coronavirus pandemic, along with almost a thousand ventilators and close to 700,000 surgical masks, the Trump administration disclosed. The numbers were released Friday at a time when Gov. Phil Murphy has criticized Trump administration restrictions on $1.8 billion in federal aid and has joined other governors in calling for more money from Washington.“New Jersey has…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced a plan Wednesday to start paying hospitals and doctors who care for uninsured patients with COVID-19, but Democratic lawmakers and health industry groups are likely to press for more.Under the approach detailed by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, hospitals and doctors would submit their bills directly…
Attorneys and senior Trump administration officials are meeting Tuesday to work out the logistics and legal implications of the president’s order to freeze the U.S. immigration system in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to senior officials involved with the plans.Trump decreed via tweet late Monday that he intends to sign an executive order suspending…
Seema Verma speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Sunday. | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo American nursing homes will now be required to report coronavirus cases directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as to patients and their families, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said Sunday. The directive…
The Trump administration and congressional leaders are closing in on a $400 billion-plus deal that could pass the Senate as soon as Monday to renew funding for a small business loan program that recently ran out of money, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and top Democratic leaders said Sunday.The deal would also boost spending for hospitals…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…