Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) paid her husband’s political consulting firm another $292,000 in campaign funds during the first quarter of 2020.
Read MoreIlhan Omar Paid Husband’s Consulting Firm Another $292K, On Track to Pay $1 Million This Year
Day: April 24, 2020
Commentary: Another Four Million Jobs Lost, Unemployment Maybe More Than 20 Percent
Another 4.4 million Americans filed for initial unemployment claims last week, raising the total to more than 26 million who have lost their jobs since the COVID-19 pandemic economic closures began in all 50 states more than a month ago.
Read MoreMore Than 4.4 Million File New Unemployment Claims; Five-Week Total Surpasses 26 Million
The five week surge in new unemployment claims continued last week as businesses deemed nonessential by state and local governments reduce staffing in response to COVID-19.
Read MoreMigrant Workers Are Expected to Begin Sending Less Money Home
Remittances, the money that migrant workers send back to their families in their home countries, are expected to fall globally by well over $100 billion amid the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreUniversity of Tennessee Law Professor Glenn Reynolds Says Lock Down Protesters Are Dismissed Like a ‘Basket of Deplorables’
University of Tennessee Law Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds joined Fox News host Brian Kilmeade Thursday morning to discuss the lockdown protests that are happening in states across America. Reynolds critiqued political lawmakers and big corporate media for not empathizing with the working people whose suffering has been arrogantly dismissed.
Read MoreU.N. Official Warns That COVID-19 Could Spur Famines of Biblical Proportions within Months
A United Nations official said Tuesday that dozens of nations are facing “a hunger pandemic” amid international coronavirus lockdowns, warning that it’s possible more people could die of starvation than from the virus itself.
Read MoreCommentary: The Land of the ‘Free’ and the Home of Shelter-in-Place Orders
In mid-March, governors across the country began issuing broad shelter-in-place orders in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The orders contain sweeping restrictions on individuals’ freedom of movement and activity in every sphere of life. They preclude people from going to work, running their businesses, convening to worship, visiting their own properties, taking a drive, attending school, and visiting with family or friends.
Read MoreEagle Forum Asks Supreme Court to Consider Tennessee Refugee Resettlement Lawsuit
A prominent conservative organization has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a case involving Tennessee’s participation in the federal refugee resettlement program.
Read More‘The Optics Are Devastating’: Trump Pressed on Major Exemptions Inside Immigration Ban
President Donald Trump is continuing to face backlash from the right over the amount of exemptions included in his executive order limiting immigration into the United States.
Read MoreSt. Olaf Graduation Canceled Except for ‘Students of Color’ and ‘LGBTQIA+’ Students
St. Olaf College in Minnesota plans to host three virtual graduation ceremonies for different groups of minority students, while others must wait until next year to celebrate their completion of college.
Read MoreMinnesota Unemployment Numbers Now Higher Than 2009’s ‘Great Recession’
Minnesota has now seen more unemployment applications during the coronavirus pandemic than during the “Great Recession,” the state’s chief economic commissioner revealed Thursday.
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