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Fauci Says He ‘Fully’ Expects Schools to Reopen in the Fall as Coronavirus Is Brought ‘Under Control’
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday he expects schools in the United States to be able to reopen by the fall as health officials get the novel coronavirus “under control” through widespread testing. “I fully expect, though I’m humble enough to know that I can’t accurately predict, but by the time we get to the fall… -
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Chicago Mayor Signs Executive Order Giving Coronavirus Benefits to Illegal Aliens
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday signed an executive order ensuring that all immigrants and refugees—including illegal aliens—are eligible to receive the city’s coronavirus benefits. The city of Chicago has launched several programs in order to help residents cope with the financial challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Such initiatives include a coronavirus Housing Assistance Grant… -
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A Health Crisis Is No Time to Pick a Fight Over Beliefs About Marriage
After New York City became America’s epicenter for COVID-19 infections, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on medical personnel from around the nation to help if they can. Hundreds, possibly thousands, answered the call, including the nonprofit, faith-based organization Samaritan’s Purse, headed by Franklin Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham. Despite the fact that New… -
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Faith-Filled Americans, Please Stay Home
As the coronavirus continues to rapidly spread, many state and local governments are issuing shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders backed by criminal penalties. What do these mean for the spiritual life of Americans—particularly with Passover and Easter coming soon? It’s important to first note that these orders do not target or single out houses of worship… -
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11 Cases Where Gun Ownership Proved ‘Essential’
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the country, millions of Americans now live in states where shutdown orders effectively have stripped them of the ability to buy firearms. Although most states rightly have allowed gun stores to continue operating, a minority deemed them “nonessential businesses” that must close. Unfortunately, these ordered closures generally have occurred… -
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UN Human Rights Council Disappoints Yet Again
The U.N. Human Rights Council last week appointed China to its Consultative Group in spite of Beijing’s deplorable record on human rights. The five-member body interviews applicants for roles as independent United Nations experts of the Human Rights Council and makes recommendations to the president of the council. As noted by U.N. Watch, that means… -
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This Congressman Wants to End US Reliance on Pharmaceutical Products From China. Here’s How.
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., says he wants to end the United States’ dependence on China for pharmaceutical products. Gallagher recently introduced legislation with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., to accomplish that. He joins The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about why it’s so important to end China’s influence or involvement in creating America’s pharmaceuticals. We also… -
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Manipulation Through Racial Hoaxes
We black people are so convenient and useful to America’s leftists. Whenever there’s a bit of silencing to be done, just accuse a detractor or critic of racism. A recent, particularly stupid, example is CNN’s Brandon Tensley’s complaint that the “coronavirus task force is another example of Trump administration’s lack of diversity.” Tensley said the… -
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Trump Considers Defunding ‘China-Centric’ WHO for Botched COVID-19 Response
President Donald Trump floated the idea of defunding the World Health Organization after its botched response to the coronavirus pandemic on the same day the international body marked its 72nd anniversary. “We are going to put a hold on money spent to the WHO. We are going to put a very powerful hold on it… -
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In North Carolina, Abortions Are Essential, but It’s Arrests for Pro-Lifers
If there’s one thing David Benham isn’t social distancing from, it’s his convictions. So when police showed up outside a North Carolina abortion clinic that was still operating on Saturday and told his group to stop counseling pregnant moms, he didn’t blink. If abortions can continue during the coronavirus, he insisted, then so should pro-life… -
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Nation of Georgia Is America’s Proven Ally in Fighting Common Challenges
The South Caucasus nation of Georgia has become an important partner for the United States on a range of critical global issues. The small but strategically located nation is on the front lines of efforts to contain Russian expansionism, and it has contributed thousands of troops to support U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now,… -
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Japan Dodged a COVID-19 Bullet … Or Did It?
There has been far less international focus on Japan’s low-key response to COVID-19 than on South Korea’s extensive testing program. The latter strategy is now extolled as an international model for bending the curve, but with few early cases in Japan, media reports questioned how the country had done so well with such little effort…. -
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Don’t Believe Russia’s Disinformation About Coronavirus
For the past couple of weeks, Russia has been sowing disinformation about the coronavirus. Various Russian news sources have claimed that the U.S. started the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. deployed the virus as a “biological weapon,” or that the virus is a complete hoax created by the United States. These statements are false and clearly… -
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Maybe Nature Shouldn’t Be Worshipped After All
A statement widely attributed to the great British thinker G. K. Chesterton describes the modern period as perfectly as any single idea can: “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything.” One of these substitute gods has been nature. Indeed, of all the false gods, nature is probably… -
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Trump Asks Reporter If She’s Working for Chinese Government After Pro-Beijing Questions
President Donald Trump pressed a reporter on Monday about whether she was working for the Chinese government after she asked a question about medical supplies that Beijing has provided the United States. The reporter, who said she was with Phoenix TV, a Hong Kong-based outlet sympathetic to Beijing, began her question by noting that the… -
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The Constitution Doesn’t Mean Whatever Judges Think It Does
Many Americans know precious little about our system of government; the judicial branch is especially mysterious. In a recent article published in The Atlantic, Harvard Law School professor Adrian Vermeule deepens that confusion by rejecting how America’s Founders designed the judiciary to follow the Constitution in favor of judges’ power to control the Constitution. The… -
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Washington’s Wasteful Service Mandates Threaten the Airline Industry
You’d think that if Congress made it a point to bail out an industry with tens of billions of taxpayer dollars, it wouldn’t sabotage it at the same time. Yet this is exactly what is happening to airlines as a result of Washington’s politics-first fixation with preserving low-traffic airports. The travel sector of the economy… -
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We Don’t Need Terrorism Charges to Prosecute Those Who Cough to Spread COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has brought out the best in some people. Unfortunately, it also has brought out the very worst in others. For reasons that decent folks probably never will understand, some bad actors have threatened to spread COVID-19 intentionally by coughing on people and produce in grocery stores and elsewhere. A man in New… -
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New COVID-19 Tests Will Inform Our Endgame
Public health authorities are making life-and-death decisions. To make good decisions, federal and state policymakers must be able to understand the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that requires solid data. The truth: Medical experts have been working in the dark. They do not have an accurate picture of how many people have the virus… -
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Tariffs on Imported Oil Aren’t the Cure for the Industry’s Woes
Saudi Arabia and Russia are engaged in a price war—both increasing oil supplies at a time when world demand is precipitously dropping. To help U.S. producers, President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on imported crude oil in response. Talks between Russia and Saudi Arabia are now scheduled for Thursday, and reports indicate the…