by Jim Heath | Dec 17, 2020 | Headlines, Trump
President Trump’s neighbors in Florida are seeking to enforce a decades-old compact that says Mar-a-Lago, his private social club, cannot be used as a full-time residence — as Trump has suggested he plans to do after he leaves the White House. NYTimes: Neighbors of...
by Jim Heath | Dec 16, 2020 | Headlines, Joe Biden, Social Media
The Associated Press, not known to make many mistakes, made a small gaffe in one of its stories yesterday that put Twitter into overdrive. In an article about the Mexican and Brazilian presidents congratulating Joe Biden, the story referred to the president-elect as...
by Jim Heath | Dec 16, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The Trump administration is scrambling to use its power to free up supplies of raw materials to help Pfizer produce tens of millions of additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for Americans in the first half of next year. Should an agreement be struck, it could at...
by Jim Heath | Dec 16, 2020 | coronavirus, Economy, Headlines
The U.S. poverty rate has surged over the past five months, with 7.8 million Americans falling into poverty, the latest indication of how deeply many are struggling after government aid dwindled. WAPO: The poverty rate jumped to 11.7 percent in November, up 2.4...
by Jim Heath | Dec 16, 2020 | 2020, Fox News, Headlines, Trump
The sorest presidential loser in American history spent his morning tearing into Fox News Channel, proclaiming that the right-leaning network was ‘dead.’ ‘Can’t believe how badly @FoxNews is doing in the ratings. They played right into the...
by Jim Heath | Dec 15, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Joe Biden
Russian President Vladimir Putin today congratulated Joe Biden on having won the American presidential election — more than a month after the Democrat became the U.S. president-elect. Putin had been one of the last major holdouts among world leaders in sending Biden...
