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FPI / March 24, 2020 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. A panel guiding Japan’s coronavirus response recommended late on Thursday that schools in […]

FPI / March 23, 2020 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. “I do not know how real this accusation is but when it exists, who in their right mind would […]

FPI / March 23, 2020 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. “The bill was not just loans to corporations. It also had relief checks for […]

FPI / March 23, 2020 A gun rights group is suing New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, saying he has essentially “suspended the Second Amendment” during the coronavirus outbreak. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) reported it has filed a federal lawsuit against Murphy and State Police Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan. The foundation asserted that Murphy’s executive […]

FPI / March 23, 2020 Commentary by Paul Crespo The Chinese Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing death and disruption throughout the U.S., and worldwide, and is expected to worsen before it gets better. We must do everything we can to contain this pandemic and save lives now. However, while we fight this current battle, the […]

FPI / March 23, 2020 Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday that she would support a coronavirus stimulus plan that sends checks to all Americans, regardless of wealth. The New York Democrat, in an interview with CNN, suggested the government could easily get back the money from those who don’t need it by taxing them […]

FPI / March 23, 2020 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. Kim Yo-Jong, first vice department director of the Central Committee of the North’s Workers’ Party, said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central […]

FPI / March 22, 2020 In late December, health officials in Taiwan say they warned the World Health Organization (WHO) about the infectivity of the coronavirus. Weeks after receiving Taiwan’s warning, on Jan. 14, WHO repeated China’s claim that coronavirus was not contagious among humans. Since 1971, China has periodically blocked Taiwan’s membership in the […]

FPI / March 22, 2020 Sen. Tom Cotton on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at ending America’s reliance on Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturing, which was exposed by the coronavirus crisis. Cotton, Arkansas Republican, introduced legislation to limit the volume of Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from the U.S. medical drug supply. APIs are the “active ingredients” in […]

FPI / March 22, 2020 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. Politico reported on Saturday that it had reviewed documents which “detail the department’s requests to lawmakers on a host of topics, […]

FPI / March 22, 2020 Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the gun industry is lobbying to be included as “critical infrastructure” by the federal government, a designation that would allow stores and manufacturing plants to stay open and supplied. Citing the supply needs of the police and military, and self-defense by the public, the industry trade […]

FPI / March 22, 2020 Failed Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg delivered a double whammy to his campaign staff at the end of the week. On Thursday night, Bloomberg’s campaign emailed staffers that employees on two floors of its Manhattan offices had been exposed to the coronavirus, Politico reported. On Friday, the campaign notified staffers […]

FPI / March 22, 2020 Digestive issues could be the first symptom of a coronavirus infection, according to a new study. Although most patients with COVID-19 have respiratory symptoms, the Wuhan Medical Treatment Expert Group for COVID-19 found that many patients also had digestive problems in the early stages of the outbreak in Wuhan, China. […]

FPI / March 22, 2020 From the get-go, Joe Biden has been critical of President Donald Trump’s briefings on the coronavirus outbreak. Now, the likely Democratic Party presidential nominee plans on holding his own “shadow” coronavirus briefings. “They tell me there’s ways we can do teleconferencing via us all being in different locations,” Biden said. […]

FPI / March 22, 2020 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Donald Trump has used an annual message to Iranians and others celebrating Norouz, the Persian New Year, to call for a “brighter, freer future” for Iran. “On behalf of the United States, I extend my warmest greetings for a joyous and peace-filled […]