FPI / April 13, 2020 Supporters of religious freedom are mounting a major battle against governors and mayors in the U.S. who have banned church services amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Department of Justice said it may take action next week against local governments that have cracked down on religious services. “While social distancing policies […]
Read MoreFPI / April 13, 2020 China’s appointment to a seat on the Consultative Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has sparked global outrage from human rights groups. China’s appointee, Jiang Duan, will be part of a panel that will select the UNHRC’s monitors on health, freedom of speech, arbitrary detention and enforced […]
Read MoreFPI / April 12, 2020 In his Easter message Friday, President Donald Trump urged Americans to “focus on prayer, reflection, and growing in our personal relationship with God” during “this sacred time”. “On this Good Friday, Christians from all around the world remember the suffering and death upon the cross of our Lord and Savior, […]
Read MoreFPI / April 12, 2020 The disruption of supply chains due to the Wuhan coronavirus crisis has led Japan to set aside ¥243.5 billion (nearly $2.5 billion U.S.) of its economic support package to help manufacturers shift production out of China. The funds include ¥220 billion for companies shifting production back to Japan and ¥23.5 […]
Read MoreFPI / April 12, 2020 Radio and TV host Mark Levin on Thursday had a series of questions for Drs. Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. “They tell you to hunker down. How long are we supposed to hunker down until?” asked Levin, who made clear that he was […]
Read MoreFPI / April 12, 2020 What happens if, during the coronavirus crisis, “criminals become more emboldened and begin threatening law-abiding citizens because they know their local police department might be overwhelmed?” a columnist asked. “This is clearly not the time to avoid purchasing weapons,” Jeff Charles wrote for RedState on April 9. “If someone deems […]
Read MoreFPI / April 12, 2020 Even though data shows they are more likely to test positive than women, many men with symptoms of coronavirus are reluctant to seek help, the White House Coronavirus Task Force said. Women make up 56 percent of those tested for coronavirus, of which 16 percent were found to be infected, […]
Read MoreFPI / April 12, 2020 The Trump administration last month shut down the nation’s asylum system by using a law which allows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ban foreigners if their entry would create “a serious danger” to the spread of a communicable disease. The move took effect on March 20 […]
Read MoreFPI / April 12, 2020 Voice of American (VOA) “amplified Beijing’s propaganda” by calling the Chinese Communist Party regime’s Wuhan coronavirus lockdown “a successful ‘model’ copied by much of the world,” according to an April 9 article in 1600 Daily, an online newsletter and email produced by the White House. “Even worse, while much of […]
Read MoreFPI / April 12, 2020 When the term of World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan, a Chinese citizen, ended in 2017, the regime of Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping pushed hard for Ethiopian microbiologist Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as her successor. “When you look at Tedros, Beijing really campaigned for him because they realized […]
Read MoreFPI / April 10, 2020 Even amid a nationwide health crisis, Democrats have no intention of halting their strategy of never-ending partisan investigations of President Donald Trump. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced last week that she is setting up a select House committee to “assure that the taxpayer dollars are being wisely and efficiently spent” […]
Read MoreFPI / April 10, 2020 President Donald Trump intends to continue asking “tough questions” of the World Health Organization (WHO) as the WHO’s director-general launched into a tirade over criticism of the organization’s repeating Chinese propaganda on the extent of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. officials say. Trump has called the WHO “China-centric” and said the […]
Read MoreFPI / April 10, 2020 A government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against North Carolina and two of its counties for failing to clean their voter rolls. Judicial Watch’s lawsuit argues that North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, and Guilford County “failed to make reasonable efforts to remove ineligible voters from their registration rolls as required […]
Read MoreFPI / April 10, 2020 A great many Americans have had enough of being fed coronavirus projections and models that are wrought with inaccuracies. A major pushback against the economic lockdown and media-driven hysteria is needed, analysts say. “Common sense tells how stupid this has all become,” columnist Cheryl K. Chumley wrote for The Washington […]
Read MoreFPI / April 10, 2020 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to suspend most abortions in the state during the coronavirus crisis was upheld by a federal appeals court on Tuesday. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel on the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit overturned U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel’s order […]
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