Senate returns to Washington amid concerns about coronavirus risk
U.S. senators returned to Washington for the first time in nearly six weeks on Monday, amid concerns that their legislative sessions could put lawmakers and...
U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin says Trump eyeing restaurant tax changes, travel boost
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said bipartisan discussions are underway over whether more U.S. government relief funding is needed amid the nation’s novel coronavirus...
Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll...
Trump says more needs to be done to ease economic hit of coronavirus pandemic
U.S. President Donald Trump said there had to be more help for Americans suffering from the economic tailspin brought about by the new coronavirus in...
Trump will hold virtual town hall to take coronavirus questions
President Donald Trump will take questions about the new coronavirus at a televised virtual town hall on Sunday as some states relax stay-at-home orders while...
Americans begin to surface as states ease clamp-downs
Americans in about half of U.S. states, led by Texas and Georgia, began emerging on Friday from home confinement while California and New York held...
Trump to nominate retired general to be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine
President Donald Trump intends to nominate Keith Dayton to be the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, the White House said on Friday, a year after Trump...
White House blocks Fauci from testifying to Congress on coronavirus response
Top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Democrat Joe Biden denies alleged sexual assault, requests release of Senate records
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday asked the Senate to find any documents tied to an allegation he sexually assaulted a former aide...
White House says U.S. health official Fauci will not testify to Congress
Top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the...