Exclusive: As the U.S. shut down, Trump’s legal fight to build wall ramped up
Even as the Trump administration was struggling to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, it was ramping up efforts to seize land along U.S. southern border to build a wall and fulfill a major campaign promise, a Reuters review of federal court records sh…
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 could allow some states to begin as early as this month lifting limits mean…
U.S. states extend coronavirus shutdown; Trump to announce plan for return
Seven Northeastern states on Thursday extended a shutdown until May 15 to contain the coronavirus pandemic, even as President Donald Trump prepared to unveil recommendations to begin easing the lockdown in the least-affected U.S. states, possibly as ea…
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 director general resigns while others called for an international investigati…
Leading U.S. Democrat recommends remote coronavirus voting system
A senior member of the U.S. House of Representatives recommended on Thursday a voting system to allow lawmakers to authorize other lawmakers to vote for them during the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. CDC reports 632,548 coronavirus cases, 27,012 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 632,548 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 27,158 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 2430 to 27,012.
New York coronavirus hospitalizations fall, New Jersey launches nursing home probe
The number of people hospitalized for the novel coronavirus and related deaths in New York fell to their lowest levels in more than a week, adding to evidence the hardest-hit state was controlling its spread, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.
Seven U.S. states extend coronavirus shutdown to May 15, as Trump prepares to map out plan
Seven Northeastern states on Thursday extended a shutdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic until May 15, even as President Donald Trump prepared to detail his plan to end the lockdown in the least-affected U.S. states as early as May 1.
New attack ads preview Biden-Trump war on China
U.S. President Donald Trump’s allies previewed a likely battle in the upcoming election on Thursday, unveiling new attack ads against Joe Biden’s views on China before the coronavirus crisis.
New York coronavirus hospitalizations keep falling, shutdown extended
The number of people hospitalized for the novel coronavirus and related deaths in New York fell to their lowest levels in more than a week, adding to evidence that the hardest-hit state was controlling its spread, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday…
