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Eight hours and 48 minutes. That’s how long Camilla Christiansen Poole waited on hold with the North Carolina Division of Employment Security,…
Continue ReadingEight hours and 48 minutes. That’s how long Camilla Christiansen Poole waited on hold with the North Carolina Division of Employment Security,…
Continue ReadingJust eight US governors have decided against issuing statewide directives urging their residents to stay at home as the outbreak of the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingThe search for two members of the Kennedy family — Maeve Kennedy McKean and her son, Gideon — was suspended 26 hours after they were…
Continue ReadingTampa Mayor Jane Castor is used to dealing with disasters like hurricanes that cripple her Florida city. But none have ever come close to the…
Continue ReadingWe are all stuck in the midst of this thing — whether on the front lines of fighting it or just in our houses waiting for it to pass. More and…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump made yet another series of inaccurate or misleading claims at a coronavirus briefing on Friday. He incorrectly asserted that…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings when in public to…
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration will use funds from the $2 trillion federal stimulus package to pay hospitals for treating uninsured coronavirus patients,…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Friday signed an executive order calling the state Legislature to meet for a special session on Saturday in a…
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all diplomatic and consular posts Friday to clarify where American diplomats overseas should direct…
Continue ReadingFederal officials on Friday ordered airlines to reimburse customers for canceled flights, saying a growing number of passengers are complaining amid…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump said Friday his administration was now recommending Americans wear “non-medical cloth” face coverings, a reversal…
Continue ReadingMultiple states have postponed their primaries due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has significantly altered the daily lives of Americans. The US…
Continue ReadingSailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier cheered for Capt. Brett Crozier as he disembarked the ship for the last time, an…
Continue ReadingTwo top administration officials last year listed the threat of a pandemic as an issue that greatly worried them, undercutting President Donald…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump said Friday evening that he thought Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was referring to the “concept”…
Continue ReadingThe federal court that oversees national security surveillance wants the FBI to explain newly uncovered missteps in government warrants to eavesdrop…
Continue ReadingEach week during the nationwide fight against the coronavirus — and we are officially through the third week now — I am looking at 10…
Continue ReadingMore people in need. Less food being donated. And volunteers staying home. Food banks across the nation are facing a perfect storm as they try to…
Continue ReadingMore than a week after President Donald Trump said he would authorize the use of a wartime-era law to force General Motors to produce ventilators,…
Continue ReadingThis week, President Donald Trump at last invoked the Defense Production Act as the number of coronavirus cases climbed up in the US and around the…
Continue ReadingThe US military is preparing to deploy additional forces to support the coronavirus response, including 15 Army task forces designed to support urban…
Continue ReadingTechnical glitches, lender frustrations and lawmakers even live tweeting their own problems with Friday’s rollout overshadowed the first hours…
Continue ReadingThe website of the Strategic National Stockpile was edited on Friday to soften language about how the stockpile is supposed to be used by states…
Continue ReadingA US Navy hospital ship currently docked in New York City harbor is treating only 22 patients as of Friday afternoon, despite having a 1,000 bed…
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court said on Friday that it will postpone the remaining two weeks of oral arguments that were set to begin on April 20 and it is…
Continue ReadingJoe Biden’s campaign said Friday the former vice president supports President Donald Trump’s January 31 decision to ban foreign nationals…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration on Friday changed its position on a sought-after type of respirator from China, the KN95, announcing that the…
Continue ReadingThe White House will give rapid Covid-19 tests to anyone who will come in close proximity with either President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike…
Continue ReadingFor days, executives at the industrial company 3M gave Trump administration officials shifting explanations for why they couldn’t send a larger…
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