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Fearing a 9/11 moment for President Trump, Democrats spot 'opportunity'

"A bipartisan stimulus measure had been negotiated over several days in the Senate and was headed towards a key procedural vote when it was stopped dead Sunday at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s urging and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s obeisance," James Robbins wrote for USA Today. Read More.

'Perfectly in synch': Trump-obsessed media and CCP

In its massive propaganda campaign aimed at deflecting responsibility for the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is finding a compliant ally in the U.S. corporate media, analysts say. Read More.

Obama Administration failed to restock masks after H1N1

There is a shortage in the Strategic National Stockpile of one of the most needed supplies amid the coronavirus outbreak — N95 respirator masks — in large part because the Obama administration failed to replenish the supply following the H1N1 outbreak in 2009, reports say. Read More.

No March Madness so bookies get creative: Marble racing . . .

Bookies have never been accused of a lack of creativity, and they are proving that as the coronavirus outbreak has all but shut down sports in the United States. Read More.

Trump demands stimulus bill 'without all the nonsense'

Democrats' attempts to slip parts of the Green New Deal and other unrelated projects into the coronavirus stimulus bill "will never be approved by me," President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. Read More.

State of emergency lifted in Hokkaido, Japan

Health officials in Japan said the country has done "quite well" in getting the coronavirus outbreak under control. The state of emergency has been lifted on Hokkaido, the northernmost prefecture that was hit hardest by the outbreak. Read More.

'Ideological wish list ': Democrats exploit urgency of stimulus

Democratic senators on Sunday blocked a coronavirus stimulus package in which negotiators had given the Democrats essentially everything they wanted, observers said. But the Democrats proclaimed it a corporate giveaway and stopped it in its tracks. Read More.

Khamenei joins China's propaganda war on U.S.

In rejecting U.S. assistance to fight the coronavirus outbreak, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday reinforced Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda that the virus originated in the United States. Read More.

Lawsuit charges governor tried to suspend Second Amendment

A gun rights group is suing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, saying he has essentially "suspended the Second Amendment" during the coronavirus outbreak. Read More.

Bring back 'civil defense' and prepare for next crisis

The U.S. should wake up to the need for a revitalized national Civil Defense system to prepare and protect our country from the next deadly crisis. Read More.

CNN's Tapper let AOC lie about President Trump because . . .

Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday that she would support a coronavirus stimulus plan that sends checks to all Americans, regardless of wealth. Read More.

Meanwhile, Kim's sister praises President Trump's letter

U.S. President Donald Trump has offered to help North Korea in its fight against the coronavirus, the sister of dictator Kim Jong-Un said on Sunday. Read More.

WHO dismissed Taiwan's early warnings about coronavirus

Taiwanese officials blamed the WHO's close relationship with China for its failure to act on early warnings of human-to-human transmission of the coronavirus. Read More.

Bill would limit U.S. dependency on China pharmaceuticals

Sen. Tom Cotton on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at ending America's reliance on Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturing, which was exposed by the coronavirus crisis. Read More.

DOJ bid for ‘emergency powers' raises eyebrows

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Department of Justice reportedly is seeking "emergency" powers which would grant it the ability to ask chief judges to detain people indefinitely without trial. Read More.