[ad_1] Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump during the recent summit in Helsinki. (Office of the Russian Presisdent/Kremin.ru) The G20 met in virtual session on April 10, ostensibly to address the crippling one-two punch brought on by the economic impact of coronavirus and the simultaneous collapse of the price of oil resulting from Russia and Saudi

[ad_1] Topics in this post: Donald Trump The President’s Schedule President Donald Trump will participate in a meeting with recovered COVID-19 patients on Tuesday, receive his daily briefing and meet with healthcare executives. The president has no other events on his schedule, but the White House Coronavirus Task Force has a scheduled briefing and he

[ad_1] Democrats are introducing legislation that, if signed into law, would mandate the release of illegal aliens currently in detention and stop enforcement measures against a large number of aliens living unlawfully in the U.S. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act

[ad_1] The Chinese government directive mistakenly released to the public on Friday ordered that studies relating to the origin of the coronavirus outbreak “must be strictly and tightly managed.” The directive was pulled from the public web hours after it was spotted by CNN on Friday. Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana said Monday the

[ad_1] Self-reported national caseload data has the United States as the world leader in COVID-19 cases and deaths. This assumes that the Chinese government is faithfully reporting its case data, an assumption that we have little reason to believe, and have good reason to suspect is untrue. Even so, are gross figures the best way to

[ad_1] Topics in this post: The Department of Justice In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) has taken a number of steps to protect the health of the public and those involved in bankruptcy proceedings while ensuring that the bankruptcy system remains functional during the current public health

[ad_1] Smithfield Foods said Sunday that it will close a major U.S. meat processing plant due to employees becoming infected with the coronavirus. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota, plant is responsible for roughly 5% of U.S. pork production and is expected to remain closed for at least two weeks adding tremendous stress to an already

[ad_1] A medical staff member looks on during drive-thru coronavirus testing at a screening centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 30, 2020. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters) As the growth rate of new coronavirus cases begins to flatten across the U.S., policymakers are planning for the next phase of the pandemic response. According to the proposal

[ad_1] In an article appearing in the Washington Times by Cheryl Chumley, she states how Bill gates and Anthony Fauci are teaming up for their own fascistic, power over the people with promoting corona vaccines and card-carrying citizens to show whether we’ve been tested or not. Bill Gates, billionaire philanthropist, and Anthony Fauci, the White House’s

[ad_1] A healthcare worker walks in protective gear outside Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in New York City, April 2, 2020. (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters) Two facilities in the city of Wuhan were researching coronaviruses in bats — the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and

[ad_1] The Ruby Princess cruise ship, after allowing passengers infected with the coronavirus to disembark in Sydney the prior month, docks with crew only onboard at Port Kembla in Wollongong, Australia, April 6, 2020. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via Reuters) An international perspective is useful in assessing America’s response to the coronavirus, both in retrospect and

[ad_1] Abigail Thernstrom passed away late last week.  She was a friend; a longtime board member of the Center for Equal Opportunity, where I work; and an invaluable expert on a wide variety of racial and civil-rights issues. Although Abby did not begin her life, education, and career in circles friendly to conservatism (to understate

[ad_1] Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson arrives to testify on a whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 4, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) In the latest edition of our podcast, The McCarthy Report, Rich and I took a look at “Trump and the Inspectors General” — the

[ad_1] In today’s Martin Center article, Megan Zogby, a sophomore at North Carolina State University (and a Martin Center intern), writes about her experience with the shift to all online courses due to the COVID-19 crisis. For one thing, online courses have a lower price tag, but the university has not offered students any money

[ad_1] There’s no longer anything unusual about journalism marked by a failure to distinguish between fact and opinion, by blind worship of globalism and free trade, and by neglect of the special interest funding behind establishment think tankers masquerading as scholarly truth-seekers.  And of course, the ritualistic Trump Derangement Syndrome. Much rarer is a liberal

[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr April 1, 2020. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) The separation of governmental powers established by the U.S. Constitution is a central pillar of our liberty. And it is widely perceived that the executive branch has, over the decades, aggrandized its power vis-a-vis the legislative branch,

