Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Friday that America doesn’t need an Ebola czar, but in fact needs leadership from President Barack Obama–and needs a president who will ban travel to and from Ebola-stricken nations. “We don’t need another so-called
With scores of lawmakers calling for a travel ban, Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) says he plans to introduce legislation to restrict all commercial flights from Ebola-stricken nations and deny visas to those with a travel itinerary from those counties. “Now
The number of lawmakers backing a travel ban for incoming travel from Ebola “hot zone” countries has jumped from a bipartisan group of 26 members of Congress to 70, reports The Hill. The congressional coalition, made up mostly of Republicans,
New York Times bestselling author Andrew Roberts makes his first appearance on Radio Free Delingpole in Episode 62. James and Andrew begin the podcast discussing Napoleon: A Life, which has been called the definitive biography of the iconic French soldier-statesman. But
Glenn Beck is combating Ebola with animations and songs about not drinking a glass of diarrhea and demonstrations with spaghetti and chocolate sauce to show how easily nurses taking care of Ebola patients without proper equipment can contract the virus.
DALLAS, Texas — Liberal Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins called an official state of emergency “a tool in his toolbox,” something he didn’t want to have to take out and use unless absolutely necessary when the Dallas County Commissioners Court met
While the Obama administration refuses to institute an Ebola travel ban, African nations have been combating and containing Ebola by closing their borders. The Associated Press noted that “border closings may also be helping halt the spread of Ebola” in a region
On Thursday, President Barack Obama said instituting an Ebola travel ban would not help the United States more effectively contain the virus. He also indicated he may be open to appointing an Ebola “czar.” “I don’t have a philosophical objection
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee criticized the Center for Disease Control for making “monitoring fevers and relying on people self-reporting” as the crux of their strategy for combatting the
It is good to see President Obama and his political machine finally wake up, sound the alarm and spring into action against the ongoing global humanitarian crisis that is Ebola. Only now that it has reached America’s shores, threatens to
At the White House Press Briefing this afternoon, Press Secretary Josh Earnest responded to Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) who criticized the administration’s response to Ebola during a congressional hearing today. Braley, now running for Senate in Iowa against Republican candidate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican lawmakers left a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the ongoing Ebola outbreak reiterating calls for travel restrictions and expressing concern with the amount of leadership on the matter to date.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday authorized the Pentagon to call up reserve and National Guard troops if they are needed to assist in the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Obama signed an executive
The Obama administration continues to resist the idea of a travel ban from West African countries to prevent more Ebola cases from reaching the United States. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest explained to reporters today that a travel ban
Thursday at the White House daily briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest said that it is likely more health care workers who treated the late Thomas Eric Duncan for Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas will get the deadly
A White House petition to halt travel from Ebola-stricken countries into the U.S. has jumped by over 15,000 signatures in just three days, bringing its total number of signatures to 37,062. The explosion in signatures comes as a second American,
Lack of training, inadequate protective gear, and a desire for a higher level of insurance for infectious disease are the main demands from the formidable California National Nurses United union in contract negotiations with Kaiser Permanente. Those negotiations have been
Thursday at the White House daily briefing Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that not having a travel ban from West African nations ravaged with the Ebola outbreak keeps Americans safer because we are screening passengers from those counties. However, he
Thursday at noon the House of Representatives will question Centers for Disease Control director Dr. Thomas Frieden and other Obama Administration officials over the spread of Ebola in the United States. After three weeks of arrogant and ignorant happy talk
Every scandal in the Obama administration has a face. Who is in charge, then, of the response to the Ebola virus? For the Obamacare website debacle, Americans pointed to former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Department of Veterans
On Thursday’s edition of CNN’s “New Day,” former White House press secretary Jay Carney, now a CNN contributor, admitted optics of the various crises around the world don’t bode well for President Barack Obama’s White House. Carney specifically referenced the
On Wednesday, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed a second Dallas healthcare worker who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient to die in the United States, has also been infected. Unfortunately, that person is reported to
On Wednesday, the executive director of a national nurses union blasted the Obama administration for ignoring the concerns of nurses who have been saying for weeks that their hospitals are not prepared to treat patients with Ebola. After a second
Perhaps in keeping with his self-proclaimed status as “Obama’s best friend,” or maybe thinking that the last thing the GOP should do before an election is show any real leadership from the one branch of government they actually do control,
President Barack Obama is so unpopular among the electorate that the White House is reportedly letting Democrats know there will be no ramifications if they run against Obama. According to a CNN report, “understanding full well Obama’s unpopularity is a
