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As Trump’s leadership is tested, he turns to states and the private sector

March 21, 2020 4:09 AM CNN

As coronavirus sends the country’s largest cities into lockdown and its hospitals into resource rationing, President Donald Trump has found…

Washington Post: US intelligence warned Trump in January and February as he dismissed coronavirus threat

March 21, 2020 3:26 AM CNN

President Donald Trump ignored reports from US intelligence agencies starting in January that warned of the scale and intensity of the coronavirus…

Negotiators race for a stimulus deal, but ‘significant outstanding issues’ remain

March 20, 2020 10:12 PM CNN

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…

Returning Fort Bliss troops denied water, bathrooms under quarantine

March 20, 2020 2:31 PM Associated Press

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.…

Google launches educational coronavirus website

March 20, 2020 10:01 PM CNN

Google launched an educational coronavirus website on Saturday that contains safety tips and authoritative information about the pandemic. The move…

Google launches educational coronavirus website

March 20, 2020 10:01 PM CNN

Google launched an educational coronavirus website on Saturday that contains safety tips and authoritative information about the pandemic. The move…

Judge extends deadline for Wisconsin residents to register to vote electronically

March 20, 2020 9:50 PM CNN

A federal judge late Friday granted an emergency request by Wisconsin Democrats to extend the deadline for people to register to vote electronically…

Here’s Donald Trump’s angry response when asked what he would tell scared Americans

March 20, 2020 8:53 PM CNN

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,…

Pressure mounts for Trump to actually use Defense Production Act

March 20, 2020 7:27 PM CNN

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he’s invoking the Defense Production Act to ramp up production, but he hasn’t wielded his…

Pressure mounts for Trump to actually use Defense Production Act

March 20, 2020 7:27 PM CNN

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he’s invoking the Defense Production Act to ramp up production, but he hasn’t wielded his…

Member of Vice President Pence’s staff tests positive for virus

March 20, 2020 5:55 PM Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — The White House said a member of Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has tested positive for coronavirus. Pence’s spokeswoman…

Gov. Abbott postpones May 26 primary runoffs throughout Texas until July 14

March 20, 2020 6:29 PM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that he has postponed the May 26 primary runoff elections throughout the state until July…

Congressman with coronavirus feels ‘about as sick as I’ve ever been’

March 20, 2020 5:54 PM CNN

A Democratic congressman with coronavirus is feeling sore, feverish and winded — even from eating and drinking — as he battles the…

Michael Bloomberg has spent almost $1 billion on his failed presidential campaign

March 20, 2020 4:57 PM CNN

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg invested a staggering $935 million of his personal fortune through February into his short-lived bid for the Democratic…

The week in 13 headlines

March 20, 2020 4:35 PM CNN

The coronavirus dominated this week as the president maintained daily updates and Congress got to work on an economic stimulus package for the…

The 10 leaders who mattered most on coronavirus response this week

March 20, 2020 4:33 PM CNN

This was the first week of our new normal: surging coronavirus cases, major cities on the East and West Coast quarantined and no clear answer on when…

US military says it is working to convert buildings into hospitals in three or four weeks

March 20, 2020 4:15 PM CNN

The US military said it is working to convert buildings into hospitals and could potentially provide 10,000 hospital beds in New York, as the…

Sean Spicer returns to White House briefing room as a reporter

March 20, 2020 4:06 PM CNN

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer made a surprise appearance on Friday in the briefing room he once oversaw — but this time, on…

How Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler became political villains in the coronavirus saga

March 20, 2020 3:33 PM CNN

As the scope and seismic economic impact of the coronavirus global pandemic was still not entirely clear to most Americans, several US senators were…

The nation’s governors take different approaches to tackling the coronavirus

March 20, 2020 2:53 PM CNN

The handling of the spreading coronavirus outbreak has largely fallen into the hands of governors nationwide. Some have taken drastic measures to…

What’s most troubling about senators’ stock sales

March 20, 2020 2:49 PM CNN

The sale by North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr and his wife of up to $1.7 million in stock shortly before sharp market declines related to the…

Yes, of course Donald Trump is calling coronavirus the ‘China virus’ for political reasons

March 20, 2020 2:37 PM CNN

You likely have seen this now-famous image by Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford in which he captures President Donald Trump’s notes…

Trump’s Office of Personnel Management head quits unexpectedly

March 20, 2020 2:33 PM CNN

The head of the Office of Personnel Management resigned abruptly Tuesday. Director Dale Cabaniss stepped down from her position and her deputy will…

Trump’s Office of Personnel Management head quits unexpectedly

March 20, 2020 2:33 PM CNN

The head of the Office of Personnel Management resigned abruptly Tuesday. Director Dale Cabaniss stepped down from her position and her deputy will…

13 changes to the US immigration system during the coronavirus pandemic

March 20, 2020 2:29 PM CNN

As the United States responds to the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has made sweeping changes to the country’s immigration…

Pompeo calls for the release of Americans held in Venezuela amid coronavirus outbreak

March 20, 2020 2:28 PM CNN

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the release of six US oil executives detained in Venezuela as their family members expressed concern for…

New coronavirus cases in US jails heighten concerns about an unprepared system

March 20, 2020 2:18 PM CNN

The first known presumptive cases of coronavirus in the federal correctional system emerged Wednesday as the number of infected inmates and staffers…

Melania Trump ramps up coronavirus public messaging

March 20, 2020 1:55 PM CNN

First lady Melania Trump has engaged in a larger social media presence highlighting the coronavirus pandemic over the last 48 hours after several…

Biden to Trump on coronavirus: ‘Stop saying false things that will make you sound like a hero’

March 20, 2020 1:52 PM CNN

Joe Biden on Friday lambasted President Donald Trump‘s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, telling Trump to “stop swerving between…

Senators’ stock sales under fire after coronavirus tanked markets

March 20, 2020 1:32 PM CNN

Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, has asked the Senate Ethics Committee to review his sales of hundreds of…