May 20 White House report blasts Chinese 'malign activities' By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The White House has issued a broad-scale attack on Beijing's predatory economic policies, military buildup, disinformation campaigns and human rights violations. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 9:01 How a disdain for government undermined U.S. pandemic response Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, questions have been raised about why the U.S. federal government was not better prepared for such a crisis. Scrutiny of President Trump has been intense, but questions extend beyond him to the efficacy of government and… Continue watching
May 20 Trump considering hosting G-7 summit in U.S. after all By Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Trump had scheduled the Group of Seven summit for June 10-12 at Camp David. But in March, he announced he was canceling the annual meeting because of the pandemic and that the leaders would confer by video conference instead. Continue reading
May 20 Supreme Court blocks House from Mueller grand jury material By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court is temporarily preventing the House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Continue reading
May 20 Republican operatives front 'pro-Trump' doctors to prescribe rapid reopening By Michael Biesecker, Jason Dearen, Associated Press Republican political operatives are recruiting what are described as "extremely pro-Trump" doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by public health experts. Continue reading
May 20 Most Americans think it will be at least 6 months before a return to normal from COVID-19 By Laura Santhanam Republicans were far more optimistic about the country’s resilience while reopening under COVID-19 than American adults overall, according to this latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, while Democrats were more pessimistic. Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: White House press secretary holds briefing on coronavirus By Justin Stabley and Associated Press White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a news briefing on the novel coronavirus on May 20. Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: Child vaccine doses down 63 percent during pandemic, NYC mayor says The city health department compared numbers between March 23 and May 9, 2020 to the same period in 2019. Continue reading
May 20 Watchdog cites persistent infection lapses in nursing homes By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press A federal watchdog agency says about 40% of nursing homes inspected in the past two years were cited for infection control problems. Continue reading
May 20 Senate panel approves subpoena in Hunter Biden probe By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted 8-6 to subpoena Blue Star Strategies. The lobbying firm was a consultant to Burisma, a gas company in Ukraine that paid Hunter Biden to serve as a board member. Continue reading