It’s Friday, and another week has come and gone in this pandemic purgatory we are trying to survive. For the record, this is Friday April 17, our fifth consecutive happy hour together in this space. MORE
As the Pentagon faces down a pandemic, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a $569 Million no-bid contract to a federal contracting firm to build sections of the Trump border wall at an above-market MORE
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied Roger Stone’s request for a new trial on Thursday. Court documents show that Stone must appear in person “at the institution designated by the Bureau of Prisons” within MORE
The Fifth District Court of Appeals in Daytona Beach issued its decision Wednesday ending the prosecution of John DeRossett, 60, on the charge of attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer while discharging a MORE
While protesters in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and other states claim to speak for ordinary citizens, many are also supported by street-fighting rightwing groups like the Proud Boys, conservative armed militia groups, religious fundamentalists, anti-vaccination groups MORE
Hello News Viewers! Welcome to our latest installment of Free Chat Friday! Rachel is having some problems with her Macbook Air so I will be filling in for her today. MORE
For a solid month, the rapturous reviews for Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s leadership during the coronavirus outbreak made her ascent to a plum role on the national political stage look like a very sure bet MORE
Struck by a fall in demand for their fuel and anxious about a volatile energy market, oil and gas companies are lobbying governments for public funds and weaker environmental regulations. Leading firms have lost an average of MORE
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on ‘The States will Open’ Trump, Pastor Pence, Scarf Lady, and the real Coronavirus Warrior, Dr. Fauci’s press briefing. More than likely, the Warriors will begin their briefing late, as usual, but allegedly, they MORE
Cohen was scheduled for release in November 2021, but he will be allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence from home confinement, the people said. He will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine at MORE
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who are at the highest risk of losing their seats swept in a massive amount of campaign cash in the first three months of the year—an early sign MORE
Time for another of the Situation Reports put out daily by the World Health Organization (WHO). These reports give a big picture view of the facts that have been reported so far, as well as MORE
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on ‘I’ve got a BIGLY announcement’ Trump, Pastor Pence, Scarf Lady, and the real Coronavirus Warrior, Dr. Fauci’s press briefing, who hasn’t been around lately. More than likely, the Warriors will begin their MORE
***If you’re Joe Biden, you should be happy. These data are from an April 1-14 Gallup poll. The six-point decline in the president’s approval rating is the sharpest drop Gallup has recorded for the Trump MORE
LE††UCE PREY Evangelical Pastor Spell of Baton Rouge has started a campaign called “#PastorSpellStimulusChallenge” in which followers are encouraged to send money they’ve received from the government as part of the federal stimulus package to MORE
Brian Dennehy — the veteran actor whose career spanned 5 decades on the stage and screen — has died … TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us Dennehy died Wednesday night in Connecticut … MORE
As former Vice President Joe Biden has become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, securing the endorsement of former progressive rival Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont this week, speculation has mounted about who the candidate will MORE
Trump will offer remarks on the South Lawn of the White House celebrating America’s truckers. The event is slated for 1:30 p.m ET/10:30 PT. He has signaled today will also include guidance on reopening the MORE
Protesters in several cities are demonstrating against restrictions meant to stop the spread of coronavirus. In one demonstration in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, the protesters ― some decked out in President Donald Trump’s signature “Make American MORE
The Small Business Administration says it’s “unable to accept new applications for the Paycheck Protection Program based on available appropriations funding.” It adds: “Similarly, we are unable to enroll new PPP lenders at this time.” MORE
A small-town police department in Maryland has reminded residents to wear pants while checking the mail, yet another sign that many people working during stay-at-home orders are dressing casually, if they’re getting dressed at all. “Please MORE
🙄🙄🙄 From Cult 45 to brain-dead Fox ‘News’ viewers and Republican lawmakers, the talk around the Wing Nut water cooler focuses on China ponying up for the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com MORE
Some strains of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can survive temperatures of 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit) for an hour, researchers have found. To kill the virus in a laboratory setting, the team MORE
Anthony Fauci told CBS News Wednesday it’s “possible to shave a couple of months off” his earlier projection that it would take 12-18 months until a novel coronavirus vaccine would be widely available. But he cautioned he didn’t want MORE
While supermarkets selling chilled or frozen meats are increasingly popular in Asia, older shoppers generally prefer buying freshly slaughtered meat for daily consumption, believing it produces flavour in dishes and soup that is superior to MORE