President Donald Trump posted his letter to the WHO in a Monday night tweet. He threatened to pull the U.S. out of the World Health Organization (WHO) within 30 days, unless it will “commit to major substantive improvements.” (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Paul Manafort Is Released From
Prison Due to Coronavirus Fears.
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman
has been imprisoned since being convicted on
fraud and conspiracy charges in 2018.
In light of COVID-19, Attorney General William Barr
instructed the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to release non-
dangerous, vulnerable prisoners to home-confinement.
The bureau recently stated it would
prioritize prisoners who had served
at least half their term.
Manafort’s lawyers confirmed
on Wednesday that he has been
released to home confinement.
Mr. Manafort is 71 years old and suffers from several preexisting health conditions, including high blood pressure, liver disease, and
respiratory ailments, Manafort Lawyer, via ‘The Washington Post’.
Manafort had been serving his seven-year prison
sentence in Pennsylvania at the minimum-security
Loretto Federal Correctional Institution.
Convicted in 2018, Manafort would
have served his full seven-year
sentence by November 2024
Trump Slams
Mail-In Voting.
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly every aspect of life, several states are making adjustments to their primary election procedures. .
Many states have already postponed their elections to later dates, or have called for mail-in voting.
President Donald Trump criticized the idea of voting by mail on Twitter, saying Republicans lose out in the process.
Republicans should fight very hard when it comes to state wide mail-in voting. Democrats are clamoring for it. Tremendous potential for voter fraud, and for whatever reason, doesn’t work out well for Republicans, President Donald Trump via Twitter.
Easier access to voting by mail could affect
Trump’s bid for reelection this year, especially
in swing states where margins could be very thin
The Trump administration is seeking $850 billion in emergency economic stimulus. (Wibbitz)
President Donald Trump and members of the coronavirus task force spoke at length with the press on Monday afternoon. Trump indicated that the threat of the virus for the American people was likely to last until at least “July, August, something like that.”
Stock Market’s 11-Year Bull Market, Ends on Coronavirus Upheaval.
The Dow Jones closed on
Wednesday on a near six percent decline.
Since the peak on
Wall Street a few weeks ago,
the Dow is down 20 percent.
Fears of a global recession intensified
as the World Health Organization
declared COVID-19 a pandemic
on Wednesday.
Before the outbreak intensified
just weeks ago, few economists
considered a recession remotely plausible.
Analysts were quick to
point to lawmakers and
the Trump administration.
If the Trump administration and Congress can’t get it together quickly and put together a sizable and responsible package, then a recession seems like a real possibility here, Mark Zandi, Moody’s, ‘The New York Times’.
The virus is beatable, but the measures that are required to beat it are economy killers, Ian Shepherdson, ‘The New York Times’.
While most agree that slowing
the rapid spread of COVID-19 is
the definite first priority.
economists say that
targeted industry stimulus
might prevent layoffs.
Cash payments might allow
hourly wager earners to keep spending
even if their hours are cut.
According to economists,
theses strategies could help
stave off a recession
President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office on the day the World Health Organization
declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Speaking for just over ten minutes, Trump announced that he was suspending travel from Europe for 30 days. The E.U. travel suspension will begin on Friday at midnight. The U.K. will not be affected.
President Trump speaks at a Keep America Great rally as a small group of protesters gather outside the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Thousands showed up for President Donald Trump’s rally Friday morning, forming a line that stretched nearly a quarter mile around the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Trump supporters camp outside the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, where President Trump will held a rally on Friday in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
President Trump drove down Las Vegas Boulevard on his way into town for events and a rally on Friday.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a new rule Thursday replacing a 2015 definition of “navigable waters” created in the Obama administration that farmers, developers and others found overly restrictive. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tom Steyer talks about how climate change is his number one priority if elected president, how the current way the government is run is broken and how he was the first candidate on stage to suggest impeached President Donald Trump.
The Nevada Legislature will be meeting to look at new bills that involve education and marriage age restrictions. Governor Sisolak has also requested to meet with the White House about the plutonium shipments sent to Nevada.
The White House is committed to the shutdown fight, but missing out on delivering the State of the Union would pain President Donald Trump. One of Trump’s 2020 challengers, Sen. Kamala Harris, is a flawed presidential candidate. That’s all according to Debra Saunders, the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s White House correspondent.