[ad_1] He and others like David Frum seem obsessed by the president. Haven’t they noticed they aren’t relevant anymore? In an old SNL skit from the ’90s called “The Denise Show,” a jilted ex-boyfriend, Brian, played by Adam Sandler, obsesses over his ex-girlfriend Denise (Shannon Doherty). Brian explains: “Tonight’s subject is Denise: uh, have you

[ad_1] OPINION From Mark Sidney at We Are Biased OPINION Blog Opinion| The left is always so quick to tell us that there is no such thing as voter fraud, the real problem is voter suppression. However, I beg to differ, and here is a great example. When Pelosi and her gang of Democrats try to push a scheme of

[ad_1] Topics in this post: Donald Trump The President’s Schedule President Donald Trump will have lunch with Vice President Mike Pence. The president has no other events on his schedule for Monday, but the White House Coronavirus Task Force has a scheduled briefing and he often participates. Keep up with Trump on Our President’s Schedule

[ad_1] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dismissed Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision announcement that New York City schools would remain closed for the rest of the school year. Cuomo and de Blasio are at odds over who has the authority to decide when New York City’s schools should open. De Blasio announced Saturday morning that

[ad_1] Topics in this post: Devin Nunes Spygate California Rep. Devin Nunes said Saturday that he expects to file more criminal referrals based on new revelations from the Justice Department inspector general’s investigation of the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign. Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, has already filed eight criminal

[ad_1] Posted by: R. Mitchell in Syndicated Posts, Trump Administration April 12, 2020 Topics in this post: Donald Trump The President’s Schedule President Donald Trump has no public events on his schedule for Easter Sunday. Keep up with Trump on Our President’s Schedule Page. President Trump’s Itinerary for 4/12/20 – note: this  page will be

[ad_1] I just got back from Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican with Pope Francis – because, why not?, when all the livestreaming world is your only option. (“Presided over by the Holy Father in a nearly empty basilica,” the Vatican English language translator, Sister Bernadette, said on the livefeed.) And

[ad_1] A hospital worker readies a swab during drive-thru tests for the coronavirus in Indian Wells, Calif., March 26, 2020. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) Almost two weeks ago I offered at NRO a few synopses of various theories about why California — which, for a variety of reasons, had seemed so ripe for a New York–style epidemic —

[ad_1] The abortion clinics that sought a wholesale exemption from the Texas governor’s executive order, GA-09, postponing non-essential medical procedures through April 21 did not ask the Supreme Court to review the strong decision that the Fifth Circuit issued against them on Tuesday, April 7. But they now appear poised to ask the Court to

[ad_1] Holy Saturday — sometimes called “Black Saturday” — is the day after Good Friday, and has traditionally been associated with Christ’s “Harrowing of Hell.” Tradition holds that Christ descended into hell after His death to liberate the righteous departed. There is some debate whether the “hell” into which Christ “descended” — Descensus Christi ad

[ad_1] Topics in this post: Barack Obama coronavirus When Barack Obama stated that, as president, he intended to “fundamentally transform America”, he was basing this promise on taking over the nation’s healthcare system with Obamacare, and using the lie of global warming in order to outlaw automobile usage, halt commercial jet airline travel, convince people

[ad_1] (Christian Hartmann/Reuters) Earlier today, JulieAnne donated $25 to the in-the-home-stretch NR webathon and described her kindness thusly: “Just a kernel for those who give me the whole cob! I realize I’m being corny, but you have my ear. Quarantine brain is real!” Thanks JulieAnne. Feel free to stalk us any time with the puns.

[ad_1] Welcome to Groundhog Day, Coronavirus Christian style 2020. It’s Holy Saturday, which every year for me is the oddest day of the year. If a church door is open, Jesus seems so far. He is not in the tabernacle. Because He has died. He has died for us. Every year, I feel as though

[ad_1] This has been the pattern: the Executive assumes new power that is never fully annulled when the threat ends. Presidents Woodrow Wilson, George W. Bush and Richard M. Nixon (public domain) The COVID-19 crisis offers unprecedented insight into the delicate balance between free market solutions and government overreach. We see it today in the