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Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine complaint

President Donald Trump abruptly fired the inspector general of the intelligence community, sidelining an independent watchdog ...

Trump admin tries to narrow stockpile's role for states

The Trump administration has abruptly changed its description of the Strategic National Stockpile and put forward a narrower ...

Face coverings recommended, but Trump says he won't wear one

President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings when in public ...

White House convenes oil CEOs as bust threatens US boom

President Donald Trump offered assurances of better times and coronavirus tests to oil CEOs at a White House summit Friday, ...

Trump nominates McConnell ally to powerful appeals court

President Donald Trump is nominating a 37-year-old judge and former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to a seat ...

White House moves toward promoting face masks to fight virus

The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many Americans wear face coverings in an effort to ...

States demand ventilators as feds ration limited supply

Two weeks ago, the Pentagon promised to make as many as 2,000 military ventilators available as the federal government ...

Record jobless claims but Dems, GOP divide over rescue bill

Fresh data on Thursday that detailed a record avalanche of unemployment claims offered no signs of easing the rift between ...

Battling exhaustion and trolls, Fauci says he's OK

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, owns up to doing some not-so-smart things as he helps lead ...

Trump resists national shutdown, leaving it up to states

President Donald Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus ...

Trump's contradictory views on China shift as crisis grows

President Donald Trump has held an unequivocal position about China and the coronavirus — several of them. Trump initially ...

Pelosi sees infrastructure package similar to Trump $2T plan

House Democrats want to enact a massive infrastructure package upgrading the nation's broadband, road and water systems, ...

The Latest: China reports 36 new COVID-19 cases

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, ...

White House projects 100K to 240K US deaths from virus

President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Americans to brace for a “hell of a bad two weeks” ahead as the White House ...

McConnell: Impeachment 'diverted attention' from coronavirus

President Donald Trump's impeachment trial distracted the federal government from the coronavirus as it reached the United ...

White House turns to statistical models for virus forecast

Like forecasters tracking a megastorm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of ...

Trump defends extending virus guidelines as spread continues

Siding with public health experts' dire projections, President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to extend ...

Meadows resigns House seat, starts at White House on Tuesday

Rep. Mark Meadows is resigning his congressional seat effective 5 p.m. Monday as he assumes the post of White House chief of ...

Trump extends virus guidelines, braces US for big death toll

Bracing the nation for a coronavirus death toll that could exceed 100,000 people, President Donald Trump extended restrictive ...

Boat does doughnuts after hitting wave, throws man overboard

A boat that started doing doughnuts after hitting a wave in the Potomac River tossed the driver overboard. It happened around ...