Warns

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Tuesday warned cities not to enforce stricter coronavirus restrictions than those the state government has mandated as it moves into a phased reopening.Paxton wrote letters to Dallas, Bexar and Travis counties and the mayors of San Antonio and Austin reprimanding them for an array of “strict and unconstitutional”…

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a statement in Downing Street in central London on April 27, 2020 after returning to work following more than three weeks off after being hospitalized with the COVID-19 illness.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVASThe U.K. government released a 50-page document detailing its new, more relaxed coronavirus lockdown measures on Monday, as Prime Minister Boris…

One of the masterminds behind Pete Buttigieg’s rise in national politics said Monday Joseph R. Biden’s path to the White House hinges on presenting voters with a positive alternative vision for the nation, and not getting too wrapped up “Trump derangement syndrome.” Lis Smith, a senior advisor to Mr. Buttigieig’s 2020 bid, said the coronavirus…

This screen grab from a video released by BidenForPresident shows former President Obama endorsing Joe Biden’s White House bid through a video message on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. OLIVIER DOULIERY/Getty Images Former President Barack Obama is rallying the troops by warning that some basic tenets of American democracy are being put to the test during…

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration sent a clear warning this week to rural counties defying his state’s stay-at-home order to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus: Keep it up, and you’ll lose disaster funding. Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, sent nearly identical letters dated May 7 to Yuba, Sutter…