MAY 17, 2020
A member of the U.S. Secret Service wearing a face mask stands guard as President Trump arrives to deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 11.
President Trump has proclaimed the latest phase of pandemic response the “transition to greatness.” But Trump appears poised to preside over the eventual transition more as a...
MAY 17, 2020
Peter Navarro says China underplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus crisis as it imported large quantities of masks from the United States. - Jabin Botsford/WashPost
Tensions between the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spilled out into public view on Sunday as a top adviser to President Trump criticized the public health agency’s response...
MAY 17, 2020
UNSPECIFIED - MAY 16: In this screengrab, Former President Barack Obama speaks during Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 on May 16, 2020. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF & XQ)
Without the springtime rituals of traditional graduation ceremonies, former President Barack Obama delivered two virtual commencement addresses on Saturday, urging millions...
MAY 17, 2020
Cows graze in a field outside of Sneedville, Tenn. on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Hancock County is the remaining county in Tennessee that has no reported cases of COVID-19. - Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel
In just four months, the deadly COVID-19 virus has infiltrated every state and major U.S. city. But a scattering of remote counties continue without a single reported case,...
MAY 16, 2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell shook markets and alarmed lawmakers this week with a dire warning: The U.S. could suffer through years of sluggish growth and meager job gains well after the pandemic passes without further economic stimulus.
In a speech Tuesday, Powell urged lawmakers to set aside concerns about the mounting national debt and provide the...
MAY 16, 2020
Retail chains from CVS to 7-Eleven are being forced to decide whether and how to enforce rules on masks after a string of attacks on clerks and security guards by patrons who refused to cover their faces.
As more cities, states and businesses require customers to cover up in stores, face coverings have become a flashpoint in the...
MAY 16, 2020
In the recently held press conference, Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India has stated that government is working to efficiently utilize airspace over India to reduce flying time of passenger aircrafts, which will benefit both the air carriers and environment.
Currently only 60 percent of the Indian airspace is freely available for passenger aircrafts and rest is...
MAY 16, 2020
President Donald Trump delivers remarks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 15, 2020, in Washington, DC.
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his claim that Americans could see a vaccine for the novel coronavirus by the end of the year.
"Another essential pillar of our strategy to keep America open...
MAY 15, 2020
White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, left, and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony S. Fauci listen as President Trump participates in a vaccine development event in the Rose Garden on Friday. - Jabin Botsford/WashPost
For two months, President Trump repeatedly pitched hydroxychloroquine as a safe and effective treatment for...
MAY 15, 2020
State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. - Win McNamee/Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. - State Department Inspector General Steve Linick has been removed, according to a senior administration official and a congressional aide.
Linick, a Justice Department veteran appointed to the role in 2013 by then President Barack Obama, is the latest of a slew of inspectors general to...
