John Mele is one of roughly 700 inmates who were released from county jails in New Jersey to address the growing novel coronavirus pandemic. But when…
Continue Reading Eight hours and 48 minutes. That’s how long Camilla Christiansen Poole waited on hold with the North Carolina Division of Employment Security,…
Continue Reading Just eight US governors have decided against issuing statewide directives urging their residents to stay at home as the outbreak of the coronavirus…
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The search for two members of the Kennedy family — Maeve Kennedy McKean and her son, Gideon — was suspended 26 hours after they were…
Continue Reading Tampa 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 Reading We 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 Reading President Donald Trump made yet another series of inaccurate or misleading claims at a coronavirus briefing on Friday. He incorrectly asserted that…
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings when in public to…
Continue Reading The Trump administration will use funds from the $2 trillion federal stimulus package to pay hospitals for treating uninsured coronavirus patients,…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Friday signed an executive order calling the state Legislature to meet for a special session on Saturday in a…
Continue Reading Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all diplomatic and consular posts Friday to clarify where American diplomats overseas should direct…
Continue Reading Federal officials on Friday ordered airlines to reimburse customers for canceled flights, saying a growing number of passengers are complaining amid…
Continue Reading President Donald Trump said Friday his administration was now recommending Americans wear “non-medical cloth” face coverings, a reversal…
Continue Reading Multiple states have postponed their primaries due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has significantly altered the daily lives of Americans. The US…
Continue Reading Sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier cheered for Capt. Brett Crozier as he disembarked the ship for the last time, an…
Continue Reading Two top administration officials last year listed the threat of a pandemic as an issue that greatly worried them, undercutting President Donald…
Continue Reading President Donald Trump said Friday evening that he thought Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was referring to the “concept”…
Continue Reading The federal court that oversees national security surveillance wants the FBI to explain newly uncovered missteps in government warrants to eavesdrop…
Continue Reading Each week during the nationwide fight against the coronavirus — and we are officially through the third week now — I am looking at 10…
Continue Reading More 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 Reading More 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 Reading This 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 Reading The US military is preparing to deploy additional forces to support the coronavirus response, including 15 Army task forces designed to support urban…
Continue Reading Technical glitches, lender frustrations and lawmakers even live tweeting their own problems with Friday’s rollout overshadowed the first hours…
Continue Reading The 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 Reading A 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 Reading The 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 Reading Joe Biden’s campaign said Friday the former vice president supports President Donald Trump’s January 31 decision to ban foreign nationals…
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday changed its position on a sought-after type of respirator from China, the KN95, announcing that the…
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The 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…
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