HHS announces initiative for rapid tests. At President Trump’s behest, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is authorizing the distribution of rapid point-of-care tests, approved by…
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Next Round of COVID-19 Aid being Discussed
Debate of contents to proceed next week in the Senate Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated that he had been in multiple conversations with Treasury…
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President’s Council of Economic Advisers Has New Leader
Tyler Goodspeed appointed as acting chairman. After the development of some vacancies in the past weeks the President’s Council of Economic Advisers has a new acting chairman. Tyler…
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Administration Rescinds Foreign Student Visa Guidance
In view of coronavirus and universities online-only classes, prior policy returned. Newly issued guidance from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement would have forced some international students to transfer schools…
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Florida Virus Spike Unlike Previous New York Crisis
Top state health official highlights the low death rate and tremendous increase in testing. The senior vice president of University of South Florida Health, Dr. Charles Lockwood, made…
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Labor Department Reports Drop in Wholesale Pricing
Decrease of 0.2% is part of steady decline in four of the past five months. The Labor Department gave their 6 month report on the Producer Price Index…
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Millions of Americans Miss Housing Payments
Already thousands of eviction cases are pending. Roughly 20 percent of renters, or about 13 million people, told a Census Bureau survey last month that they had missed…
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Guidelines to Reopen Schools Should be Local
Local governments know what’s best for their districts, White House says. On Monday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said it will be up to local governments to…
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CDC Says 40 Percent of COVID-19 Cases Asymptomatic
Projected fatality rate remains below 1%. In updated guidance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said its “best estimate” is that 40 percent of people infected with…
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Catholic Church Receives $1.4 Billion in COVID-19 Aid
Exemption utilized to get tax-payer money. Following the release of federal data regarding the recipients of COVID-19 relief aid, analysis has found that over $1.4 billion had been…
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