Ben Carson falsely claims it’s Trump critics who didn’t take coronavirus seriously
Donald Trump was pushing to end social distancing by Easter as recently as last week.
By Josh Israel - April 03, 2020Donald Trump was pushing to end social distancing by Easter as recently as last week.
By Josh Israel - April 03, 2020The Strategic National Stockpile website specifically says it’s for state and local use.
By Emily Singer - April 03, 2020Biden aides are trying to set up a call with Trump.
By Associated Press - April 03, 2020The cash payments Congress authorized could take months to get delivered for some.
By Associated Press - April 03, 2020State governors have begged Trump to use the act to accelerate the production of life-saving ventilators.
By Emily Singer - April 02, 2020Despite a desperate need for donations amid the outbreak, the agency is still refusing blood from certain men regardless of their HIV risk.
By Josh Israel - April 02, 2020The White House is overriding the White House Correspondents’ Association’s decision to ban Chanel Rion from the briefing room.
By Emily Singer - April 02, 2020The comment stands in stark contrast to those of Donald Trump, who has said he doesn’t take responsibility for his administration’s failures.
By Oliver Willis - April 02, 2020The Florida Republican does not want Americans to be able to vote from home even amid the coronavirus pandemic.
By Josh Israel - April 02, 2020The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 4,800 as McConnell embraced his role as Grim Reaper of the Senate.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 02, 2020A record 6.6 million filed for unemployment benefits last week, weeks after Trump claimed the coronavirus outbreak would have a positive impact on jobs.
By Emily Singer - April 02, 2020The Trump administration has refused to reopen Obamacare enrollment during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Josh Israel - April 02, 2020Health officials have been warning for more than a decade about the dangers of epidemics in jails and prisons, which are ideal environments for virus outbreaks.
By Associated Press - April 02, 2020Loeffler disclosed hundreds of thousands more in stock trades made just as COVID-19 began to take hold in the United States.
By Associated Press - April 02, 2020Republican Gov. Mike Parson is still refusing to issue a statewide stay-at-home order, even as the outbreak worsens.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 01, 2020The surgeon general has recommended every state do so to reduce spread of the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - April 01, 2020Despite the vice president’s claim, Trump downplayed the virus for weeks, saying he had it under control even when he didn’t.
By Emily Singer - April 01, 2020Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dragged his feet on issuing a stay-at-home order for the state.
By Josh Israel - April 01, 2020Even the Trump administration has extended social distancing guidelines until at least May, abandoning Trump’s earlier suggestion that the country could reopen by April 12.
By Josh Israel - April 01, 2020Republicans have been trying to blame impeachment for the federal government’s slow response to the coronavirus, but Trump just contradicted them.
By Emily Singer - April 01, 2020The coronavirus’s spread has forced the U.S. Census Bureau to suspend field operations for a month.
By Associated Press - April 01, 2020Social distancing mandates intended to slow the spread of the virus have upended life for millions of Americans and have led lawmakers to scrap centuries-old rules about the way they conduct work.
By Associated Press - March 31, 2020Many hospitals do not have enough ventilators to serve all the coronavirus patients who need them. Now Trump wants to ship some to Europe.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2020Trump has brought business leaders and CEOs into his daily coronavirus task force briefings to tout their companies.
By Emily Singer - March 31, 2020Republicans are trying to rewrite history, blaming impeachment for Donald Trump’s delayed response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 31, 2020Donald Trump said last year that he would not do anything to rebuild infrastructure unless Congress stopped doing oversight.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2020Trump has offered no evidence for his claims, saying only that he heard something from ‘a tremendous power in the business.’
By Dan Desai Martin - March 31, 2020Employees are seeking increased protection as they keep essential businesses in operation.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2020‘More resources need to be available to help people pay their rent and utilities’ amid the raging coronavirus outbreak, one tenant advocate says.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2020Trump actually did address coronavirus during impeachment, but he didn’t take it seriously.
By Oliver Willis - March 31, 2020