10 days that reshaped the Democratic presidential race
As the returns rolled in on Super Tuesday, Joe Biden’s aides were flabbergasted. Huddled at their headquarters in Philadelphia and snacking on…
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White House starts temperature checks for those who come into contact with Trump, Pence
The White House said Saturday it will start conducting temperature checks for individuals who come into close contact with President Donald Trump and…
Continue Reading RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is self-quarantining while awaiting coronavirus test results
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was tested for coronavirus Friday night after experiencing a fever and flu-like symptoms and…
Continue Reading ‘All of it presents a challenge’: Down ballot candidates grapple with impact of coronavirus
Candidates running in down ballot races, many of whom have never run for office before, knew it wouldn’t be easy. They never considered that a…
Continue Reading Florida braces for presidential primary amid a health pandemic
With only days until its presidential primary, Florida — known for its large senior citizen population — is bracing for an election day…
Continue Reading Federal judge blocks Trump rule that could have cut food stamps for nearly 700,000 people amid coronavirus
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration federal rule from going into effect next month that could have seen nearly 700,000…
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Trump takes coronavirus test
President Donald Trump announced Saturday at a press briefing at the White House that he has been tested for coronavirus. He said he was tested…
Continue Reading Physician to the President: Trump doesn’t need to be quarantined after interactions with 2 people who tested positive for coronavirus
The White House physician said in a memo released late Friday night that President Donald Trump remains without symptoms for coronavirus and…
Continue Reading Trump boosts telehealth services in the fight against coronavirus
President Donald Trump offered Americans a fresh weapon to fight the novel coronavirus in his Rose Garden emergency declaration on Friday:…
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Analysis: Local governments take charge on coronavirus while Trump congratulates himself
It is impossible to document all the ways COVID-19 has shut down American life. President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency. Trump…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders wins Northern Mariana Islands caucuses
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses Saturday. Sanders won with 84 votes, while former Vice President Joe…
Continue Reading How coronavirus could change the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has closed its doors to the public until “further notice” as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic ripples across the…
Continue Reading How Dr. Anthony Fauci became Trump’s coronavirus truth teller
Dr. Anthony Fauci has become a rare source of frank honesty from within the White House coronavirus task force in recent weeks, holding firm with an…
Continue Reading Veterans Affairs’ staffing shortage raises concerns amid coronavirus outbreak
A chronic staffing shortage across the Department of Veterans Affairs is fueling new concerns that lives could be put at risk as the country’s…
Continue Reading Trump said he’s waiving federal student loan interest due to coronavirus. Here’s how it will work.
President Donald Trump announced new measures on Friday aimed at easing the burden of student loans as universities and colleges across the country…
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U.S. House passes bi-partisan virus relief bill: Free testing, paid sick leave
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Democratic-controlled U.S. House, with President Donald Trump’s support, early Saturday passed a bill to provide free…
Continue Reading Pentagon halts domestic travel for military due to coronavirus
The Pentagon announced Friday that members of the armed services, Defense Department civilian employees and their family members who are living on or…
Continue Reading Technical trouble spoils Joe Biden’s first ‘virtual town hall’
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s first “virtual town hall” was a technical calamity as his campaign confronts the same challenges…
Continue Reading Trump now says he will ‘likely’ receive a coronavirus test
President Donald Trump said Friday he would “likely” receive a coronavirus test “fairly soon” even as he minimized the…
Continue Reading Federal government ramps up work from home amid worker frustrations
The federal government is pushing to ramp up teleworking for its workers amid growing frustration from employees across a number of agencies who say…
Continue Reading Trump declares national emergency — and denies responsibility for coronavirus testing failures
President Donald Trump said Friday he was declaring a national emergency — “two very big words” — to free up $50 billion in…
Continue Reading Trump sends signed chart showing stock market gains to supporters after he declared coronavirus a national emergency
President Donald Trump on Friday sent a note to supporters that included a chart showing the Dow Jones Industrial Average dramatically rising roughly…
Continue Reading Nursing home visits restricted under national emergency
Visits to nursing homes nationwide will be temporarily restricted under the national emergency that President Donald Trump declared Friday to battle…
Continue Reading READ: Updated bill text for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday evening that she’d reached a deal with President Donald Trump’s administration for…
Continue Reading Fact checking Trump’s claim on swine flu tests
During his press conference Friday declaring a national emergency to address the coronavirus and release $50 billion in federal funding, President…
Continue Reading This GOP governor has been the anti-Trump on coronavirus
Even as President Donald Trump continues to make false claims about the availability of testing for the coronavirus and its likely spread in the…
Continue Reading DC-area landmarks close amid coronavirus concerns
Popular landmarks and destinations across Washington and in nearby cities are temporarily closing in an effort to help prevent the spread of the…
Continue Reading Full DC federal appeals court to hear McGahn and border wall cases in major separation-of-powers showdown
The full DC Circuit Comrt of Appeals has decided to consider two major separation-of-powers cases involving standoffs between the Trump…
Continue Reading In hardest-hit states, coronavirus is grinding justice to a halt
Days before lawyers were set to square off this week in a New York City courtroom over a civil dispute between two financial institutions, a partner…
Continue Reading Kenneth Weinstein to be nominated as US ambassador to Japan
President Donald Trump will nominate Kenneth Weinstein, the president and CEO of the Hudson Institute think tank in Washington, to be the US…
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