DHS: Pandemic Measures Cut Illegal Border Crossings By Half
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration official said Sunday that illegal border crossings have dropped by half as the strictest U.S.-Mexico border policies yet went into place am...
N Korea Says Trump Sent Letter To Kim, Offers Cooperation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump sent a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seeking to maintain good relations and offering cooperation in fighting ...
Economic Rescue Tops $1 Trillion As Negotiations Continue
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House pushed into the night Saturday on a ballooning $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package, as President ...
Trump vs Fauci: President And Doctor Spar Over Unproven Drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary exchange, President Donald Trump and the government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, publicly sparred Friday on whether a m...
Trump Angrily Defends His Handling Of Pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, an angry President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at reporters and broke with his own health officials on t...
Orthodox Jewish Leaders Unite Against The Coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — Leaders at six top Orthodox Jewish organizations on Friday jointly urged their members to heed social distancing rules designed to fight the coronavirus, a show of ...
Dow Drops More Than 900 Points, Ending Worst Week Since 2008
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks sank to their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008 as traders went into full retreat out of fear that the coronavirus will plunge the U.S. and other...
National Spelling Bee Called Off Because Of Coronavirus
MARYLAND (AP) — The Scripps National Spelling Bee won’t be held as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus, raising the possibility that years of preparation by some of the ...
In Pandemic, Word Definitions Shift And New Lexicon Emerges
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Newscasts bring word of “hot zones” and “lockdowns.” Conversations are littered with talk of “quarantines” and “isolation.” Leaders urge “social distancing” and...
Income Tax Filing Deadline Moved To July 15 From April 15
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration has decided to push the income tax filing date to July 15 from April 15.
Mnuchin announced the ...
Senators Sold Stock Before Steep Market Losses From Virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., sold as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in February amid fears about th...
Governors Raise Alarm As Coronavirus Taxes Health Systems
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a day of dizzying developments, governors across the U.S. sounded a perilous alarm about the rapid spread of the new coronavirus and warned of dire conse...
Most Renters Will Not Receive Protections Under WH Proposal
NEW YORK (AP) — Most Americans who rent their home, many of whom have lost their jobs in the sudden economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak, will not be eligible for e...
Newsom Seeks Medical Ship, Says Half Of State May Get Virus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he's asked the president to deploy a U.S. Navy medical ship to help the state expand its medical capacity and w...
California Governor Issues Statewide Order For People To Stay At Home Amid Virus Outbreak
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has put the nation's most populous state on a stay-at-home order.
It expands to nearly 40 million people restrictions he ...
NY’s Cuomo Emerges As Democratic Counter To Trump Virus Response
NEW YORK (AP) — Before President Donald Trump stepped into the White House briefing room on Thursday to provide an update on the coronavirus, an opening act was broadcast across ca...
USAD Now Undecided On Challenging Judge’s Food Stamps Ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department on Thursday backed off its statement that it would appeal a court decision blocking changes to the food stamp program that would have r...
McConnell Plan: $1,200 Payments; $1T Rescue Takes Shape
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed direct payments of $1,200 per person and $2,400 for couples as part of an initial Republican response Thursday to ...
Celebrities Get Virus Tests, Raising Concerns Of Inequality
WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrities, politicians and professional athletes faced a backlash this week as many revealed that they had been tested for the coronavirus, even when they didn’...
Coronavirus Kills 4 In A Single New Jersey Family; Several Remain Ill
FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A fourth member of a New Jersey family died Thursday from COVID-19.
Vincent Fusco died Thursday morning at a hospital in Freehold, NJ.com reported. His dea...
