[ad_1] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York, September 14, 2018. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) I listened to Andrew Cuomo Friday talk about the need to come back better, the need for transformation. “You pause. You reflect. You learn. You grow. You move forward.” He went on and on about the

[ad_1] The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is moored pier side at Naval Station North Island (2016) (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jimmi Lee Bruner/Released) For declaring in March that the U.S. economy might be reopened by Easter, President Donald Trump was roundly mocked. Yet, it appears his political instincts

[ad_1] The May 4, 2020, issue of National Review — marked by cover art echoing the flag-raising at Iwo Jima and honoring those on the front lines of the pathogen battle — is now off the presses, in the mail, and, for NRPLUS members, available for complete and immediate reading. And there is plenty that

[ad_1] Medical personnel wearing protective face masks at the Spedali Civili hospital in Brescia, Italy, March 13, 2020. (Flavio Lo Scalzo/Reuters) A quick rundown on what we’ve learned, in just the past four weeks . . . Getting to “herd immunity” is not going to be quick or easy and is going to involve a

[ad_1] Land O’Lakes butter are displayed in a supermarket in New York City, February 15, 2017. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Land O’Lakes has redesigned its butter packaging and purged “Mia,” its longtime Native American “butter maiden” logo/mascot not only from the packaging but also the company website. This may be a victory for woke political correctness, but

[ad_1] Shoppers keep social distance as they wait in line on the sidewalk outside a grocery store in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Yesterday, STAT News reported positive results for the antiviral medicine remdesivir. A clinical trial at the University of Chicago treated 125 patients with the drug, developed by pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.  Of

[ad_1] South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working to put a meat processing plant ravaged by coronavirus back online after a worker died of the virus. CDC staff canvassed the Sioux Falls Smithfield Foods plan Thursday weeks after the first COVID-19 case was discovered in March. One

[ad_1] If our government knew a virus could leak from the Chinese facility two years ago, why was nothing done? Martha McCallum interviewing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo April 15, 2020. (Fox News/Screenshot) U.S. officials in China cabled Washington several times, warning that a biolab in Wuhan was conducting risky experiments on bats and coronaviruses, according

[ad_1] One of the big critiques of a hyper globalized supply chain in which America’s manufacturing was outsourced was that it would, in a time of crisis, put America at a huge disadvantage. Unable to produce needed equipment or pharmaceuticals, we’d be left at the mercy of the countries who did. But, says the economic

[ad_1]  A project co-founded by the Columbia Journalism Review is asking hundreds of news outlets to focus their reporting on climate change on Earth Day as journalists focus primarily on coronavirus coverage. The journalist heading the effort believes the media should be devoting the same level of attention to global warming as they do to

[ad_1] President Donald Trump answers a question from CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta during the coronavirus response daily briefing at the White House, April 10, 2020. (Jim Acosta/Reuters) Years ago I wrote a piece in these pages about how mass immigration was an immutable value of the Left. (I wanted to call it

[ad_1] People listen to the Notre-Dame Cathedral’s great bell ringing one year after a devastating fire in Paris, France, April 15, 2020. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters) 1. A few weeks ago Yanira Soriano, critically ill with COVID-19, was admitted to Northwell Health’s Southside Hospital in Suffolk County, NY. She was also 34 weeks pregnant. (Thread — and

[ad_1] Congregants gather in their vehicles to attend Easter Sunday drive-in church services during the coronavirus in Cambridge, Md., April 12, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) In a statement on Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr criticized the City of Greenville, Miss., for imposing $500 per person fines on congregants who gathered at Temple Baptist Church for a

[ad_1] Nearly 100 Democrats in Congress are urging the Trump administration to halt construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall during the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 91 Democrats in the House and Senate have signed onto a letter addressed to key members of the Trump administration, requesting that “all border wall construction halt immediately.” Not

[ad_1] Posted by: R. Mitchell in Featured News, Syndicated Posts, Trump Administration, White House Watch April 16, 2020 President Donald Trump speaks to America’s truckers during a South Lawn speech celebrating their hard work and dedication during the coronavirus pandemic. The event is scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m. EDT. Content created by Conservative Daily News

