Fauci throws cold water on Trump's declaration that malaria drug chloroquine is a 'game changer'
PS3000/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Anthony Fauci said there is not enough evidence to support claims that hydrox-chloroquine is effective in combatting COVID-19. A day after President Donald Trump declared an anti-malaria...
Fearing market impact, Trump administration asks states to postpone unemployment data
Oleg Albinsky/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Pennsylvania's Department of Labor and Industry announced on Monday unemployment application waivers for workers impacted by COVID-19. In the span of two days, the department received...
Trump administration to impose new restrictions at border, leaving asylum seekers in limbo
TriggerPhoto/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- In addition to closing U.S. borders to all but "essential travel" and citing concerns over the spread of the novel coronavrius, the Trump administration announced Friday that unauthorized...
Bloomberg to transfer $18 million to national Democrats' 2020 battleground efforts
Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, one oft two Democratic billionaires who sought a bid for the White House this year but has since bowed out, is...
Government response updates: Trump claims migrants causing 'viral spread' at borders
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration on Friday took another big step to ease the economic hardships on Americans amid the coronavirus crisis. Treasury Secretary Steve...
States focus on alternatives to in-person voting as they move forward with primaries
hermosawave/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- While six states have postponed their upcoming presidential primaries amid the coronavirus pandemic, several others have yet to pull the trigger, either continuing to weigh making the...
Amid shortage, Pence says millions of masks available 'now' for hospitals to buy
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday said there has been a vast increase in the supply of medical face masks, despite complaints that health care providers...
POLL: Coronavirus upends nation, as three in four Americans' lives changed by pandemic
Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour(NEW YORK) -- As a deepening public health crisis rocks the nation, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday shows a far different portrait of a country than from only one week ago,...
5 Mixed messages from Trump that have marred his administration's coronavirus response
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government's response to the novel coronavirus outbreak represents a critical test for President Donald Trump and his administration, but some analysts say it's one that has already been...
A Spanish translation of president's coronavirus guidelines is still not available on the CDC site
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Days after President Trump unveiled a list of new guidelines to combat the spread of coronavirus, the instructions did not seem to be readily available in Spanish on the Centers for Disease Control...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks endorsement as Democratic primary officially becomes two-person race
ABC(NEW YORK) -- After Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard exited the race on Thursday and the Democratic primary officially becomes a two-person race, voters are eagerly waiting to see if Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will...
Government response updates: Trump says 'it could have been stopped,' again blames China
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead(WASHINGTON) -- As the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus passes 9,000 in the U.S. Thursday morning, and the northern border to Canada closes to nonessential...