Month: March 2020

President Donald Trump told US governors on Thursday his administration was preparing to issue new, potentially more relaxed social distancing guidelines based on geographic risk factors for the novel coronavirus, even as some health experts warn it’s too early to allow Americans to congregate in large groups or return to their workplaces. In a letter,

Three unaccompanied migrant children in government custody have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, marking the first announced positive cases among children in the agency’s care. The children are in the care of one of the agency’s facilities in New York. “ORR’s medical team is working with the programs in

A group of Texas abortion providers and abortion rights advocates are suing state officials after Texas opted to include abortions among nonessential surgical procedures that must be deferred or canceled to focus on the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confirmed that “any type of abortion that is not medically necessary to

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday said the District of Columbia was treated like a “territory” instead of a state after it was allocated $725 million less than the states in the latest coronavirus response bill. Her comment comes less than 24 hours after the Senate unanimously voted to approve a historic $2 trillion

The Justice Department announced narco-terrorism and other criminal charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and senior leaders from his government on Thursday, in a move marking a modern low point in relations between the US and the ailing socialist state. As part of the sweeping actions announced by the Trump administration, the State Department designated

The US Army says mitigation efforts to blunt the spread of the coronavirus “have proven insufficient” within the service and it is suspending “non-mission essential functions,” including some non-critical training of units in the field and physical fitness training involving large numbers of troops, according to an internal Army directive dated Thursday that was obtained

With New York quickly becoming the new epicenter of the coronavirus crisis in the US, healthcare workers in the state have been working nonstop. Knowing that these heroes wouldn’t have time to stop and grab a meal, one of New York’s most famous couples — Bill and Hillary Clinton– stepped in to help. This week,

The deadline to obtain a REAL ID, federally mandated identification that will be needed for passengers to board aircraft, will be extended until October 1, 2021 — a year past the current deadline, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Senate stimulus bill also requires the deadline be pushed until at least the end