J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo House leadership has reversed course and will not bring the chamber back into session next week. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) made the announcement Tuesday morning, citing advice from the Capitol physician and a continuing increase in coronavirus cases in the Washington, D.C. Area. "We made a judgment that we…
Like an SOS distress signal emanating from deep within the White House, the daily coronavirus briefing was on, then off, and then on again.Monday morning’s whiplash — a news conference scheduled, canceled, and rescheduled all over the course of five hours — was a stark reminder of the challenges of trying to restrain a president…
The White House removed a coronavirus briefing from its schedule for Monday, as President Donald Trump continued to rail against the news media. Guidance issued to reporters on Sunday indicated that the briefing would be held, even though Trump tweeted a day earlier that they were “not worth the time & effort.” Trump still is…
Eddie Rodriguez (R) and other City of Hialeah employees hand out unemployment applications to people in their vehicles in front of the John F. Kennedy Library on April 08, 2020 in Hialeah, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesWhite House economic advisor Kevin Hassett warned on Sunday that unemployment could hit levels not seen since the Great…
White House officials are discussing whether to replace Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar as frustrations have grown over his handling of the coronavirus crisis earlier this year, as well as of his removal last week of a top vaccine official in his agency, which created an uproar.Several top White House aides are discussing…
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…