• Florida Orders Bars to Shut Down as Coronavirus Cases Hit New Record

    Florida Orders Bars to Shut Down as Coronavirus Cases Hit New Record

    Florida on Friday ordered all bars to close as cases of the coronavirus in the state continue to spike. “Effective immediately, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is suspending on premises consumption of alcohol at bars statewide,” Secretary Halsey Beshears of Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation announced on Twitter. Florida reported a record daily …
  • Senate Democrats Block Massive Chinese virus Stimulus Bill

    Senate Democrats Block Massive Chinese virus Stimulus Bill

    Senate Democrats blocked a massive emergency coronavirus funding package from moving forward Sunday evening on the grounds that the package favored corporations over working Americans. The Senate voted 47-to-47 on moving forward with a “shell” bill, a placeholder that the actual final text of the emergency funding bill would eventually fill, short of the 60-votes …