Monthly Archives: April, 2020

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit a new milestone, surpassing the number of Americans who died in the prolonged conflict with Vietnam. Here, the Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, N.Y., holds a vigil for medical workers and patients who have died in the pandemic. John Nacion/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John…

President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. will "very soon" run 5 million coronavirus tests per day, even as the lack of testing remains an obstacle for many states anxious to reopen for business."We'll increase it, and it'll increase it by much more than that in the very near future," Trump said when a reporter…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A firearms instructor and Republican congressional candidate are suing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Highway Patrol over the rejection of their permit applications to hold protests at the Capitol to demand the rollback of restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic.The lawsuit filed…

Vice President Mike Pence, center, visits with Dennis Nelson, right, who survived the coronavirus, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Tuesday. Pence toured facilities supporting COVID-19 research and treatment. Jim Mone/AP hide caption toggle caption Jim Mone/AP Vice President Mike Pence, center, visits with Dennis Nelson, right, who survived the coronavirus, at the Mayo…

In the weeks after Christine Blasey Ford publicly accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party in high school, she was unable to produce any corroborating, contemporaneous witnesses to demonstrate that she had mentioned the alleged assault to anyone -- or even that she had ever met Kavanaugh.In fact, Ford's friend Leland Keyser would expressly contradict…