Pence expected to brief faith leaders in second coronavirus call in two weeks
For at least the second time in two weeks, Vice President Mike Pence is expected to hold a conference call with faith leaders and other conservatives…
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How sensitive work in Congress is being impeded by the coronavirus pandemic
President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that Iran or its proxies may be planning a “sneak attack” against US forces, but some lawmakers…
Continue Reading Former Rep. Chris Collins’ prison term delayed due to coronavirus
A federal judge on Thursday granted former New York Rep. Chris Collins’s request to delay the start of his prison sentence for securities fraud…
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US freezes shipments of protective gear overseas
The Trump administration will no longer ship personal protective equipment to allies overseas as the United States grapples with critical shortages…
Continue Reading Only some medical supplies from overseas going directly to coronavirus hotspots
Only a portion of the medical supplies being flown in by the Federal Emergency Management Agency from overseas are being allotted to critical…
Continue Reading Filing for unemployment benefits? Read this first
Unemployment benefits are becoming a financial lifeline for millions of Americans after their employers shut their doors to help stem the spread of…
Continue Reading New York Times: 2,000 ventilators in federal stockpile don’t work because of a maintenance lapse
More than 2,000 ventilators, a key piece of equipment to treat coronavirus patients, in the federal stockpile are unavailable to be deployed because…
Continue Reading Biden says he thinks the Democratic convention will ‘have to move into August’
Joe Biden said he believes the Democratic National Convention scheduled to take place in July will be pushed back a month later because of the…
Continue Reading Trump administration faces colossal test as it prepares to disperse trillions from stimulus
The White House and federal agencies face a colossal challenge of dispersing more than $2 trillion of stimulus money approved by Congress last week.…
Continue Reading Nation’s top coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci forced to beef up security as death threats increase
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top medical expert on the coronavirus pandemic and a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task…
Continue Reading As tragic toll from virus rises, so do questions about Trump’s leadership
President Donald Trump‘s White House appears powerless to halt an increasingly tragic trajectory in the coronavirus pandemic as the death toll…
Continue Reading Trump threatens heavy price if Iran conducts ‘sneak attack’ on US troops
President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday, without citing any evidence, that the administration has information that “Iran or its proxies are…
Continue Reading Police and fire departments warn supplies for first responders running dangerously low
When a resident at an elder care facility near Madison, Wisconsin, refused to isolate Monday night after a coronavirus diagnosis, local law…
Continue Reading Sailors from aircraft carrier hit by coronavirus outbreak to quarantine in Guam hotels
Some of the sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt will be quarantined in hotel rooms in Guam as the number of coronavirus cases aboard the aircraft…
Continue Reading Fact check: Trump again misleads on ventilator shortages and coronavirus timeline at off-topic briefing
President Donald Trump made another series of false, misleading or dubious claims at a Wednesday coronavirus briefing that began with an off-topic…
Continue Reading Social Security recipients will automatically receive stimulus pay
The Treasury Department, clearing up confusion, has announced Social Security recipients will not have to file a tax return in order to receive the…
Continue Reading When will you get your stimulus cash, and how?
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. government is preparing to send out direct payments to help individuals amid the coronavirus pandemic, but those who need…
Continue Reading Documents show backlog of 160,000 coronavirus tests at just one lab company
As the US health care system has scrambled to track the spread of coronavirus, one of the nation’s largest commercial labs has faced a backlog…
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Schumer wants to deal with coronavirus crisis before talking infrastructure recovery plan
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Wednesday dismissed the President’s proposal of a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to counteract the…
Continue Reading Schumer wants to deal with coronavirus crisis before talking infrastructure recovery plan
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Wednesday dismissed the President’s proposal of a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to counteract the…
Continue Reading Biden campaign says it will arrange call with Trump about coronavirus
A phone call between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the leading Democratic contender for his position, is in the works…
Continue Reading Trump uses coronavirus briefing to unveil new military counternarcotics mission
On a day when more than 800 Americans died of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump used his daily briefing on the pandemic to unveil seemingly…
Continue Reading California governor urges state leaders to issue stay-at-home orders: ‘What are you waiting for?’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a pointed question Wednesday for state leaders who haven’t yet issued stay-at-home orders amid the novel…
Continue Reading Source close to coronavirus task force: Despite what White House is saying, tougher measures implemented earlier ‘might have made a difference’
Despite White House claims that President Donald Trump and the administration did everything right in response to the coronavirus, a source close to…
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White House Correspondents Association removes far-right outlet from briefing room rotation
The White House Correspondents Association on Wednesday voted to remove One America News, a small right-wing media organization, from the rotation…
Continue Reading The dangerous disconnect between Trump’s rhetoric and the reality for potential coronavirus treatments
There is a glaring messaging gap between President Donald Trump and top public health officials regarding medicines being used to treat coronavirus.…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders calls on Wisconsin to delay primary over coronavirus concerns
Sen. Bernie Sanders has called on Wisconsin to postpone its primary next Tuesday amid concerns that voters and poll workers could be exposed to…
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Trump resists calling for nationwide stay-at-home as U.S. virus cases top 200,000
WASHINGTON, DC — The number of U.S. coronavirus cases surged by more than 14,000 in just a few hours Wednesday as the death toll topped 4,600. As of…
Continue Reading 11 times Donald Trump has ‘belittled’ coronavirus
Vice President Mike Pence said something truly unbelievable in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday. “I don’t believe…
Continue Reading Coronavirus is dividing blue cities from their red states
The struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic has opened a new front in the long-running conflict between blue cities and red states. Across a…
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