Pence says more than 5 million Americans will have been tested for coronavirus by end of April
Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday that he expects more than 5 million Americans will have been tested for the novel coronavirus by the end of April.
Trump announces plan to reopen virus-ravaged U.S. economy
U.S. President Donald Trump laid out guidelines on Thursday for reopening the coronavirus-ravaged U.S. economy, saying states should take a phased approach to let Americans return to work as conditions allow.
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 unveil plan for return
The governors of New York and six other Northeastern states on Thursday extended their coronavirus stay-at-home orders to May 15, as President Donald Trump prepared to release new White House recommendations for states to follow in reopening the econom…
Trump to release guidelines for phased-in re-opening of U.S. economy
New federal guidelines to jumpstart the U.S. economy from its coronavirus shutdown recommend that states have a 14-day “downward trajectory” in coronavirus cases before beginning a three-phase process of re-opening, according to a White House document….
U.S. revises cost justification of mercury rule for coal plants
The Trump administration revised the cost-benefit analysis for an Obama-era rule that forced coal-fired power plants to cut their mercury emissions, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said on Thursday.
Top U.S. Senate Republican decries lack of progress on small business aid
The top Republican in the U.S. Senate on Thursday decried the lack of an agreement on a $250 billion emergency funding bill to help small businesses cope with the coronavirus outbreak.
Key U.S. Congressman offers remote voting proposal amid coronavirus relief haggling
A leading 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.
Exclusive: FDA may have dropped standards too far in hunt for chloroquine to fight coronavirus – sources
On March 21, two days after President Donald Trump first touted chloroquine drugs as a “gamechanger” in the fight against COVID-19, administration officials privately described what they felt was a “win” in the president’s efforts to build an emergency stockpile of the drugs: a hefty donation of pills from Bayer AG.
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…
