U.S. Supreme Court wrestles with Obamacare contraception case
U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled on Wednesday with whether President Donald Trump’s administration went too far in allowing employers to obtain broad religious and moral exemptions from an Obamacare requirement that health insurance that they provi…
Howard and Lois, reunited: Elderly couple separated by virus finally meet again
For 56 days, the coronavirus pandemic kept Howard Smith apart from Lois Kittson, his wife of half a century. Their separation ended this week with a short but stirring reunion – at a safe distance – outside her nursing home in upstate New York.
Democrats want $25 billion for U.S. Postal Service in next coronavirus relief bill: Hoyer
Democrats would like to see $25 billion for the U.S. Postal Service in the next major coronavirus legislation before the House of Representatives, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Wednesday.
Democrats say Trump’s pick for powerful U.S. court too inexperienced
A federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is too inexperienced to sit on a powerful federal appeals court in Washington, Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday.
Trump says coronavirus task force to work ‘indefinitely,’ shift focus
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his White House coronavirus task force would remain in place but with a focus on medical treatments and easing restrictions on businesses and social life and perhaps with different advisers.
U.S. judge dismisses lawsuit over worker safety at Smithfield pork plant
A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a worker advocacy group’s lawsuit accusing Smithfield Foods Inc, the world’s largest pork processor, of failing to adequately protect employees from the novel coronavirus at a plant in Missouri.
U.S. Supreme Court hears Obamacare contraception Case; Ginsburg takes part
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday considered a bid by Donald Trump’s administration to implement rules allowing employers to obtain religious exemptions from an Obamacare requirement that health insurance that they provide to employees covers women’s…
U.S. Supreme Court’s Ginsburg takes part in arguments after treatment
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 87 the U.S. Supreme Court’s oldest member, took part on Wednesday in arguments in two cases a day after being hospitalized to undergo treatment for a benign gall bladder condition, the latest in a series of medical issue…
Trump says will keep coronavirus task force indefinitely
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the White House coronavirus task force would continue its work on the pandemic, focusing on vaccines and therapeutics, a day after he said it would wind down its operations.
U.S. graduates turn regalia into PPE: Wear the cap, donate the gown
In this year’s mostly virtual commencement ceremonies, thousands of American graduates are adorning their mortarboards with the slogan “Gowns 4 Good” after donating their gowns to healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic to use as personal …
