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.
Trump flying to Arizona to visit mask factory on trip with political overtones
President Donald Trump took a rare trip out of Washington on Tuesday to tour a mask production plant in Arizona, visiting a state he hopes to win in the November election even as Americans avoid travel to fight the coronavirus.
U.S. Supreme Court hears case on overseas anti-AIDS funding restrictions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments over whether a U.S. law violates constitutional free speech rights by requiring overseas affiliates of American-based nonprofit groups that seek federal funding for HIV/AIDS relief to formally adopt a stance…
U.S. Treasury to start distributing $4.8 billion in pandemic funds to tribal governments
The U.S. Treasury Department will begin distributing $4.8 billion in pandemic-relief funds to Native American tribal governments in all U.S. states on Tuesday, the Treasury and Interior Departments said in a joint statement.
Connecticut closing schools for remainder of academic year: governor
Connecticut’s schools will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year due to the novel coronavirus, Governor Ned Lamont said on Tuesday, following similar moves by the nearby states of New York and New Jersey.
U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for third straight year
U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for the third straight year even as overall road use increased, according to preliminary government data released Tuesday.
Texas back in business? Barely, y’all, as malls, restaurants empty
The Domain mall in Austin, Texas, is open for business – unlike most of its 100 upscale shops – as the state entered its first work week of eased pandemic restrictions in the hopes of rekindling the economy.
Texas back in business? Barely, y’all, as malls, restaurants empty
(This May 5 story in 3rd-to-last paragraph, corrects spelling of last name to Huffman, not Hoffman)
Open for lunch: California counties with few coronavirus cases re-start their economies
California state restrictions banning restaurants from offering sit-down meals have not yet been lifted, but you wouldn’t know that in downtown Yuba City, where families queued cheerfully for tables at the Happy Viking Sports Pub and Eatery.
