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As US coronavirus death toll mounts, so does the belief by some that it is exaggerated

By Robert Gearty | Fox News There’s a reason why some people believe government officials are exaggerating the number of COVID-19 fatalities. One problem is the hodgepodge way states tally those numbers, Fox News has found. Some states count presumed coronavirus deaths along with confirmed cases under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance issued last month. Other states don’t count […]

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California biopharmaceutical company claims coronavirus antibody breakthrough

By Perry Chiaramonte | Fox News A California-based biopharmaceutical company claims to have discovered an antibody that could shield the human body from the coronavirus and flush it out of a person’s system within four days, Fox News has exclusively learned. Later Friday, Sorrento Therapeutics will announce their discovery of the STI-1499 antibody, which the San Diego company said can provide “100% […]

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State Department emails indicate Yovanovitch met with Burisma rep, despite testimony

By Brooke Singman | Fox News State Department emails obtained by the conservative group Citizens United this week indicate that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was involved in discussions about the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings and even in a meeting with a company representative, despite testifying to Congress during the impeachment inquiry that she knew little about the […]

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Pelosi’s $3 trillion coronavirus bill lets her play left-wing Santa Claus with your tax dollars

By Liz Peek | Fox News It’s a good seven months until Christmas, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is already playing Santa Claus with taxpayer money. The California Democrat is proposing a $3 trillion bill, titled the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or HEROES Act, that is packed full of gifts to Democrats. And incredibly, this is […]

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Watergate prosecutors who want to weigh in on Flynn case include Dem donors, outspoken Trump critics

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors have notified Emmet Sullivan, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, that they intend to file an “amicus curiae” (“friend of the court”) brief in the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn after the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to dismiss the charges against him. Flynn had previously pleaded guilty […]

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Trump ‘totally’ disagrees with Fauci on school reopenings

By Brittany De Lea FOXBusiness States investigating unknown illness appearing in children that may be linked to COVID-19 As state economies begin slowly reopening in phases, President Trump wants to see schools reopen — despite some of the coronavirus concerns being voiced by top advisers. In an exclusive interview with FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo, President Trump responded to top infectious disease expert […]

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CNN downplays Michael Flynn ‘unmasking’ bombshell after years of wall-to-wall Russia-Trump coverage

By Brian Flood | Fox News After breathlessly covering the Trump-Russia collusion theory for years, CNN tried to skip past Wednesday’s breaking news about Michael Flynn related to the since-debunked narrative — but critics say that’s par for the course. Top Obama administration officials — including ex-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who is now a CNN analyst, and others working […]

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Republican Senators Say Democrats’ $3 Trillion Virus Package ‘Dead on Arrival’

BY ZACHARY STIEBER Republican senators quickly rejected the $3 trillion package House Democrats unveiled on Tuesday. “It’s got so much unrelated to the coronavirus, it’s dead on arrival here in terms of a viable idea,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters on Capitol Hill. Republicans control the Senate, making their support necessary for legislation to get passed. The package from the […]

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Feds spent nearly $100B on pandemic readiness, health security in decade leading up to coronavirus crisis

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Over the past decade, the U.S. government spent nearly $100 billion on preparation for major health crises including pandemics, according to a 2018 paper on such funding — though the coronavirus outbreak still had Washington and states across the country scrambling to muster supplies and respond when it hit. Numbers from a paper in the academic journal “Health Security” released in […]