The fractured global response to the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the shortcomings of international collaboration as world leaders point fingers and struggle to formulate a unified response to a once-in-a-generation health… Source: The Hill
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President Trump on Saturday saw the USNS Comfort off as it departed Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia for New York City, where it will serve as an emergency hospital for the city’s coronavirus patients. “Our country is at war with an… Source: The Hill
President Trump on Saturday said that he is considering putting in place an “enforceable quarantine” on travel for New York and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut.”Some people would like to see New York quarantined because it’s a hot spot — New… Source: The Hill
President Trump has approved four new facilities in New York to serve as temporary hospitals, a move that provides the state an additional 4,000 hospital beds as it grapples with an exploding coronavirus outbreak.“The president approved four new… Source: The Hill
President Trump approved Michigan’s disaster declaration late Friday after feuding publicly with the state’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer (D).Earlier on Friday, Trump went after Whitmer in his press conference, saying that she “has no idea… Source: The Hill
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that allows the Pentagon to mobilize former U.S. troops and members of the National Guard to help supplement troops already being used to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the country.Trump’s… Source: The Hill
President Trump on Friday suggested he has the power to decide what information a newly created inspector general can give Congress, with the watchdog charged with overseeing hundreds of billions of dollars in aid from the new $2 trillion… Source: The Hill
President Trump shot back at a reporter pressing him about the availability of ventilators, telling him to not “be a cutie pie.”The exchange occurred at a White House press conference Friday regarding the administration’s coronavirus response. … Source: The Hill
President Trump on Friday blasted Democratic governors in Washington and Michigan for criticizing the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, bemoaning that they had not offered appreciation for his efforts.The president has… Source: The Hill
President Trump on Friday shared his advice to schoolchildren during the coronavirus pandemic, encouraging them to behave, wash their hands and stay at home. Trump made the comment during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White… Source: The Hill
President Trump said Friday that White House trade adviser Peter Navarro would become the national Defense Production Act policy coordinator for the federal government as the administration seeks to combat the coronavirus pandemic.Trump made… Source: The Hill
A measure that will suspend federal student loan payments for six months is part of the sweeping coronavirus stimulus package that President Trump signed into law Friday afternoon. As part of the legislation intended to blunt the economic… Source: The Hill
The Census Bureau issued a statement on Saturday responding to a rash of social media posts claiming that responses to the Census could make Americans eligible for stimulus checks issued by the government.The Associated Press reported Monday that… Source: The Hill
A high-stakes debate is playing out among key figures in President Trump’s orbit over how quickly to loosen restrictions meant to combat the coronavirus.A number of people around Trump have pushed for prioritizing the economy and sending people back… Source: The Hill
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Monday warned against an extended shutdown of the U.S. economy in response to the coronavirus outbreak, arguing that the economic cost would be just “too great.” Kudlow made the remarks just a… Source: The Hill
More Americans approve of how their governors are handling the coronavirus than President Trump, according to a new poll. The Monmouth University poll found 50 percent of respondents think Trump is doing a good job of handling the virus, but… Source: The Hill
President Trump on Monday said that the United States’ decision on whether to participate in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be “guided by the wishes” of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan. The president said in an early-morning… Source: The Hill
President Trump is suggesting he might lift restrictions intended to prevent the spread of coronavirus if the economic pain from the measures becomes too great, tweeting that “we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. “WE CANNOT… Source: The Hill
Vice President Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, have tested negative for coronavirus, according to a statement tweeted by the vice president’s press secretary Katie Miller on Saturday evening. “Please to report that the COVID-19 test… Source: The Hill
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked Congress for a slew of new emergency powers, according to documents obtained and reviewed by Politico.The requests come as the federal government tries to combat the coronavirus pandemic which has sickened… Source: The Hill