Senators press Trump pick for top U.S. spy on China in era of coronavirus
U.S. senators on Tuesday pressed Donald Trump’s nominee to lead U.S. intelligence on whether he would act independently of the president on hot-button issues like the origins of the coronavirus in China, as lawmakers held the first public socially dist…
U.S. Senate Democrats seek coronavirus fund disclosure as Trump pushes nominees
Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday will try to pass legislation imposing disclosure requirements on federal coronavirus assistance to businesses, while the Republican majority’s agenda focuses on President Donald Trump’s nominees.
New York to work with Gates Foundation to ‘reimagine’ schools: governor
New York will work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to “reimagine” the state’s school system as part of broader reforms in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo told a daily briefing on Tuesday.
U.S. coronavirus deaths exceed 70,000 as forecasting models predict grim summer
U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus surged past 70,000 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as a key forecasting model nearly doubled its previous estimate for fatalities.
U.S. Supreme Court justices question curbs on overseas anti-AIDS funding
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday voiced concern that a 2003 law violates constitutional free speech rights by requiring overseas affiliates of American-based nonprofit groups that seek federal funding for HIV/AIDS relief to take a formal stance o…
Trump to visit factory making masks after researchers double U.S. coronavirus death projection
President Donald Trump on Tuesday will travel far beyond the Washington area for the first time in weeks to visit Arizona, one of dozens of U.S. states that is partially lifting its shutdown of businesses to stem the coronavirus pandemic.
Democratic U.S. senators push for coronavirus aid to nonprofits
Two Democratic U.S. senators said on Tuesday they were pushing for financial assistance for nonprofits struggling to provide food, shelter and other aid to Americans coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, while also helping those groups expand their payrol…
Senators question Trump pick for top U.S. spy in ‘different’ hearing
U.S. senators from both parties questioned on Tuesday whether President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead U.S. intelligence would act independently of the president, in the first public hearing in the Senate during the coronavirus pandemic.
Fauci to testify before U.S. Senate, not House, on virus response
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said top health official Anthony Fauci would appear next week before a panel in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate examining the country’s coronavirus response but could not testify to the Democratic-led House of Re…
Trump says U.S. will report virus origins, gives no timeline
President Donald Trump urged China on Tuesday to be transparent with what it knows about the origin of the coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan, China, and has wreaked havoc on the world.
