Trump returns to the podium after two-day hiatus
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a new coronavirus testing “blueprint” that he said would amplify the screening strategy and help prevent the spread....
More U.S. states ease coronavirus curbs despite health warnings
U.S. states from Minnesota to Mississippi this week prepared to join other states that have eased coronavirus restrictions to try to revive their battered economies,...
U.S. House Democrats push for new rules to allow remote voting amid coronavirus
A large group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats pushed on Monday for the chamber to allow its members to vote remotely during the coronavirus...
‘It’s not about you’: Democrats bet Trump coronavirus response a 2020 winner for Biden
Joe Biden’s U.S. presidential campaign and his Democratic Party allies have gone on an all-out offensive against President Donald Trump’s coronavirus response, betting it will...
U.S. House will be in session starting May 4: majority leader’s office
The U.S. House of Representatives will return on May 4, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told fellow Democratic lawmakers in a conference call on Monday,...
U.S. Senate Republican leader sees further aid for states, cities
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday predicted that Congress would approve further funding for states and cities whose budgets have been hit hard...
U.S. House committee launches probe of Trump WHO aid cutoff
The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trump’s blocking of funds for the World Health Organization,...
New York state cancels presidential primary over coronavirus risk
The state of New York on Monday canceled its presidential primary, which had already been delayed from late April to June 23, over concerns voting...
Pelosi endorses Joe Biden for president
U.S. House Of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is one of the latest top Democrats to throw their support behind Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy....
House Speaker Pelosi says may look at guaranteed income, other aid
U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday U.S. lawmakers may need to think of different ways to put money in Americans’ pockets...