AOC tweets, then deletes, praise for oil price tanking to push ‘Green New Deal’
(USA Features) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) tweeted a message that appeared to support the collapse of the oil industry due a major drop in…
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Sen. Graham: ‘We ought to sanction the hell out of China’ over coronavirus
(USA Features) The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he believes the Trump administration should take strong economic measures against China over its…
15 House Dems call on replenishing small biz funds over Pelosi’s objection
(USA Features) More than a dozen House Democrats are calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to end her stalling on new funding for a…
Trump has been warned of small business revolt if economy isn’t reopened soon
(USA Features) President Donald Trump has said his decision on when to reopen the U.S. economy following the coronavirus pandemic will his most difficult…
As COVID-related job losses mount, other industries are hiring like mad
(USA Features) Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs because of coronavirus-related mandatory business closures, but other industries are ramping up operations…
Treasury’s Mnuchin says America could reopen businesses beginning in May
(USA Features) Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that declining coronavirus cases would mean the U.S. could begin reopening businesses by early May. Mnuchin…
One-quarter of small businesses say virus shutdown has them on brink of permanent closure
(USA Features) About 25 percent of all small business owners say they are getting close to permanently shutting down after being deemed ‘non-essential’ during…
Scores of companies respond to Trump’s ‘Team America’ call to produce goods to combat virus
(USA Features) Some 50 corporations have stepped up and volunteered to shift their production lines to begin manufacturing products vitally needed to deal with…
White House: ‘Unnecessary’ to hoard grocery items because ‘supply chains’ in U.S. ‘strong’
(USA Features) The Trump administration issued a statement Sunday reassuring Americans that they needn’t engaging in “panic buying” of grocery items because there is…