[ad_1] Scientist Linqi Zhang performs research in his laboratory for coronavirus antibodies in Beijing, China, March 30, 2020. (Thomas Peter/Reuters) One of the things that becomes clear when you spend a lot of time poring over scientific journals is that the vast majority of scientists try to distinguish between what they think is true and

[ad_1] The New York Times building in New York City (Gary Hershorn/Reuters) One additional thought about the New York Times‘ Biden story that I addressed on the homepage. Early on in the Times report on Tara Reade’s accusations against Joe Biden, before even getting to the facts, the authors discuss the various allegations of sexual harassment

[ad_1] A patient is wheeled from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center to an ambulance during the coronavirus outbreak in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 7, 2020. (Stefan Jeremiah/Reuters) The more I study how countries have responded to contagious disease outbreaks, the more I suspect that the way countries responded to the threat of the coronavirus was driven

[ad_1] Posted by: R. Mitchell in Featured News, Syndicated Posts, Trump Administration, White House Watch April 15, 2020 Members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force hold a briefing Wednesday to update the nation on recent developments. Live Stream of Coronavirus Task Force Briefing Content created by Conservative Daily News and some content syndicated through CDN

[ad_1] The U.S. intelligence community is seriously considering the possibility that the novel coronavirus could have accidentally leaked from biochemical research labs in Wuhan, according to a report Tuesday. “It’s absolutely being looked at very closely at the highest levels,” a source with knowledge of the investigations told Yahoo News. The lab leak theory has

[ad_1] Topics in this post: Donald Trump The President’s Schedule President Donald Trump will participate in a teleconference with G7 leaders on Thursday, then join separate phone calls with members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the afternoon, the president will deliver remarks celebrating America’s truckers then participate in a teleconference with

[ad_1] Peter Navarro had an uneven portfolio in Donald Trump’s White House—until Coronavirus. White House National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro is interviewed by Fox Business Network outside the White House October 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) WASHINGTON– “Peter Navarro goes to the White House to be a trade adviser—which

[ad_1] Beware those who insist everything must change following a crisis. President George W Bush addresses his National Security Council, including Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, in a meeting at Camp David, Thurmont Maryland, September 15, 2001. (Photo via

[ad_1] (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via Reuters) I know it is very 2010 to write about debt and government spending, but here we are. As Eric Boehm at Reason reports: In the halcyon days of yore—you know, 10 weeks ago—budget hawks were fretting about the return of trillion-dollar deficits, with the Congressional Budget Office’s latest 10-year projection showing that

[ad_1] Analysts worry Saudi Arabia, Russia and other oil-producing nations’ deal curbing oil production might not prevent crude prices from falling below zero, putting the market in uncharted territory. President Donald Trump played a big role in getting Russia and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to drop output, bringing production to 9.7 million

[ad_1] The city of Los Angeles will be doling out pre-paid debit cards to residents who have faced economic hardship due to the coronavirus lockdown, and living in the country illegally won’t disqualify you from getting the cash. Los Angeles officials have begun accepting applications for a no-fee debit card that provides cash to residents

[ad_1] A medical worker outside of the Maimonides Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus in Brooklyn, New York, April 14, 2020. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters) The death toll from coronavirus in New York City jumped by nearly 4,000 on Tuesday, to a cumulative total of more than 10,000. Health officials revised previous numbers to account

[ad_1] People wear masks in Hong Kong, China, January 31, 2020. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters) A new study from four Chinese scientists currently awaiting peer review suggests that the coronavirus could be much more likely to spread indoors than outdoors. The proctors reviewed more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases in China, classified groups of cases into “clusters” and

[ad_1] Never was there a better time for those who have ever considered being foster parents to make a move toward more seriously praying about it. That’s one major takeaway from my latest quarantine-time conversation. I talk with Nathan Bult and Cheri Williams of Bethany Christian Services. Both have extensive experience in child protection and

[ad_1] (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) In his interview with Ben Smith, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet said that the reason he took 19 days to run a story mentioning the assault allegation against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden was his desire to do the necessary “reporting to help people figure out what to make of