Mayor de Blasio went on the defensive today over weeks of statements in which he urged New Yorkers to go about their daily lives as usual even as the coronavirus spread. Read more
The state Office of Elections announced today that it will conduct a drawing on Facebook live on April 1 to determine the order of political parties to appear on the 2020 primary election ballot. Read more
Acting with unity and resolve unseen since the 9/11 attacks, Washington moved urgently to stem an economic free-fall caused by widespread restrictions meant to slow the spread of the virus that have shuttered schools, closed businesses and brought American life in many places to a virtual standstill. Read more
The 1,200-page bill that the Senate and President Trump agreed to early this morning is the largest stimulus package ever passed by Congress. Read more
The massive legislation passed on a 96-0 vote after days of intense negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats. Read more
The 1,200-page bill that the Senate and President Trump agreed to early this morning is the largest stimulus package ever passed by Congress. Read more
Sen. Rand Paul, an eye doctor, still managed a workout at the Senate on Sunday morning as he awaited the results of a coronavirus test. It came back positive. Read more
Trump’s statement was one of several that showed him to be an outlier among top public officials as the coronavirus crisis deepens. Read more
Trump’s optimism contradicted the warnings of some public health officials who called for stricter — not looser — restrictions on public interactions. Read more
Dr. Anthony Fauci says he can’t jump in front of the microphone to stop President Donald Trump from speaking at daily White House briefings on the coronavirus outbreak. Read more
When President Donald Trump speaks, financial markets gyrate and quiver in real time. Read more
U.S. elections have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. At least 13 states have postponed voting and more delays are possible as health officials warn that social distancing and other measures to contain the virus might be in place for weeks, if not months. Read more
In an extraordinary exchange, President Donald Trump and the government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, publicly sparred today on whether a malaria drug would work to treat people with coronavirus disease. Read more
Party officials plan to add a new round of mail-in balloting to the party-run presidential primary so that people who had planned to vote in person on April 4 can still participate in the polling. Read more
Through daily briefings and scores of media appearances, Cuomo has emerged as one of the key faces responding to the pandemic. Read more
The plan includes $300 billion for small businesses to keep idled workers on payroll and $208 billion in loans to airlines and other industries. Read more
The fast-track effort in an all but shuttered Capitol came as the first two lawmakers tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, others are self-isolating and the usually tradition-bound Congress faced calls to ease rules and allow remote voting. Read more
Such a move could be an extraordinary reach by government into the private sector. Read more
Carlson told Vanity Fair that “I didn’t feel it was my role” but was convinced by his wife to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on March 7. Read more
Since coronavirus infections started appearing in the United States in January, Asian Americans have shared stories of minor aggression to blatant attacks from people blaming them for the pandemic, which has killed more than 130 people in the United States. Read more
A Sanders spokesman denied a report that the Vermont senator was suspending his campaign. Read more
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