Ryan Lovelace

National Restaurant Association projects $50 billion sales losses for food service industry in April

The National Restaurant Association said Monday the restaurant and food service industry will lose $50 billion in sales by the end of April if current projections remain the same.

April 20, 2020

Oracle studying Google-Apple collaboration for leverage in Supreme Court feud

Oracle sees a chance to gain the upper hand in a Supreme Court copyright battle with Google because the search engine giant relaxed tight control of its services to collaborate with Apple to combat the new coronavirus, The Washington Times has learned.

April 20, 2020

Facebook cancels large events through June 2021

While various U.S. governors are deciding whether and how to reopen their states' economies, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tightened restrictions on gatherings of his employees amid the coronavirus outbreak.

April 17, 2020

Americans skeptical of tracking cellphones to stop coronavirus spread: Poll

The majority of Americans approves of governments tracking people who have tested positive for coronavirus via their cellphones' whereabouts, but even more people oppose tracking citizens to enforce government-issued social distancing guidelines, a new poll shows.

April 17, 2020

Nancy Pelosi wants to make nonprofits more eligible for virus-related relief

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged her Democratic colleagues to lobby the Federal Reserve to make nonprofits better eligible for coronavirus-related relief ahead of a Thursday deadline for input for the Fed.

April 16, 2020

FBI official warns of increasing cybercrime attacks related to coronavirus-relief efforts

A top FBI official said Thursday complaints of cybercrime made to the FBI had approximately tripled amid the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis.

April 16, 2020

Operation Gridlock: Thousands protest Whitmer’s stay-at-home order in Michigan

Thousands of Michiganders protesting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home executive order drove to Lansing, Michigan, for a mass 'drive-by' protest on Wednesday.

April 15, 2020

Conservative coalition mobilizes against trial lawyers to spur economic recovery

More than 20 conservative groups are pushing Congress to shield businesses from trial lawyers who may seek to exploit the coronavirus pandemic.

April 15, 2020

Planned Parenthood telehealth expanding to all 50 states, will counsel for abortions

Planned Parenthood said Tuesday its telehealth capabilities, including counseling for abortions, would be available in all 50 states by the end of April.

April 14, 2020

Reddit creates new political ad transparency tools ahead of 2020 elections

The social media company Reddit has started publishing details about political advertising on its platform, following competitors Facebook and Twitter, which increased transparency on their platforms in response to alarm over "fake news" and foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election.

April 14, 2020

Judicial Zoom: Courts rapidly adopting videoconferencing tech to conduct business

The Zoom videoconferencing platform is fast becoming the judiciary's technology of choice to conduct business while following social distancing requirements for the coronavirus pandemic.

April 13, 2020

Millions of mail-in ballots went missing in 2018: Report

More than a million mail-in ballots were sent to the wrong addresses by elections officials in 2018, according to a new analysis Monday that challenged state and local officials' rush to embrace mail-in voting amid the coronavirus crisis.

April 13, 2020

Watchdog group spends $250,000 attacking alleged Democratic electioneering amid coronavirus

The Honest Elections Project said Monday it will spend $250,000 on an ad campaign attacking Democratic attempts to change election laws.

April 13, 2020

Apple, Google team up to build coronavirus contact-tracing system on phones

Apple and Google are building a Bluetooth-based system into their phones to track people's interactions with coronavirus-infected people and reduce the spread of the virus.

April 13, 2020

Alliance Defending Freedom challenges social distancing guidelines

Frustrated religious observers may not wait much longer before challenging the legality of social distancing guidelines that interrupted services during Holy Week and Passover.

April 12, 2020

Mississippi church to sue city government for crackdown on ‘drive-in’ church service

Temple Baptist Church is suing Greenville, Mississippi's city government and mayor for busting up its "drive-in" church service.

April 10, 2020

MoveOn sees over 1 million new members join since March 1

MoveOn said it has seen a massive spike in its membership since the outbreak of the coronavirus and is revising its 2020 election strategy to defeat President Trump.

April 9, 2020

Christian law firm threatens to sue Charlotte for arresting praying activists at abortion clinic

Alliance Defending Freedom is threatening to sue Charlotte, North Carolina, if the city government does not drop criminal charges pending against Christian activists who were arrested while gathered in prayer outside an abortion clinic last weekend.

April 9, 2020

House GOP-aligned super PAC makes initial $43M ad reservations for 2020 elections

A super PAC aligned with House Republicans said Thursday it booked $43 million in its first wave of advertising reservations for the 2020 elections.

April 9, 2020

Transparency International organizing coalition to defend whistleblowers during coronavirus pandemic

An anti-corruption group is organizing a global coalition of like-minded organizations to defend whistleblowers during the coronavirus crisis.

April 8, 2020