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Here’s why the US is behind in coronavirus testing

March 21, 2020 9:35 AM CNN

As the US has lagged behind other advanced nations in testing for the coronavirus, former government officials and public health experts point to a…

Here’s why the US is behind in coronavirus testing

March 21, 2020 9:35 AM CNN

As the US has lagged behind other advanced nations in testing for the coronavirus, former government officials and public health experts point to a…

Fact check: Joe Biden’s comments on gun control

March 21, 2020 8:48 AM CNN

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who’s the current front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, made several gun-related claims…

Staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office tests positive for coronavirus

March 21, 2020 8:33 AM CNN

A staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office has tested positive for coronavirus, Pence’s spokesperson said Friday evening.…

Staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office tests positive for coronavirus

March 21, 2020 8:33 AM CNN

A staff member in Vice President Mike Pence’s office has tested positive for coronavirus, Pence’s spokesperson said Friday evening.…

Live broadcasts, online fundraising, one-on-one calls: How the Biden campaign is adjusting its tactics amid the coronavirus

March 21, 2020 8:12 AM CNN

Campaign staffers are hunkered down at home instead of working from their headquarters or in primary states. Traditional fundraisers, campaign…

Donald Trump starts 2020 in the worst polling position since Harry Truman

March 21, 2020 7:52 AM CNN

Poll of the week: A NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump 52% to 43% in a general…

‘We must be at war with it’: Mike DeWine remains collected and directed in the face of the pandemic

March 21, 2020 7:16 AM CNN

As one of the most proactive governors dealing with the novel coronavirus, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has stepped into a national spotlight…

‘We must be at war with it’: Mike DeWine remains collected and directed in the face of the pandemic

March 21, 2020 7:16 AM CNN

As one of the most proactive governors dealing with the novel coronavirus, Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has stepped into a national spotlight…

Trump will be judged on one thing now — and it won’t be impeachment

March 21, 2020 5:20 AM CNN

Remember impeachment? Me either. There’s a worldwide pandemic and many Americans are confined to their homes as the US government tries to halt…

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…