Mar 31 WATCH: Trump warns of 'rough' times ahead with new projected pandemic death toll By Aamer Madhani, Kevin Freking, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Americans to brace for a “rough two-week period” ahead as the White House released new projections that there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic even if current… Continue reading
Mar 31 White House turns to statistical models for virus forecast By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protect as many people as possible. Continue reading
Mar 30 Feds revoking reservation status for tribe's 300 acres By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Cedric Cromwell, the tribe's chairman, says the move was "cruel" and "unnecessary" as the land dispute is still pending in D.C federal court. Continue reading
Mar 30 WATCH: Trump and White House Coronavirus Task Force hold briefing By Justin Stabley The White House task force is expected to give an update on the nation's current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads. Continue reading
Mar 30 New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort By Ellen Knickmeyer, Tom Krisher, Associated Press It's a move that would gut one of the nation's single-biggest efforts against climate change. Continue reading
Mar 30 GM says it's already moving fast despite Trump's use of wartime act By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Experts on managing factory production say GM is already making an extraordinary effort for a company that normally isn't in the business of producing ventilators. Continue reading
Mar 29 Pelosi warns against reopening country too soon By Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump shouldn’t be rushing to reopen schools and businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Mar 28 AP FACT CHECK: Trump a rosy outlier on science of the virus By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press A look at the veracity of claims by political figures this week. Groundless assurances keep coming from President Donald Trump, a rosy outlier on the science of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Mar 28 Trump: No quarantine, but travel advisory for NY, CT and NJ By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Associated Press President Trump is backing away from calling for a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Instead, Trump is directing that a “strong Travel Advisory” be issued to stem the spread of the outbreak. Continue reading
Mar 27 Trump seeks to force General Motors to produce ventilators By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Trump says negotiations with General Motors had been productive, "but our fight against the virus is too urgent to allow the give-and-take of the contracting process to continue to run its normal course."… Continue reading