Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A telephone call on coronavirus economic relief between U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows ended on Thursday with no breakthrough, and Pelosi said talks would not resume until the Trump administration agreed to $2.2 trillion in aid. Pelosi and Meadows spoke by […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] The World Health Organization on Monday was cautious about endorsing the use of recovered COVID-19 patients’ plasma to treat those who are ill, saying evidence it works remains “low quality” even as the United States issued emergency authorization for such therapies. So-called convalescent plasma, which has long been used […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Israeli teenagers unearthed hundreds of gold coins stashed away in a clay vessel for more than a thousand years. The treasure was discovered on Aug. 18, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Monday, by teenagers volunteering at an excavation in central Israel where a new neighborhood is planned to be […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to the president and former campaign manager, said late Sunday that she would step down from her White House position to focus on her family life, which has been thrust into the public sphere because of sharp disagreements with her husband, George, over Trump’s fitness […]
Madeline Sponsler, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] TikTok on Monday sued U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration over his executive order banning transactions in the United States with the popular short-form video-sharing app, calling it a pretext to fuel anti-China rhetoric as he seeks reelection. TikTok and its parent ByteDance Ltd rejected what they called the White […]
Madeline Sponlser, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Scott Peterson, the California man convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son during a 2004 trial, won a reversal of his death penalty on Monday after the state’s top court ruled that the trial judge had erred in jury selection. But the California Supreme Court rejected an appeal […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] A federal judge on Friday denied Donald Trump‘s request to delay allowing the Manhattan district attorney to obtain his tax returns while the U.S. president appeals. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero, who on Thursday rejected Trump‘s arguments that the grand jury subpoena from district attorney Cyrus Vance was “wildly […]
Ian Patrick, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Ireland’s agriculture minister Dara Calleary resigned on Friday after he said he had damaged the national effort in fighting COVID-19 by attending a social event that could have breached health regulations. Calleary was among more than 80 guests at a hotel dinner hosted by the Irish parliament’s golf society, […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] According to an analysis from The Hill the percentages of fatalities from the coronavirus is dropping in most states. The Hill reports this decline has been occurring in many states for weeks and for some it’s been happening for months. The report speculates the reasons for this are several […]
Samuel Case, FISM News [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] U.S. home sales rose at a record pace for a second straight month in July and home prices hit a record as historically low interest rates boosted demand for homes even as the coronavirus pandemic put millions of people out of work. The National Association of Realtors said on […]
