by Tyler | Apr 11, 2020 | California, coronavirus, Economy, food banks, Health, Los Angeles, Politics, Trending
A pop-up food pantry in Southern California drew so many people on Thursday that the line of cars of people clamoring for groceries spanned a mile, as organizers, who were equipped to provide food to 2,500 families, distributed the goods.
by Tyler | Apr 10, 2020 | China, coronavirus, Economy, Gordon Chang, Politics, Radio, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Treasury Department, Trending, World Health Organization
Alongside its allies, America should seize China’s holdings of U.S. Treasury and other state treasuries’ obligations, said Gordon Chang.
by Tyler | Apr 10, 2020 | canada, China, coronavirus, Economy, foreign imports, Free Trade, Hand Sanitizer, Health, manufacturing, Plastic bottles, Politics, Trending
The United States’ reliance on China and Canada for plastic lids and bottles is trickling down into a shortage of high-demand hand sanitizer for Americans in the midst of the Chinese coronavirus crisis.
by Tyler | Apr 10, 2020 | Constitution, coronavirus, Economy, Health, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, quorum, roll call vote, Small Businesses, stimulus, Thomas Massie, Trending, unanimous consent
Rep. Thomas Massie said Nancy Pelosi should allow a remote vote on the next coronavirus relief measure in lieu of an in-person roll call vote.
by Tyler | Apr 10, 2020 | coronavirus, Democrats, Economy, Health, Joni Ernst, Mike Braun, Mitch McConnell, Paycheck Protection Program, Politics, Trending
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on the Senate floor on Thursday that Democrats continue to hold small business aid “hostage.”
by Tyler | Apr 10, 2020 | Economy, Health, Stocks, Trending
The small-cap Russell 2000 index rose 18.5 percent this week and the S&P 500 had its best week since 1974.