Economy
May 06
TV broadcaster Sinclair fined $48 million over Tribune deal
By Tali Arbel, Associated Press
Day: May 6, 2020
SR: New images of Americans held in Venezuela after apparent failed coup ((specialreportbaier)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. will use every tool available to help secure their release; Phil Keating reports from Miami
SR: Lawmakers and Trump split over cut to payroll rate amid coronavirus pandemic ((specialreportbaier)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
President Trump says he will not sign off on any new legislation that does not include a payroll tax cut causing Democrats and some Republicans to resist; Chief Congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel reports
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Politics
May 06
Maduro airs video of American detained in Venezuela plot
By Christine Armario, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press
YW: Uber slashes staff as coronavirus crisis keeps people home ((yourworldcavuto___)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
Uber lays off 3,700 employees; Fox Biz Flash: 5/6
FN: [[' OUTRAGEOUS' DECISION]] Texas official vows to pay fine, go on house arrest to help jailed salon owner ((lubuntu at wor2))
=”https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-ag-tells-judge-to-free-dallas-woman-unjustly-jailed-for-operating-salon“>Texas official vows to pay fine, go on house arrest to help jailed salon owner
SR: President Trump reverses course, says coronavirus task force will not be winding down ((specialreportbaier)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
Trump indicates the coronavirus task force will continue indefinitely, although its mission will change; chief White House correspondent John Roberts reports
SR: Ginsburg participates in Supreme Court phone arguments from hospital ((specialreportbaier)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in telephone arguments, from a hospital bed due to an infection, dealing with the latest challenge to ObamaCare; Shannon Bream has the latest
FI: Gutfeld on Gov. Cuomo and the nursing home scandal ((thefive___________)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
CNN host doesn’t ask New York governor about nursing home deaths
FI: President Trump says coronavirus task force will stay on, evolve its focus ((thefive___________)) ((lubuntu at wor2))
Trump faced backlash over preliminary talks to wind down the coronavirus task force in the coming weeks; reaction and analysis on ‘The Five.’
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