Despite federal guidelines, Trump suggests ‘sanitizing’ and reusing medical masks
President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested health care workers sanitize and reuse masks when treating coronavirus patients, rather than…
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FDA authorizes new test that could detect coronavirus in about 45 minutes
The US Food and Drug Administration announced it has authorized the use of the first rapid diagnostic test that could detect the novel coronavirus in…
Continue Reading New York state is sending 1 million masks to NYC, Gov. Cuomo says
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a news conference Saturday that New York is sending 1 million N95 respirator masks to New York City as Covid-19…
Continue Reading Trump Organization closes Mar-a-Lago because of coronavirus
President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort has closed in its entirety, a member told CNN, as the coronavirus shutters many public spaces. CNN…
Continue Reading Stimulus package could top $2 trillion as negotiators look to clear final major hurdles
US negotiators entered a crucial day in the effort to deploy more than $1 trillion in emergency stimulus to a staggering economy, with a growing…
Continue Reading US military airlifts US women’s football team as American citizens stranded in Honduras amid coronavirus
The United States military flew a team of US women football players back home who were stranded in Honduras, after the country closed its borders to…
Continue Reading Calls for vote-by-mail rise with stay-at-home orders
Election officials and voting rights groups are calling for a general move to an all vote-by-mail system for remaining primaries and the November…
Continue Reading Supply chain woes hit health care workers in need of gowns, masks and other protective equipment
The cries from health care employees forced to work without personal protective equipment like gowns, masks and gloves during a pandemic is growing…
Continue Reading Here’s why the US is behind in coronavirus testing
As the US has lagged behind other advanced nations in testing for the coronavirus, former government officials and public health experts point to a…
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Here’s why the US is behind in coronavirus testing
As the US has lagged behind other advanced nations in testing for the coronavirus, former government officials and public health experts point to a…
Continue Reading Fact check: Joe Biden’s comments on gun control
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who’s the current front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, made several gun-related claims…
Continue Reading Staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office tests positive for coronavirus
A staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office has tested positive for coronavirus, Pence’s spokesperson said Friday evening.…
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Staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office tests positive for coronavirus
A staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office has tested positive for coronavirus, Pence’s spokesperson said Friday evening.…
Continue Reading Live broadcasts, online fundraising, one-on-one calls: How the Biden campaign is adjusting its tactics amid the coronavirus
Campaign staffers are hunkered down at home instead of working from their headquarters or in primary states. Traditional fundraisers, campaign…
Continue Reading Donald Trump starts 2020 in the worst polling position since Harry Truman
Poll of the week: A NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump 52% to 43% in a general…
Continue Reading ‘We must be at war with it’: Mike DeWine remains collected and directed in the face of the pandemic
As one of the most proactive governors dealing with the novel coronavirus, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has stepped into a national spotlight…
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‘We must be at war with it’: Mike DeWine remains collected and directed in the face of the pandemic
As one of the most proactive governors dealing with the novel coronavirus, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has stepped into a national spotlight…
Continue Reading Trump will be judged on one thing now — and it won’t be impeachment
Remember impeachment? Me either. There’s a worldwide pandemic and many Americans are confined to their homes as the US government tries to halt…
Continue Reading As Trump’s leadership is tested, he turns to states and the private sector
As coronavirus sends the country’s largest cities into lockdown and its hospitals into resource rationing, President Donald Trump has found…
Continue Reading Washington Post: US intelligence warned Trump in January and February as he dismissed coronavirus threat
President Donald Trump ignored reports from US intelligence agencies starting in January that warned of the scale and intensity of the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Negotiators race for a stimulus deal, but ‘significant outstanding issues’ remain
Negotiations to secure a bipartisan deal on a far-reaching economic stimulus package moved ahead in the Senate on Friday amid dire fallout from the…
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Returning Fort Bliss troops denied water, bathrooms under quarantine
FORT BLISS, Texas — It wasn’t the welcome home that U.S. soldiers expected when they returned from war zones in the Middle East in the past week.…
Continue Reading Google launches educational coronavirus website
Google launched an educational coronavirus website on Saturday that contains safety tips and authoritative information about the pandemic. The move…
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Google launches educational coronavirus website
Google launched an educational coronavirus website on Saturday that contains safety tips and authoritative information about the pandemic. The move…
Continue Reading Judge extends deadline for Wisconsin residents to register to vote electronically
A federal judge late Friday granted an emergency request by Wisconsin Democrats to extend the deadline for people to register to vote electronically…
Continue Reading Here’s Donald Trump’s angry response when asked what he would tell scared Americans
President Donald Trump is not an empathetic person. For all the talk earlier this week about how the President may have turned a corner, tonally,…
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Pressure mounts for Trump to actually use Defense Production Act
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he’s invoking the Defense Production Act to ramp up production, but he hasn’t wielded his…
Continue Reading Pressure mounts for Trump to actually use Defense Production Act
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he’s invoking the Defense Production Act to ramp up production, but he hasn’t wielded his…
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Member of Vice President Pence’s staff tests positive for virus
WASHINGTON, DC — The White House said a member of Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has tested positive for coronavirus. Pence’s spokeswoman…
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Gov. Abbott postpones May 26 primary runoffs throughout Texas until July 14
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that he has postponed the May 26 primary runoff elections throughout the state until July…
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