President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats remain at an impasse over wall funding as the government shutdown reaches the end of its second week. Trump insists on a physical barrier to secure the Southern border. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said a wall would be “ineffective.”
Migrant Caravan attempted to cross the U.S. border in a “violent manner” by throwing projectiles at border patrol agents. Columnist Victor Joecks goes over how the mainstream media shows its liberal bias by making the incident a national headline.
Eric and Lara Trump show their support for U.S. Representative Cresent Hardy and other Republican candidates during a rally at the Nevada Republican Party’s Summerlin office.
Donald Trump’s speech at a rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center on September 20, 2018.
Nevada Politics Today host Victor Joecks and Review-Journal columnist Debra J Saunders talk about Brett Kavanaugh and Trumps visit to Nevada.
Nevada Politics Today host Victor Joecks and Review-Journal columnist Debra J Saunders talk about Brett Kavanaugh and Trumps visit to Nevada.
President Donald Trump speaks at the Nevada Republican Party State Convention at the Suncoast Station.
Democrats are already positioning themselves to vote down a law that would stop the separation
of illegal immigrant parents and children. Remember this the next time you see liberals compare
President Donald Trump and his administration to Nazis on this issue.
Almost 2,000 Children Separated From Parents in Border Crackdown On Saturday, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed 1,995 children have been affected by the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the policy last month, saying… Attorney General Jeff Sessions, via ‘Time’ The separations occurred during a six-week
period between
April 19 and May 31. The DHS reported the numbers reflect parents who were undocumented immigrants, have possible
criminal conduct, have immigration violations or could not be verified as kin to the children. According to ‘Time,’ the children are taken to juvenile centers, and it is unclear whether or not they are eventually reunited with their parents.
The NRA announced on Monday that as a result of Vice President Mike Pence’s attendance at their annual convention, guns will not be allowed. NRA It was later announced that President Trump would also be in attendance. When Pence and Trump are not in attendance, guns will be allowed at the convention again.
Donald Trump Calls Out
James Comey After Book
Details Emerge The President took to Twitter to criticize the former FBI director as information emerges from Comey’s new book, ‘A Higher Loyalty’. According to ‘The New York Times’, Comey describes Trump in the book as “unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values.” James Comey, A Higher Loyalty, via The New York Times A Higher Loyalty hits stores on April 17.
Trump Requests Private Arbitration in Stormy Daniels Lawsuit President Trump filed court papers to request that Daniels and him resolve the case privately. The adult film star was paid $130,000 to stay quiet about her affair with Trump. She sued Trump last month to break the nondisclosure agreement since Trump had never actually signed it. The new court filing requires that Daniels pursues any disagreement in arbitration.
In the Art of the Deal, Donald Trump writes, “Leverage: don’t make deals without it.”
Republicans have plenty of leverage in the stalled negotiations over passing a new version of the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It’s time for them to quit negotiating with Democrats
and use it.
Walmart Boosts Minimum Wage to $11,
Gives Out Bonuses to Employees Walmart gave credit to President Trump’s
tax cut for enabling the move. Doug McMillan, Walmart CEO Doug McMillan, Walmart CEO The big-box store chain hit the jackpot, with the corporate tax cut coming all the way down to 21 percent from 35 percent. Walmart will also pay a one-time cash bonus to eligible employees of as much as $1,000. Bonuses will be determined by the length of an employee’s tenure with the store. The wage increase will go into effect as soon as February and add about $300 million in costs to what Walmart was already planning for the upcoming fiscal year.
Steve and Andrea Wynn hit President Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort on NYE Wynn was once a Trump rival Now he is a power player in the Republican Party Meantime, The Chainsmokers invited Usher to stage at Wynn’s XS Nightclub Usher’s performance of “Confessions” was unbilled and thrilled the crowd Celine Dion was among the Strip headliners to perform on national TV on NYE EDM superstar Tiesto has signed through 2020 with Hakkasan Bruno Mars hit The Bank Nightclub on NYE after headlining The Park Theater Pia Zadora welcomed celebs Charles Barkley, Ed “Too Tall” Jones and Nicolas Cage to her show at Piero’s Owner Freddie Glusman, of course, was also on the scene.
