House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy named Republican lawmakers to a select subcommittee that will oversee the coronavirus response during a weekly news conference on May 7. The subcommittee includes Rep. Steve Scalise, the Minority Whip from Louisiana, as well as Reps. Jim Jordan, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Jackie Walorski and Mark Green ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly held a news conference to give an update on the state's efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. Watch the governor's remarks in the player above. Take the New York metropolitan area’s progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show ...
Some senators now say they'd like lawmakers to be tested for the coronavirus. Their comments come days after congressional leaders declined an offer of 1,000 virus tests from the Trump White House.
The issue of whether to provide states and cities with additional federal funding is one of many challenges confronting Congress during the coronavirus pandemic. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss that question, the safety precautions the Senate is taking amid COVID-19 and “broad support” for...
Since the coronavirus pandemic gripped the United States, Americans have been told to avoid emergency rooms and hospitals if possible. But now there are reports from across the country that suggest the warning may be in fact too effective, as some patients experiencing urgent health problems are not seeking the treatment they need. Miles O’Brien...
The White House will hold a news conference on Wednesday after President Donald Trump revised plans to wrap up the coronavirus task force by Memorial Day. The president tweeted that the panel "will continue on indefinitely" and suggested that his administration might "add or subtract" participants. White House Press Secretary ...
... to where it came from."Harris expressed hope that a vaccine would be developed, saying all the work scientists had done on previous outbreaks of coronaviruses such as SARS and MERS had given them a head start. Britain’s official coronavirus death toll, at more than 29,000, on Tuesday ...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the United States does not have "certainty" that the novel coronavirus came from a laboratory in China, despite saying on Sunday that there was "enormous evidence." "We don’t have certainty. And there is significant evidence that this can come from the ...
Millions in the U.S. and around the world are under stay-at-home orders as officials hope to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But how do those practices affect individuals' mental health?
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a news conference to provide an update on how his state is addressing the coronavirus pandemic. As states across the country make plans to reopen, Cuomo said Tuesday that the national debate over when to ease shutdown orders boils down to the value placed ...
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