President Trump on Thursday said former Vice President Joseph R. Biden needs to address a former staffer’s accusation of sexual assault. Mr. Trump declined to opine on the veracity of the claim by Tara Reade, who worked as an aide during Mr. Biden’s time in the Senate. But he also doesn’t see why the presumptive…
The coronavirus crisis is crashing the U.S. economy at the fastest rate since the Great Depression, the government reported Wednesday, while the Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates near zero as long as it takes to bolster a recovery. President Trump said the need for people to go back to work is so urgent…
President Trump said Wednesday his administration is developing “very distinct” recommendations to hold the World Health Organization and China accountable for the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. “We’re not happy about it, and we are by far the largest contributor to WHO,” Mr. Trump told reporters during an Oval Office…
The White House on Monday said America’s coronavirus-testing is in far better shape and the administration is ready to work with governors to meet their diagnostic demands, pledging to “dramatically” increase the number of tests performed across the nation. The guidelines are designed to help states and grease the path to reviving their economies amid…
President Trump on Monday questioned whether “poorly run” states with Democratic leaders should receive federal bailouts during the coronavirus crisis. “Why should the people and taxpayers of America be bailing out poorly run states (like Illinois, as example) and cities, in all cases Democrat run and managed, when most of the other states are not…
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…