
Trump pushes the limits of presidential powers to an already anxious country
President Donald Trump’s twin assertions this week of absolute power to reopen the country and unilateral authority to adjourn Congress are…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump’s twin assertions this week of absolute power to reopen the country and unilateral authority to adjourn Congress are…
Continue ReadingHealth and Human Services Department Secretary Alex Azar confirmed Wednesday that former 2016 Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo will serve as the…
Continue ReadingIvanka Trump traveled from Washington to New Jersey to celebrate Passover, flouting the federal coronavirus guidelines advising against discretionary…
Continue ReadingCancel the SAT? Not so fast. The College Board says if schools don’t reopen this fall, it’ll organize a digital at-home version of the…
Continue ReadingState officials struggling with how to ease coronavirus shutdowns without setting off another deadly wave of infections say the decision will come…
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump stunned world leaders and health experts on Tuesday when he announced he was halting funding to the World Health…
Continue ReadingNo one can spin like Kellyanne Conway. It’s the secret to how she has lasted so long as senior counselor to President Donald Trump, someone who…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump littered Wednesday’s coronavirus briefing with another procession of false and misleading claims. He inaccurately…
Continue ReadingSome businesses unable to access stimulus loans may have to keep waiting. A federal judge allowed Bank of America this week to continue its process…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump said data indicates the U.S. is “past the peak” of the Covid-19 epidemic, clearing the way for his plans…
Continue ReadingThe US Navy released video that it says shows Iranian naval vessels repeatedly conducting “dangerous and harassing approaches” towards US…
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, President Donald Trump said the United States would halt payments to the World Health Organization (WHO). He charged the organization…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called the decision for President Donald Trump’s name to appear on stimulus checks amid the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingNearly every top Democrat says the same thing about former Vice President Joe Biden when they make their endorsement: He is a man defined by his…
Continue ReadingNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sign an executive order that requires everyone in the state to wear a mask or a mouth/nose covering in public when…
Continue ReadingLook at the graph of coronavirus cases posted on the city of Philadelphia’s website, and the peak appears to be behind them. But instead of…
Continue ReadingIllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday that he has “given up” on receiving federal assistance to help combat the novel coronavirus…
Continue ReadingAn Indiana congressman said Tuesday that letting more Americans die from the novel coronavirus is the “lesser of two evils” compared with…
Continue ReadingScientists around the world are continuing to study two drugs — chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — for their potential as possible…
Continue Reading“When America catches a cold, black folks catch pneumonia.” Growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, my father, Cleveland Sellers Jr.,…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — President Trump has directed a halt to payments to World Health Organization while the U.S. reviews coronavirus warnings regarding…
Continue ReadingThe governor of California, the first state to put a coronavirus stay-at-home order in place, told his 40 million residents that the key to going…
Continue ReadingGeneral Motors is ready to ship its first round of ventilators for the treatment of patients with Covid-19 starting Tuesday, the company said in a…
Continue ReadingThe big news out of the Wisconsin primary, which announced its results on Monday, wasn’t that Joe Biden had beaten Bernie Sanders in the state.…
Continue ReadingGOP Rep. Liz Cheney, the third highest ranking House Republican, pushed back against a false claim by President Donald Trump that he has…
Continue ReadingDr. Anthony Fauci is again publicly cautioning against President Donald Trump’s aggressive calls to reopen the US, telling The Associated Press…
Continue ReadingThe past few months have not been particularly good for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. His utter lack of decisiveness and his misstatements in dealing…
Continue ReadingA sailor who tested positive for Covid-19 on the USS Theodore Roosevelt has died of coronavirus, the US Navy said Monday. The Navy did not disclose…
Continue ReadingConnecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday said to not let “verbal hand grenades” from President Donald Trump distract from efforts to combat…
Continue ReadingFormer first lady Michelle Obama and the non-partisan organization she co-chairs on Monday threw its support behind Democratic legislation seeking to…
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