Voting by mail in the spotlight as U.S. Congress debates how to secure November elections
Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov. 3 U.S. elections amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a partisan fight shaping up over a Democratic...
New York’s Cuomo says he needs federal funds to reopen state
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday that he needed the federal help to ramp up testing for the novel coronavirus and to reopen...
In a coronavirus world, Biden seeks ways to close money gap with Trump
Joe Biden is starting to get the help he needs to compete with President Donald Trump’s massive election war chest, although the Democrat has a...
U.S. states extend coronavirus shutdown, Trump unveils plan for return
New York and six other Northeastern states on Thursday extended coronavirus stay-at-home orders to May 15, as President Donald Trump issued new federal guidelines for...
U.S. states extend coronavirus shutdown, Trump to unveil plan for return
The governors of New York and six other Northeastern states on Thursday extended their coronavirus stay-at-home orders to May 15, as President Donald Trump prepared...
Trump releases a three-step reopening of the U.S. economy
U.S. President Donald Trump proposed guidelines on Thursday under which U.S. state governors could act to revive the U.S. economy from its coronavirus shutdown in...
Backing Trump, U.S. Republicans call for WHO chief to resign
Republican U.S. lawmakers echoed President Donald Trump’s criticism of the World Health Organization on Thursday, with some suggesting he withhold aid until the U.N. agency’s...
A possible new clue in coronavirus transmission
Sweeping coronavirus testing of the entire crew of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt may have revealed a clue about the pandemic: The majority of...
Key U.S. Congressman offers remote voting proposal amid coronavirus relief haggling
A leading member of the U.S. House of Representatives recommended on Thursday a voting system to allow lawmakers to authorize other lawmakers to vote for...
Trump suggests U.S. states re-open economies in three phases in new guidelines
Parts of President Donald Trump’s guidelines for re-opening the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic trickled out on Thursday afternoon, revealing a three-phase plan that...