On Monday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) gave a full endorsement of former President Donald Trump as the leader of the conservative movement and the Republican Party. The Ohio Republican lawmaker also said it was his hope Trump would be reelected president in 2024. “[H]e’s the leader of the conservative movement,” Jordan said. “He’s the leader of the America first movement, and he is the leader of the Republican Party. And I hope, and you know, I hope — like I said yesterday, I hope on January 20, 2025 he’s, once again, will be the leader of our country. I hope he runs, but he’s definitely the leader of our party. We need to stay together, and the vast, vast, vast majority of our party supports President Trump as our leader.” Jordan insists Trump would have won reelection under normal circumstances. “I mean, look, the left knew that under existing rules, they couldn’t beat President Trump,” Jordan explained. “So in the run-up to the election, … [Read more...] about Jim Jordan: ‘I Hope on January 20, 2025’ Trump Is the Leader of Our Country
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Construction Spending Booms: Single-Family Homes Up 24.2%
U.S. construction spending rose by more than twice the level expected in January, highlighting the ongoing strength of the U.S. housing market. Construction spending jumped 1.7 percent from December’s revised level to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.52 trillion, the Commerce Department reported Monday. That was better than the eight-tenths of a percent forecast by economists. The January figure is 5.8 percent higher than a year prior. Residential construction was been driven much higher by a sharp increase in demand for single-family homes and a shrinking supply of existing homes for sale. This rose 2.5 percent from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $713.0 billion in January. Compared with a year ago, residential construction spending is up an astounding 21.1. Private sector construction spending on single-family homes hit $376.2 billion, up 3 percent for the month and up 24.2 from a year ago. Nonresidential construction has been weak since the … [Read more...] about Construction Spending Booms: Single-Family Homes Up 24.2%
Pennsylvania Detention Center Releases Migrant Families, No Longer Holding Children And Parents
LEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania facility used by the U.S. government to detain asylum-seeking immigrants has released several families and is no longer holding children and parents, according to activists and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. The Berks County Residential Center outside Reading was one of three family detention centers in the U.S. that held children and parents who are seeking asylum or who entered the country illegally. Activists have long called for the detention center’s closure. READ MORE: PennDOT Commits $452.7M In Liquids Fuels Payments To Help Municipalities Casey’s office said Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed the release of the families. An ICE spokesperson had no immediate comment Monday. Some 25 people, including 15 children, in seven or eight families were released last week, according to Bridget Cambria, executive director of the group Aldea, which represents families at the detention center in Leesport. “They were released … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania Detention Center Releases Migrant Families, No Longer Holding Children And Parents
Frontier Airlines denies family was removed from flight because of maskless 1-year-old
close Video DOD, United Airlines say masked passengers 'extremely unlikely' to catch COVID-19 U.S. Department of Defense and United Airlines conduct study and find the risk of exposure to coronavirus on commercial airlines is 'virtually nonexistent'; Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas reports. Frontier Airlines canceled a flight from Miami to New York on Sunday after "a large group of passengers repeatedly refused to comply" with the FAA’s mask ordinances — but some passengers on the plane are alleging that the "large group" was just a single baby. The incident reportedly concerned a Hasidic family with a 1-year-old child, witnesses have claimed. Videos shared to Twitter , allegedly taken after the family was asked to leave, show two masked adults gathering their belongings and walking toward the exit with the baby. At one point, one of the adults indicates that it was the maskless child , 1, whom Frontier took issue with. Any events prior … [Read more...] about Frontier Airlines denies family was removed from flight because of maskless 1-year-old
Families Of Loved Ones Lost To COVID-19 Push For National Day Of Mourning
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A grassroots effort is growing to establish a national day of mourning for the victims of COVID-19. More than 100 events are taking place across the country Monday to honor the more than 514,000 Americans who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Hugh Freyer, an 86-year-old Korean War veteran and retired banker, was among them. READ MORE: OC Officials Believe They Could Reach All Metrics This Week To Move Towards Less Restrictive Red Tier Freyer’s death last July still weighs heavily on his daughter, Carolyn Freyer-Jones, and his granddaughter, 13-year-old Lucinda Jones. He left behind the wife he had been married to for 60 years and seven grandchildren. “There was so little conversation about the loss. So little acknowledgement of the loss,” Freyer-Jones said. So she went on to found the Friday Minute – 60 seconds at the end of the week to honor her father and the more than half-million who have died of COVID-19. “People do better when things are … [Read more...] about Families Of Loved Ones Lost To COVID-19 Push For National Day Of Mourning