APRIL 29, 2020
Alex Brandon/AP President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A second round of the coronavirus is 'inevitable,' the nation's leading epidemiologist says, but...
APRIL 28, 2020
Department of Defense, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The Department of Defense confirmed what seekers of extraterrestrial life have long hoped to be true: They’re real.
At least, these three videos are. What the videos show? The government isn’t so sure there.
On Monday, the Pentagon released three Navy videos that have driven speculation about unidentified flying objects for...
APRIL 28, 2020
A letter from the Internal Revenue Service, signed by President Trump, notifies a family of an “Economic Impact Payment” direct deposit made to their account in East Derry, N.H. (Charles Krupa/AP)
A mother didn’t get the extra $500 for her dependent child under 17, and a single father received only one child payment, although he has two...
APRIL 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Business lobbyists and executives are pushing the Trump administration and Congress to shield American companies from a wide range of potential lawsuits related to reopening the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, opening a new legal and political fight over how the nation deals with the fallout from Covid-19.
A man walks past closed store fronts...
APRIL 27, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington. - Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Joe Biden's U.S. presidential campaign and his Democratic Party allies have gone on an all-out offensive against President Donald Trump's coronavirus response, betting it will be a winning...
APRIL 27, 2020
A dozen of America’s top scientists and a collection of billionaires and industry titans say they have the answer to the coronavirus pandemic, and they found a backdoor to deliver their plan to the White House.
The eclectic group is led by a 33-year-old physician-turned-venture capitalist, Tom Cahill, who lives far from the public eye in a one-bedroom...
APRIL 27, 2020
President Trump’s self-assessment has been consistent.
President Trump suggested on Thursday that an “injection inside” the body with a disinfectant like bleach could help fight the coronavirus. - Al Drago/NY Times
“I’m, like, a very smart person,” he assured voters in 2016.
“A very stable genius,” he ruled two years later.
“I’m not a doctor,” he allowed on Thursday, pointing...
APRIL 26, 2020
Michigan's and Maryland's governors said the president should watch what he says, especially about injecting disinfectants. People are listening to his direction.
President Donald Trump suggested at his Thursday briefing that disinfectants could work as a coronavirus treatment if taken internally, drawing immediate criticism from medical professionals and cleaning product manufacturers, like Lysol. A day later, Trump said...
APRIL 26, 2020
A video shown to travelers on a flight leaving Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 25, 2020, reminds them about anti-virus precautions. - Sébastien DUVAL
Ghostly airports, countless flight cancellations, shops and restaurants closed: the coronavirus has played havoc with air travel in the United States.
Following are some scenes witnessed by AFP journalists during the unusual experience of flying from...
APRIL26, 2020
Rulebreakers will be slapped with fines for offences including not wearing a mask in public when ill. - GREG BAKER
Beijing has banned "uncivilized" behavior such as not covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, the city government said Sunday, in a new set of regulations to improve public hygiene amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The laws aim...
