Countless Americans cannot complete unemployment applications
Eight hours and 48 minutes. That’s how long Camilla Christiansen Poole waited on hold with the North Carolina Division of Employment Security,…
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Why these 8 Republican governors are holding out on statewide stay-at-home orders
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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Search suspended for two members of Kennedy family lost in Chesapeake Bay
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 When coronavirus hit her city, this mayor didn’t wait for Florida’s governor to sound the alarm
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 ‘Normal’ will look completely different when this is all over
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 Fact-check: Trump says some states aren’t in jeopardy from the virus, denies saying it would go away by April
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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CDC now advising Americans wear non-medical face masks to fight virus spread
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings when in public to…
Continue Reading Trump administration will reimburse hospitals for treating uninsured coronavirus patients using stimulus funds
The Trump administration will use funds from the $2 trillion federal stimulus package to pay hospitals for treating uninsured coronavirus patients,…
Continue Reading Wisconsin governor asks Legislature to delay primary election
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 State Department sends cable trying to streamline incoming requests for pandemic aid
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 Feds direct airlines to refund passengers for canceled flights
Federal officials on Friday ordered airlines to reimburse customers for canceled flights, saying a growing number of passengers are complaining amid…
Continue Reading Trump announces new face mask recommendations after heated internal debate
President Donald Trump said Friday his administration was now recommending Americans wear “non-medical cloth” face coverings, a reversal…
Continue Reading Here are the states that postponed their primaries due to coronavirus
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 cheer for aircraft carrier commander who was removed after issuing coronavirus warning
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 Top administration officials said last year threat of pandemic kept them up at night
Two top administration officials last year listed the threat of a pandemic as an issue that greatly worried them, undercutting President Donald…
Continue Reading Trump says HHS secretary meant the ‘concept’ of a pandemic kept him up at night in 2019 comment
President Donald Trump said Friday evening that he thought Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was referring to the “concept”…
Continue Reading Surveillance court wants FBI to explain new reported shortcomings
The federal court that oversees national security surveillance wants the FBI to explain newly uncovered missteps in government warrants to eavesdrop…
Continue Reading 10 leaders who mattered most on coronavirus response this week
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 Food banks struggle as demand explodes thanks to coronavirus layoffs
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 Supplies could be delayed due to confusion from the White House, companies say
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 The week in 13 headlines
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 US military preparing to deploy additional forces to support coronavirus response
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 SBA loan program glitches reveal challenge in rolling out billions in coronavirus aid
Technical glitches, lender frustrations and lawmakers even live tweeting their own problems with Friday’s rollout overshadowed the first hours…
Continue Reading Trump administration edits national stockpile website a day after it contradicted Jared Kushner
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 Navy hospital ship deployed to NYC with 1,000 bed capacity is only treating 22 patients
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 Supreme Court delays oral arguments scheduled for April
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 Biden campaign says he backs Trump’s China travel ban
Joe Biden’s campaign said Friday the former vice president supports President Donald Trump’s January 31 decision to ban foreign nationals…
Continue Reading FDA changes course and allows China’s KN95 mask to be used in US
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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White House says anyone ‘in close proximity’ to Trump or Pence will get rapid virus test
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…
Continue Reading Inside Jared Kushner and Peter Navarro’s efforts to rescue the White House’s coronavirus response
For days, executives at the industrial company 3M gave Trump administration officials shifting explanations for why they couldn’t send a larger…
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