While Democrats and Republicans in Congress are still a ways apart on the terms of the next stimulus bill related to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump issued four directives over the weekend intended to bring economic relief to families and workers.

The president signed one executive order and three presidential memorandums on Saturday. Here’s the breakdown of what his actions look like.

A recent Associated Press article stated that the way the coronavirus pandemic has been handled in the United States has “astonished and alarmed” Europe. But is the media missing the bigger picture?

The world’s most recent global pandemic has disrupted the global economy and shown how unprepared scientists and governments were to handle a quick spreading disease on a global scale. In the beginning, attention was first paid to China, the epicenter, before turning to Italy where the disease quickly spread and seemed to wipe out entire villages. When it reached the United States, more specifically New York, the number of infections quickly increased and now the United States has the highest number of cases and deaths.

A group of leading thinkers, scholars and practitioners has launched a new free speech movement called the “Philadelphia Statement” (thephillystatement.org) that pushes back against the current “cancel culture” that threatens the fundamental principles of free speech upon which our nation was founded.

Focus on the Family President Jim Daly, Professor Robert P. George of Princeton, Aayan Hirsi Ali of the Hoover Institution, Alan Sears and Michael Farris of Alliance Defending Freedom, Rev. Albert Mohler of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Russell Moore of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and Dr. Carol Swain, a retired professor from Vanderbilt University, are among the signatories of the Philadelphia Statement.

Anyone can sign on to the statement.