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The Kardashians are being called out after Khloé Kardashian teepeed Kourtney Kardashian‘s house amid a toilet paper shortage in the US due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Every single Kardashian is srsly [sic] ‘tone deaf,’” one person tweeted. “Kourtney just posted video of her yard covered in toilet paper because her son and Khloe TP’d it….at …

CBS News’ 60 Minutes misrepresented Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s position regarding the origin of the novel coronavirus in a Sunday tweet. “Last Sunday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attempted to resurrect a debunked theory that the virus was man-made in China,” read a Sunday tweet from the 60 Minutes account. As the U.S. took …

During a recent interview on the Joe Rogan Experience, Tesla CEO Elon Musk called recent Wuhan coronavirus shelter-in-place orders “unconstitutional” just days after reports appeared implying that Tesla’s Fremont plant may begin production again soon in violation of lockdown orders. In an appearance on episode number 1,470 of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Tesla CEO …

Nick Cordero‘s wife Amanda Kloots revealed her Mother’s Day got off to a “fantastic” start, following a call with the hospitalized Broadway star. “I just did a little FaceTime with Nick,” Kloots told fans Sunday on her Instagram Story. “I asked him to look up and he did, and I asked him to look down …

American producers continued shipping massive loads of pork to China — even as the coronavirus crisis choked the US’s meat supply, a new report says. Pork exports to China have more than quadrupled compared to a year ago even as the pandemic forced US slaughterhouses and processing plants to close, according to data Reuters published …

A group of 18 Republican state attorneys general on Monday called on congressional leaders to hold hearings on China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to the Senate and House leadership, the attorneys general noted the widespread conclusion that China concealed the coronavirus outbreak during its initial stages. “In what Secretary of State …

Attorney General William Barr defended the Justice Department’s controversial decision to drop the case against former national-security adviser Michael Flynn, who earlier this year withdrew his guilty plea that he lied to the FBI about his Russian contacts. Barr was asked in a CBS interview released Thursday how he thinks history will judge his decision …

Federal health regulators have developed guidelines for the phased reopening of nursing homes, which have proved to be extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus, even as the pandemic continues to infect more people across the country. An early draft of the guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes a phased reopening process similar to …

The U.S. will issue a warning that China is planning to steal research on possible coronavirus vaccines via cyber attacks, the New York Times reported on Sunday. China is actively seeking “valuable intellectual property and public health data through illicit means related to vaccines, treatments and testing,” a draft of the warning by the FBI and …

Discount retailer Stage Stores filed for bankruptcy Sunday with plans to sell its business after the coronavirus crisis threw a wrench into its turnaround plans. The Houston-based owner of the Peebles, Goody’s and Gordmans chains said it had no choice but to seek a buyer through the Chapter 11 process after the pandemic forced it …