Politics
By R. Mitchell – INDIANAPOLIS—On March 30, Indianapolis U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted approximately four-and-a-half pounds of fentanyl in a package destined to East Elmhurst, New York. The shipment was transiting through a local express consignment facility when CBP K9 Balbina alerted to the package. When officers opened Read more…
By R. Mitchell – MIAMI – While U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) remains fully engaged in our nation’s whole-of-government response to the coronavirus pandemic, CBP officers continue to conduct their traditional enforcement missions, including narcotics interdiction. On March 18, CBP officers seized 90 pounds of cocaine they discovered aboard a Read more…
By Chuck Ross – The Chinese government and its main propaganda outlet are touting remarks from World Health Organization official Michael Ryan, who said the public is “over-focused” on the accuracy of Beijing’s coronavirus data. “I think we need to be very careful also to not to be profiling certain Read more…
By Peter Hasson – Chinese manufacturers of medical masks are cashing in on the coronavirus pandemic that started in their country. Chinese manufacturers are seeing profits spike as global demand for masks and other medical equipment has reached a fever pitch. Nearly a fifth of mask manufacturers in the country Read more…
By R. Mitchell – Today Hasher Jallal Taheb, 23, of Cumming, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to destroy, by fire or an explosive, a building owned by or leased to the United States. Taleb had planned an attack on the White House using weapons and explosives. Read more…
By Chuck Ross – Dr. Anthony Fauci said in an interview released Thursday that President Donald Trump took the coronavirus threat seriously “from the beginning” of the pandemic. “I think he always understood the seriousness of it. Right now as the numbers are becoming crystal clear, he himself is articulating Read more…
By Chris White – Two super pacs — Pacronym and American Bridge — that are thrashing President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic are affiliated with Arabella Advisors, a consulting firm that is not required to identify its donors. Academics and other researchers argue flaying the president over his Read more…
By R. Mitchell – The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the distribution of hoarded personal protective equipment (PPE), including approximately 192,000 N95 respirator masks, to those on the frontline of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response in New York Read more…
By Chuck Ross – Researchers in China found that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine was effective in treating patients with mild cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to a study released Tuesday. Patients treated with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) saw improvements in coughs, fever and pneumonia compared to Read more…
By Chuck Ross – Dr. Michael Osterholm, a leaded expert on infectious disease, blasted the World Health Organization’s early analysis of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus. ‘When you look at what WHO did I think they set us back a great deal,’ Osterholm said in a podcast interview Read more…