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…
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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…
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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…
Continue Reading Here’s what Trump’s coronavirus emergency declaration does
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday afternoon over the coronavirus outbreak following a week of cancellations, suspensions…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s appalling, blame-shifting Rose Garden news conference
A pandemic is sweeping the globe. Schools are closing. Major sports leagues are suspended. The stock market has plunged into bear territory. And,…
Continue Reading READ: Text of Trump’s national emergency declaration over coronavirus
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday over the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Read the full text of the declaration…
Continue Reading Why it matters A LOT that Trump hasn’t been tested for coronavirus
This is a fact: Over the weekend, at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump came into contact with a Brazilian press aide who was diagnosed Thursday with…
Continue Reading Louisiana will delay presidential primary due to coronavirus
Louisiana will delay its presidential primary next month because of the coronavirus outbreak. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday he would…
Continue Reading Australian official who met with Ivanka Trump and Barr last week tests positive for coronavirus
Australia’s home affairs minister confirmed Friday that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, less than a week after meeting with…
Continue Reading US summons Chinese ambassador over coronavirus conspiracy theory
US Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell summoned China’s ambassador in Washington to the State Department Friday morning, hours after a…
Continue Reading US conducts airstrikes against multiple Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq
The US carried out airstrikes on Thursday against multiple Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq, according to the US Defense Department. The strikes…
Continue Reading Jerry Falwell Jr. needs to stop talking about the coronavirus. Like, now.
Amid colleges and universities closing their doors in an attempt to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, “Fox and Friends” had Liberty…
Continue Reading Trump’s positions on FISA and coronavirus responses stoking anxiety on Capitol Hill
Uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s position on two major bills — to deal with the damaging coronavirus fallout and an overhaul of…
Continue Reading How US spy agencies are tracking the coronavirus pandemic
The US intelligence community is using its unique abilities to monitor foreign countries to keep track of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and…
Continue Reading Senate Democrats call for more sanctions against ‘Putin’s chef’ following CNN investigation
Senate Democrats have called on the European Union to introduce fresh sanctions against Yevgeny Prighozin, the man believed to behind many Russian…
Continue Reading Trump grows more irate as his attempts to contain coronavirus fallout fail
President Donald Trump has grown more and more irate as his attempts to contain the political fallout of coronavirus — much less the health…
Continue Reading Health officials often turn to praising Trump when facing tough coronavirus questions
Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was pressed during an interview Thursday night whether she could…
Continue Reading Biden faces test on path to nomination: Bringing Sanders’ supporters with him
Joe Biden faces a new test as he tries to win the Democratic primary and pivot toward the general election: defeating Bernie Sanders without…
Continue Reading America is shutting itself down
There are big panics like the selloff on Wall Street. There are little panics, like stores being cleaned out of toilet paper. But everywhere, there…
Continue Reading Trump administration’s efforts outmatched by the virus
As America effectively shuts down, failures over coronavirus testing kits and President Donald Trump’s disastrous bid to calm the markets are…
Continue Reading CIA identifies a suspected case of coronavirus in its workforce in Washington
An employee of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Washington metro area is suspected to have coronavirus and is showing symptoms, intelligence…
Continue Reading Source: Trump is concerned about coming into contact with people infected with coronavirus
A source close to Donald Trump said the President is telling people close to him that he is indeed concerned about coming into contact with people…
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