Trump wants ‘massive rallies’ in the ‘not-too-distant future’
‘I don’t want people to get used to this,’ Trump told reporters. ‘I see the new normal being what it was three months ago.’
By Associated Press - April 30, 2020‘I don’t want people to get used to this,’ Trump told reporters. ‘I see the new normal being what it was three months ago.’
By Associated Press - April 30, 2020Gov. Kim Reynolds will force workers to choose between their health and their livelihood.
By Emily Singer - April 29, 2020Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) has complained multiple times about stay-at-home efforts aimed at curbing the coronavirus’s spread.
By Josh Israel - April 28, 2020Republicans up for tough reelection fights this fall are playing it safe by staying away from protests or from being overly vocal about reopening things.
By Associated Press - April 24, 2020A new poll found 80% of Americans support strict orders to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Josh Israel - April 23, 2020The bee will return next year, sponsor Scripps said, but that’s little comfort to the eighth-graders who are missing out on their last shot at the national stage.
By Associated Press - April 21, 2020As Donald Trump pushes for states to reopen by May 1, his Defense Department just extended troop travel limitations until the end of June.
By Josh Israel - April 21, 2020Even before the coronavirus began sickening workers, jobs in the meatpacking industry were considered among the most dangerous in the U.S.
By Associated Press - April 20, 2020The Republican Party of Virginia accused Gov. Ralph Northam of ‘tyrannical rule’ for requiring social distancing.
By Josh Israel - April 20, 2020Rep. Andy Biggs wants the economy reopened immediately, regardless of the effects on public health.
By Josh Israel - April 20, 2020A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey found a majority of respondents are worried stay-at-home measures will be lifted too soon.
By Emily Singer - April 20, 2020As Trump pushes a plan to ease social distancing rules, several GOP lawmakers want the economy opened up posthaste.
By Josh Israel - April 17, 2020Governors of both parties made clear they will move at their own pace.
By Associated Press - April 17, 2020The White House staffer and first daughter ignored social distancing measures to travel to New Jersey for Passover, claiming it was safer than Washington, D.C.
By Emily Singer - April 16, 2020Employees have blamed the lack of social distancing protocols inside and outside of the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls for the outbreak.
By Josh Israel - April 15, 2020Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) said lawmakers like him need to ‘put on our big boy and big girl pants’ and end safety measures even as the virus continues to spread.
By Josh Israel - April 14, 2020Detainees in at least four states say they have been denied masks, even as the White House has urged face coverings in public.
By Associated Press - April 14, 2020South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has refused to issue a stay-at-home order, saying people are ‘primarily responsible’ for their own safety.
By Josh Israel - April 14, 2020The White House has so far refused to issue a national lockdown but now claims Trump alone can end state-imposed orders.
By Josh Israel - April 13, 2020‘When people look back on this and with so many sad stories, hopefully they’ll also remember this as one of the good things.’
By Associated Press - April 12, 2020Governors in several states have deemed church an ‘essential service,’ allowing Easter worship to proceed amid a pandemic that has killed more than 14,000 people in the United States.
By Associated Press - April 11, 2020Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Thursday the economy could be reopened in May.
By Josh Israel - April 09, 2020Donald Trump has repeatedly minimized the severity of the outbreak as the death toll has increased.
By Oliver Willis - April 06, 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, 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, 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, 2020Jerome Adams refused to call on governors who have not issued stay-at-home orders thus far, however.
By Dan Desai Martin - 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, 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, 2020Since the coronavirus outbreak, gun shops have reported long lines and runs on firearms and ammunition.
By Associated Press - March 28, 2020