At a news conference, the president reiterated that he would not wear a mask himself and again exaggerated the availability of testing for the coronavirus.President Trump, on Monday in the Rose Garden, said that “we have met the moment and we have prevailed.” Later, under questioning, he revised his comments.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesMay 11,…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump gets in spat with Asian American reporter over "nasty question" White House staff have been ordered to wear masks when entering the West Wing after two aides tested positive for coronavirus.The White House personnel office has said that staff must cover their faces at all times…
May 11, 2020 | 4:14pm Enlarge Image Acting US Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell and White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien wear protective face masks because of the coronavirus outbreak. REUTERS/Tom Brenner WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday directed West Wing staffers to wear masks at all times after two officials tested…
May 11, 2020 | 1:34pm | Updated May 11, 2020 | 4:01pm The White House has started informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation. At the same time, Democrats have crafted a $1.2 trillion-plus package without input from the administration or Hill Republicans,…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi had initially hoped to vote on the coronavirus relief measure this week but the legislation isn’t expected to be finished until Tuesday at the earliest. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo The House won’t return until Friday at the soonest as senior Democrats continue haggling over the details of their latest multitrillion-dollar coronavirus…
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…