Dave Boyer

Nancy Pelosi coronavirus stimulus package ‘socialist wish list’ detailed by GOP

House Republicans on Monday night offered a detailed critique of what they called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "socialist wish list" in House Democrats' $2.5 trillion proposal for responding to the coronavirus outbreak.

March 23, 2020

Melania Trump tests negative for coronavirus

First lady Melania Trump tested negative for COVID-19, President Trump said Monday night.

March 23, 2020

Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve chairman, wins Trump praise for emergency actions

It took a pandemic to bring President Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell together.

March 23, 2020

Democrats block Senate coronavirus rescue package; Nancy Pelosi unveils $2.5 trillion ‘wish list’

Senate Democrats again blocked a $1.8 trillion economic rescue package for the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, as the White House negotiated furiously behind closed doors on the package and House Democrats rolled out a rival $2.5 trillion proposal containing partisan "wish-list" items such as same-day voter registration.

March 23, 2020

Pelosi’s coronavirus bill proposes election audits, same-day voter registration

Tucked into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's coronavirus relief bill are provisions for "risk-limiting audits" of elections and same-day voter registration, items long sought by Democrats but unrelated to the pandemic, Republicans charged Monday.

March 23, 2020

White House journalist tests positive for coronavirus

An unidentified journalist who was at the White House four times in the past two weeks has a suspected case of the coronavirus disease.

March 23, 2020

Dems demanding new union bargaining powers, solar tax credits in new coronavirus aid package

Congressional Democrats are demanding an "ideological wish list" including new collective bargaining powers for unions as they hold up a nearly $2 trillion economic package of coronavirus relief, Republicans said Monday.

March 23, 2020

Mnuchin calls on Senate Democrats to approve economic package today

Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said Monday that Senate Democrats must drop their objections to a nearly $2 trillion economic relief package before midnight to help businesses and workers hurt by the coronavirus outbreak.

March 23, 2020

Fed takes new emergency action to ease corporate credit; markets still fall

The Federal Reserve announced several new emergency measures on Monday to ease corporate credit and blunt the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

March 23, 2020

Donald Trump will not ‘nationalize’ companies under Defense Production Act

The president urged auto executives to "go for it" but he said he has resisted using the Defense Production Act, a Korean War-era law that empowers the president to compel production because it would smack of "nationalization" and is not necessary at this time.

March 22, 2020

White House correspondents association dinner postponed over coronavirus

The annual White House Correspondents dinner in Washington has been postponed due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

March 22, 2020

Corporate America responding to Trump’s call for medical supplies

Some of the nation's biggest companies are ramping up production of needed medical supplies as President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to speed aid to stricken communities.

March 20, 2020

Nikki Haley resigns from Boeing’s board over company’s request for government aid

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from Boeing's board of directors after less than a year, saying she cannot abide the company's plea for government aid.

March 20, 2020

Donald Trump, Republicans insist coronavirus rescue plan is no ‘bailout’

Free-market principles in Washington have run smack into the election-year coronavirus pandemic.

March 19, 2020

White House cancels in-person G7 summit at Camp David, leaders to meet by videoconference

President Trump has canceled plans to hold the Group of 7 summit at Camp David in June, and has opted instead to meet by video teleconference due to the coronavirus, White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere said Thursday.

March 19, 2020

Trump accuses liberal media of ‘siding with China’ on coronavirus pandemic

President Trump accused liberal U.S. media outlets of "siding with China" on Thursday in the coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

March 19, 2020

Energy Dept. starts buying U.S. oil to fill strategic reserve

The Energy Department said Thursday it has begun the process of purchasing 77 million barrels of U.S. crude oil on President Trump's order to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

March 19, 2020

Stocks continue slide despite Fed action to protect money market funds

Stocks posted modest gains on Thursday, recovering from a three-year low as oil prices jumped the highest ever in a single day and President Trump highlighted possible coronavirus therapies.

March 19, 2020

Trump economic relief plan would give $3,000 to family of four

The average family of four will receive $3,000 from the government next month under the economic relief plan proposed by the White House to counter the coronavirus pandemic.

March 19, 2020

U.S. jobless claims spike in past week, survey reports

U.S. jobless claims rose to 281,000 for the week of March 14 as the coronavirus pandemic causes more layoffs.

March 19, 2020