“You never let a serious crisis go to waste,” Obama adviser Rahm Emanuel said during the country’s last major emergency. Now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing this noxious idea back as she uses the coronavirus pandemic to permanently stamp identity politics on corporate America. Pelosi’s coronavirus relief bill is a veritable pork barrel for […]
The federal government will crack down on hoarding and price gouging schemes amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump said Monday, flanked by Attorney General William Barr. The president signed Section 4512 of the Defense Production Act to prevent hoarding of personal protective equipment. “We have some people hoarding,” Trump said in the briefing room […]
The spread of the Chinese coronavirus will strain America’s health care system to the breaking point. Primary care physicians already are overbooked, medical products are in short supply, and those who become symptomatic are afraid to visit clinics for fear of putting other, more vulnerable patients at risk. Fortunately, many of our conversations on Capitol […]
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Sunday that there would be no countrywide lockdown order over the coronavirus pandemic—at least not at this time. During an appearance on Fox Business Channel, Wolf spoke about the Trump administration’s actions to curb the spread of COVID-19. Although some hard-hit states have executed lockdown orders, such as California and […]
Millions of Americans dead, thousands more waiting to die for want of medical equipment in short supply, and all because a few blithe revelers wanted to go to the bar. A recent study by Imperial College London paints a truly frightening picture of what could be. But is this even possible? In short, not likely, […]
The economic fallout from the national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak could last much longer than the health consequences. To limit disruption of economic activity, policymakers must act now to help families maintain their income and their connections to employment. Before the coronavirus hit the United States, first-time unemployment claims were near a half-century low. […]
In mid-March President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador closed his country’s borders to foreigners. At that point, his country had zero confirmed cases of COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus. Bukele closed down schools, temporarily shut down the international airport, and banned flights from Mexico when he believed the Mexican government allowed corona-positive passengers to […]
Iran, which faces one of the most widespread COVID-19 coronavirus outbreaks outside of China, is paying a heavy price for the mismanagement, dishonesty, and self-serving priorities of its Islamist clerical regime. Iran’s totalitarian rulers remain in denial about the scope and consequences of the pandemic, preferring to save face rather than save lives. The ayatollahs […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the country, threatening lives and livelihoods alike, Congress has suddenly found its ability to legislate again. The Senate has cancelled their recess, and many lawmakers have been remarkably focused on fighting the disease and protecting Americans. Despite some delays and the usual partisan tug-of-war, lawmakers have quickly passed two important, […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that the Senate will not leave Washington before approving an aid package to ease financial problems during the coronavirus pandemic through direct payments to individual Americans. Other provisions of the package, which has a total cost estimated at up to $1 trillion, would provide loans to airlines and […]
