APRIL 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A team of government officials — led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — has created a public health strategy to combat the novel coronavirus and reopen parts of the country.
Their strategy, obtained by The Washington Post, is part of a larger White House effort to...
APRIL 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump said the U.S. would halt funding to the World Health Organization while his administration investigates what he called the group’s mismanagement of the coronavirus response.
The president faulted the WHO for, in his view, failing to adequately investigate early information about the virus’s ability to spread from one human to another, among other...
APRIL 14, 2020
Nearly 7.5 million small businesses are at risk of closing their doors permanently over the next several months if the coronavirus pandemic persists, according to a survey.
Around two-thirds of entrepreneurs said they may have to shut forever if business disruption continues at its current rate for up to five months, according to a survey published Tuesday by...
APRIL 14, 2020
India’s lockdown has been extended until May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an address to the nation.
The initial 21-day lockdown period ends Tuesday, but some states had urged Modi to extend it further.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted about the decision on Saturday before any formal announcements were made from Modi’s government.
People look...
APRIL 14, 2020
Sudhakar Kumar, (center wearing a mask) a laborer from central India's Uttar Pradesh state, is seen with family members on a sidewalk in New Delhi, India, where they've been living since the country's nationwide coronavirus lockdown put him out of work. CBS/Arshad R. Zargar
New Delhi — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday that India's nationwide...
APRIL 14, 2020
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) interjects as President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a reception for the 25th anniversary of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics at the White House in Washington, October 15, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former U.S. President Barack Obama finally endorsed his vice president Joe Biden’s presidential campaign...
APRIL 14, 2020
Gurdwara Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib, which usually teems with thousands of devotees each year on this day, was virtually empty with just a handful of them present at the historic gurdwara to mark Baisakhi — the day the Tenth Sikh master, Guru Gobind Singh, established the Khalsa Panth at this historic place in 1699.
Mindful of the directive...
APRIL 13, 2020
Image: President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Nov. 10, 2016. - Win McNamee
As is his wont, Donald Trump has spent weeks making the case that his response to the coronavirus pandemic is great -- at least when compared to Barack Obama's response to H1N1 in 2009. In fact, the incumbent...
APRIL 13, 2020
Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden (C) and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders shake hands ahead of the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas on September 12, 2019.
Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden...
APRIL 13, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence listens as President Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
With millions of Americans locked down at home and out of work, President Trump asserted on Monday his authority to reopen the country at a time of his choosing, although questions remain over...
