Apr 05 Surgeon general warns U.S. of ‘saddest week’ and ‘9/11 moment’ By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Surgeon General Jerome Adams offered some of the starkest warnings yet Sunday as he braced Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus, warning “this is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives,… Continue reading
Apr 05 U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press The first alarms sounded in early January that the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China would ignite a global pandemic. But the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of… Continue reading
Apr 05 Trump suggests firing watchdog was payback for impeachment By Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Trump called Michael Atkinson a “disgrace” after informing Congress late Friday night that he intended to fire him. In letters to the House and Senate intelligence committees, Trump wrote that he had lost confidence in Atkinson but gave little detail. Continue reading
Apr 04 Trump says ‘toughest’ weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads By Kevin Freking, Colleen Long, Associated Press President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the country could be headed into its “toughest” weeks yet as the coronavirus death toll mounts, but at the same time he expressed growing impatience with social distancing guidelines and said he’s eager to… Continue reading
Apr 04 Today’s coronavirus task force briefing in 5 minutes By Hari Sreenivasan, Zachary Green Being able to sift out facts from the White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefings each day can be an arduous affair. NewsHour Weekend’s Hari Sreenivasan and Zachary Green are highlighting the most salient details in a new online segment,… Continue reading
Apr 04 Trump, Dems clash on boosting mail-in voting during pandemic By Kevin Freking, Colleen Long, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press WASHINGTON — While Wisconsin struggles to hold its primary on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide voters with safe and secure access to a ballot as the coronavirus pandemic rages in the U.S. and… Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 5:18 What Florida’s stay-at-home order means for residents Amid heavy criticism, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday issued a state-wide stay-at-home order for the state in response to the coronavirus.This came after some local counties and cities had already put similar orders in place ahead of the governor’s… Continue watching
Apr 04 AP FACT CHECK: Trump, ‘wartime’ pandemic leader or ‘backup’? By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press Is he a wartime president or a backup point man? President Donald Trump seems to go back and forth on that, or both ways at once, in responding to the coronavirus pandemic that takes more lives by the hour. Continue reading
Apr 04 WATCH: Trump, White House coronavirus task force hold news briefing By Michael D. Regan President Trump and members of the White House coronavirus task force held a press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room. Watch the briefing in the player above. Continue reading
Apr 04 Hunt for medical supplies creates marketplace of desperation By Brian Witte, Associated Press What sounds like an organized-crime thriller is now the new reality for governors desperately trying to find the medical equipment their states need in the throes of a pandemic. Continue reading