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04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
The Supreme Court blocked Wisconsin's attempt to extend absentee voting by allowing ballots that were postmarked after Tuesday's primary elections to be accepted.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
The president is pushing the anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, despite warnings from some public health officials about dangerous side effects and uncertain results.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
The president is pushing the anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, despite warnings from some public health officials about dangerous side effects and uncertain results.
04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
President Trump said that he and Joe Biden had a “warm conversation” discussing the coronavirus but added that the two agreed not to share details.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Fauci downplays the idea of getting 'back to normal,’ pre-vaccine, and more.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Fauci downplays the idea of getting 'back to normal,’ pre-vaccine, and more.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
The world continues to be rocked by the coronavirus, as U.S. deaths pass a milestone and British PM Boris Johnson enters intensive care. Yet a few hopeful glimmers suggest the outbreak may be peaking in some places.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
A civil rights group and doctors cite reports that the pandemic is affecting African Americans at a disproportionate rate.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers cited the growing threat of the coronavirus pandemic as he sought to postpone voting to June 9 despite opposition among GOP lawmakers.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Bernie Sanders’s supporters take sides over whether he should stay in the race or consider departing
Some of the Vermont senator’s top allies have suggested that he consider ending his campaign, but his activist supporters strongly oppose his departure
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Barely a week after the enactment of a $2 trillion economic rescue package, Congress is already preparing for more, as the needs of small businesses and individual Americans become glaringly obvious.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Considering the data by county.
04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
Sen. Susan Collins weighed in on President Trump’s decision to fire intelligence community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, calling the move “not warranted.”
04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Saturday that Honeywell will make 6 million N95 masks for the state.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
The rush of behind-the-scenes jockeying by the powerful financial sector has put a spotlight on the numerous ties between wealthy industry figures and President Trump and his family.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
But workers would have to prove that age was a deciding factor in an adverse employment action to receive monetary damages or reinstatement.
04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
The Federal Communications Commission cited the First Amendment in rejecting an emergency petition from an activist group calling for an investigation into broadcasters that air President Trump’s coronavirus briefings.
04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
Illinois now has more than 10,000 cases of COVID-19.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Many people — including medical professionals — offered suspect advice or bad predictions about the coronavirus, and not just on Fox News. But when it comes to how late in the game it was, there’s no comparison.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Many people — including medical professionals — offered suspect advice or bad predictions about the coronavirus, and not just on Fox News. But when it comes to how late in the game it was, there’s no comparison.
04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
President Trump's polling took a nosedive in Florida as the vast majority of the key swing state's residents say they are concerned about contracting the coronavirus.
04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
Arizona’s request for an emergency declaration was approved Saturday by President Donald Trump, freeing up additional federal resources to help the state combat the coronavirus crisis.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Trump's claim that some states are "not in jeopardy" is obviously false.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Confused voters are told to go to the polls Tuesday despite state and national leaders disproving of the election going forward.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Confused voters are told to go to the polls Tuesday despite state and national leaders disproving of the election going forward.
04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
Gov. Brian Kemp has announced plans to add 296 hospital beds throughout Georgia as the state prepares for a COVID-19 patient surge.
04/06/2020 Washington Examiner Politics
A significant dip in the number of new hospitalizations in New York relating to COVID-19 led Gov. Andrew Cuomo to cautiously suggest Sunday the state might be seeing a “plateau” in its worst-in-the-nation coronavirus outbreak.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Compare Queen Elizabeth’s reassuring speech to Trump’s Sunday news conference on the pandemic.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Why? In part because it gives him a chance to prove the experts wrong.
04/06/2020 Washington Post Politics
Michael Atkinson weighed in Sunday on his firing as intelligence community inspector general, suggesting it's part of a Trump plot to undermine independent oversight.
04/05/2020 Reuters Politics
Nine Wisconsin mayors, including those representing the state's five largest cities, on Sunday urged the state's top public health official to postpone Tuesday's primary election due to the coronavirus pandemic.
04/05/2020 Reuters Politics
President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire the top watchdog of the U.S. Intelligence Community, saying Michael Atkinson did "a terrible job" in handling the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of Trump last year.
04/05/2020 Reuters Politics
Michael Atkinson, the outgoing top watchdog of the U.S. Intelligence Community, on Sunday said he was fired by President Donald Trump for acting impartially in his handling of the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of the president last year.
04/05/2020 Reuters Politics
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said on Sunday the party may be forced to host a "virtual" nominating convention in August due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
04/04/2020 Reuters Politics
Wisconsin is set to hold in-person voting next week after the state's legislature on Saturday declined to take up an effort delaying the presidential primary due to the coronavirus pandemic.
04/04/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for the new watchdog overseeing $2.3 trillion in coronavirus-related fiscal spending is not independent enough to do the job, congressional Democrats said on Saturday.
04/04/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would ask Congress for more money to make loans to small businesses struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak if the original $349 billion allocated in a fiscal stimulus bill runs out.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday that he is firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community who was involved in triggering an impeachment probe of the president last year.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday postponed oral arguments scheduled for April as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and is considering alternative options for handling the various outstanding cases.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
Republican legislative leaders in Wisconsin rejected Democratic Governor Tony Evers' call on Friday to cancel in-person voting and delay next week's presidential primary, saying it must proceed despite fears about the coronavirus pandemic.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
The granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and her young son were missing on Friday after drifting out into the Chesapeake Bay on a canoe, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday announced plans to nominate a vocal ally of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to an influential federal appeals court in Washington.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday the U.S. Congress will work on another coronavirus relief bill, with healthcare topping the list of priorities.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper backed the Navy's firing of the commander of a coronavirus-striken aircraft carrier, the Pentagon said on Friday, amid a backlash from Democrats in Congress as well as the crew of the vessel, who hailed their captain as a hero.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
With the coronavirus contagion spreading, the White House said on Friday that anyone expected to be near President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence will be given a rapid COVID-19 test out of an abundance of caution.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, whose presidential campaign became a top fundraiser in the crowded Democratic primary, is forming a political action committee aimed at creating a new pipeline of leaders for the party, the campaign said on Friday.
04/03/2020 Reuters Politics
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that $350 billion in already-passed coronavirus legislation was not enough for small businesses, and she wants more money in next bill being developed now in the Democratic-run House.
04/02/2020 Reuters Politics
Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden said on Thursday that the Trump administration showed "poor judgment" in relieving the commander of an aircraft carrier who sought stronger measures to control a coronavirus outbreak onboard.
04/02/2020 Reuters Politics
A federal judge refused on Thursday to postpone next week's U.S. presidential primary in Wisconsin, but extended the time for absentee voting amid widespread worries about health risks from the coronavirus pandemic.
04/02/2020 Reuters Politics
President Donald Trump said he underwent a second coronavirus test on Thursday, using a new diagnostic that produced a result in less than 15 minutes, and it determined he has not been infected.
