 shooting homicide in the Progress Village area. Deputies responded at 10:40 that night to several 911 calls about gunshots fired near 81st Street South and Ash Avenue. A man was pronounced dead at the scene. Online...

Scientists say they have discovered the first evidence of a “significant” mutation of the coronavirus — raising concerns that strides made toward a vaccine so far could become “futile,” according to a new study. The researchers, who isolated a strain of the virus from a sample collected in India in January, said the mutation appeared to make the bug less able to bind to a receptor on human cells called ACE2, an enzyme found in the lungs. The discovery of this mutation “raises the alarm that the ongoing vaccine development may become futile in future epidemic if more mutations were...

President Donald Trump this afternoon announced he would halt federal taxpayer funding for the WHO, the international agency that has botched its response to the coronavirus. WHO has been accused of lying to the world about the coronavirus and it has come under fire for saying killing babies in abortions is somehow an essential procedure as the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic. Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. will halt monetary contributions to the World Health Organization while the administration reviews the mistakes it made managing the pandemic. As the Washington Examiner reports: “With the outbreak of the COVID-19...

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