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52 minutes agoCongress in standoff on virus aid, but first checks coming Congressional Democratic leaders want to add hundreds of billions of dollars for health care, state and local governments, and food stamps to the $250 billion in emergenc...
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1 hour agoCalifornia to buy 200 million masks a month amid outbreak California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will spend nearly $1 billion to purchase up to 200 million masks a month during the COVID-19 outbreak.
2 hours agoBiden vs. Trump: General election battle is now set The general election battle is now set.
3 hours agoHawaii mayor: Florida man flouting quarantine was 'covidiot'A mayor in Hawaii is calling a Florida man accused of trying to flout Hawaii’s traveler quarantine a covidiot.
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3 hours agoWisconsin worried about spike in virus cases due to electionWisconsin’s forging ahead with an election in the middle of a pandemic has public health officials, and those who showed up at the polls, worried about whether it will re...
3 hours agoFirst lady spreads Easter cheer to workers during pandemicMelania Trump is spreading some colorful Easter cheer to workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
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4 hours agoSen. Loeffler to sell stock holdings after trading scrutinyGeorgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler is selling off her stock holdings after coming under scrutiny for trades amid the coronavirus.
11 hours agoVirginia attorney general asks to have suspension of utility shut offs extended into June
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12 hours agoPrize-winning reporter writes book on Melania Trump A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post has written an unauthorized biography of first lady Melania Trump.
14 hours agoVoting rights disputes in virus era spark court battlesBoth major political parties are preparing for a state-by-state legal battle over how Americans can vote during the coronavirus outbreak.
15 hours agoWisconsin voters forced to choose between health, democracyIf Wisconsin was a test case for voting in the age of coronavirus, the test did not go well for many voters.
20 hours agoPandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reductionJust weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and requiring shoppers to bring reusable bags or pay a small ...
20 hours agoThe Latest: Bars, clubs in Seoul closed to halt virus spreadNew Zealand’s health minister has described himself as an “idiot” and has been stripped of some responsibilities after breaching the country’s strict lockdown measures by...
20 hours ago'A lot of pain.' NY has biggest 1-day jump in virus deathsNew York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, marking the biggest one-day jump in the outbreak.
21 hours agoTrump challenges authority, independence of agency watchdogsPresident Donald Trump’s removal of a watchdog tasked with overseeing how his administration spends the $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package is his latest challenge o...
21 hours agoFeds eye looser back-to-work guidance after virus exposure The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering changing its guidelines for self-isolation to make it easier for those who have been exposed to someone with...
22 hours agoWisconsin voters wait for hours, others stay home amid virusWisconsin is asking hundreds of thousands of voters to ignore a stay-at-home order in the midst of a pandemic to participate in Tuesday’s presidential primary election.
23 hours agoTrump upends virus oversight, removing key officialPresident Donald Trump’s removal of a watchdog tasked with overseeing how his administration spends the $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package is the latest antagonism ...
1 day agoDemocrat Carroll Foy files to run for Virginia governor Democratic state Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy has filed paperwork to run what could be a history-making campaign to become Virginia's first woman governor and the first Afri...
1 day agoTrump shakes up press team as White House deals with virusWhite House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving her post after never holding a single formal press briefing.
1 day agoTrump blasts world health group, defends early virus stepsPresident Donald Trump is threatening to freeze U.S. funding to the World Health Organization, saying the international group “missed the call” on the coronavirus pandemi...
1 day agoSchumer proposes $25,000 “heroes” pay for frontline workers Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is calling for up to $25,000 “heroes” pay for frontline health care and service industry workers as Congress pushes ahead with a ne...
1 day agoParties ready for court battles over virus-era voting rightsBoth major political parties are preparing for a state-by-state legal battle over how Americans can vote during the coronavirus outbreak.
1 day agoWith prime minister in ICU, Britain asks: Who's in charge?As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fights the coronavirus in the intensive care unit of a London hospital, the people of his country are wishing him well and also wo...
1 day agoMilitary promises Pakistani doctors gear to fight virusThe Pakistani military says dozens of doctors who were briefly jailed for protesting a lack of protective equipment to treat the growing number of coronavirus cases will ...
1 day ago66 at South African hospital have coronavirus, mostly staffSixty-six people at a single hospital in South Africa have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past few days.
1 day agoSex. Drugs. Virus. Venezuela elites still party in pandemicA raucous beach party thrown by several children of Venezuela’s ruling elite has led to a cluster of coronavirus cases.
1 day agoFinancial hits pile up for colleges as some fight to surviveColleges across the nation are scrambling to close deep budget holes and some have been pushed to the brink of collapse after the coronavirus outbreak triggered a series ...
1 day agoRio firefighter trades hose for horn to extinguish the bluesRio de Janeiro firefighter Elielson Silva has devised a novel approach to curing the coronavirus blues: he boards a fire truck's retractable ladder that ferries him up to...
1 day agoGrisham out as press secretary, will head first lady’s staffWhite House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving her post after never holding a single formal press briefing.
1 day agoWhite House pushes unproven drug for virus, but doctors waryThe debate over using an anti-malaria drug not yet officially approved for fighting COVID-19 has erupted at the White House.
1 day agoJohn Lewis, once Trump target, backs Joe Biden for presidentCivil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis is backing Joe Biden for president.
1 day agoThe Latest: Hong Kong to remain closed to foreignersSouth Korea’s vice health minister has urged vigilance to maintain hard-won gains against the new coronavirus.
1 day agoCongress, White House reach high for next virus billSpeaker Nancy Pelosi is telling House Democrats another $1 trillion is needed for the next coronavirus rescue package.
1 day agoWisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concernsWisconsin is moving ahead with plans to hold in-person voting for its presidential primary and spring election on Tuesday, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
1 day agoTrump, Biden spoke by phone about coronavirus outbreakPresident Donald Trump and Joe Biden have spoken over the phone about the coronavirus outbreak.
1 day agoTrump slams watchdog report on hospitals engulfed by virusA federal report finds 3 out of 4 U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
2 days agoCalifornia lends 500 ventilators to 4 states, 2 territoriesCalifornia's governor says the state will loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states experiencing a crush of hospitalizations due...
2 days agoWhite House: States need to better calibrate supply requestsThe White House says some states are requesting far more medical supplies than they need to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
2 days agoTrump tempers officials’ grave assessments with optimismThe U.S. surgeon general is raising the specter of the gravest attacks against the nation in memory, 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, to steel anxious Americans for impending sorro...
2 days agoTrump sees limits of presidency in avoiding blame for virusPresident Donald Trump is governing through the most dangerous practical and political crisis forced upon any U.S. leader in nearly a century.
2 days agoThe Latest: South Korea health minister urges vigilanceAmerican nationals and permanent residents have boarded a flight out of Kathmandu in what was likely their last chance to head home as Nepal prepares to extend lockdown m...
2 days agoUS sees coronavirus window to push Taiwan's global status The Trump administration is seizing the opportunity of the coronavirus pandemic to push the cause of Taiwan, long an irritant in U.S. relations with China.
2 days agoTrump tempers officials' grave assessments with optimismSurgeon General Jerome Adams is offering some of the starkest warnings yet as he braces Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus.
2 days agoIntelligence official 'disappointed' after ouster by TrumpThe ousted inspector general of the intelligence community says he is “disappointed and saddened” that President Donald Trump has fired him.
