Yesterday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced that President Trump signed a proclamation, “which places new, tailored visa restrictions on six countries that failed to meet a series of security criteria, demonstrating that they could be a risk to the homeland.” “[T]he six countries with new travel restrictions are…
Senate Votes Against Hearing Witnesses in Trump Impeachment Trial
January 31, 2020
In a party-line vote of 51-49, senators voted against allowing witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump. In accordance with the rules for the impeachment trial, both witnesses and documents would have been available for subpoena with a simple majority vote. Instead, now the Senate shall vote on…
WHO Declares Wuhan Virus an International Emergency
January 30, 2020
Today, an Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) “agreed that the outbreak (of the Wuhan coronavirus) now meets the criteria for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern”. WHO reported “[t]here are now 7711 confirmed and 12167 suspected cases [of the virus] throughout [China]. Of the confirmed cases,…
2019 Fourth Quarter GDP Increased 2.1 Percent
January 30, 2020
“Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019”, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today. The increase in fourth quarter GDP “reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures (PCE), federal government spending, state and local government spending, residential fixed investment,…