24 May 2021
Remember the cataclysmic battle in Congress in December 2018 and January 2019? The 35-day partial government shutdown? The fight was between President Trump along with congressional Republicans who wanted to fund additional border wall, and congressional Democrats who didn’t.
President Trump asked for $5.6 billion to be spent on the wall, but Democrats dug in their heels and said that was too much. Many didn’t want to spend a dime. In the end, Congress appropriated only $1.375 billion.
A few weeks later, Trump declared a national emergency on the border and announced that he would redirect an initial $3.8 billion in defense appropriations to building additional border wall. That move triggered multiple lawsuits from the Left, which ultimately failed to stop the money from being redirected.
7-day average for daily new COVID-19 cases in NH down 68% in one month
Fewest active cases since Sept. 30 Share Updated: 7:17 PM EDT May 24, 2021
Fewest active cases since Sept. 30 Share Updated: 7:17 PM EDT May 24, 2021
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Show Transcript ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, THERE ARE 52 NEW CASES OF COVID-19, THE FEWEST SINCE OCTOBER 4. IT IS VERY REASSURING WE ARE SEEING THIS DECLINE. KRISTEN: ACTIVE CASES HAVE ALSO DROPPED TO 411, THE FEWEST SINCE SEPTEMBER 30. CURRENT CASES ARE DOWN 87% IN THE LAST MONTH. WE MAY BE SEEING A TREND FOR IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS OUTDOORS NOW. AS WE GO BACK INTO THE FALL AND WINTER, WE WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER SURGE BY US NOT BEING CAUTIOUS. KRISTEN: TO HELP PREVENT A SPIKE, DOCTORS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED TO PROTECT AGAINST SEVERE INFECTIONS, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATH. I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB, PARTICULARLY WITH HIGHER RISK PEOPLE. THAT IS EVIDENT, W