President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after meeting with Senate Republicans at their weekly luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Standing behind Trump are Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky). COVID-19 data sharing with law enforcement…… MORE

Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced Monday. Study volunteers given either a low or medium dose of the vaccine by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. had antibodies similar to those…… MORE

© Jack Gruber-USA TODAY via Imagn Content Services, LLC. McConnell hits Democrats’ ‘totally unserious’ relief bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that House Democrats’ $3 trillion economic relief bill is a “totally unserious effort.” The criticism by the Kentucky Republican underscores Washington’s deep election-year gulch over what Congress’ next response to the crisis should…… MORE

© Jack Gruber-USA TODAY via Imagn Content Services, LLC. Pelosi unveils $3T coronavirus aid package for Friday vote House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Tuesday, encouraging Congress to “go big” with aid to cash-strapped states and struggling Americans. The Heroes Act provides nearly $1 trillion for states, cities…… MORE

A line of California Highway Patrol officers confront protesters calling for the end of Gov Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 1, 2020. Several people were taken into custody during the protest calling for Newsom to end the restrictions…… MORE

White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx listens as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-La., about the coronavirus response, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington.…… MORE

Health officials ready new guidelines as restrictions ease The Trump administration is reviewing new federal plans designed to guide restaurants, schools and others as states look to gradually lift their coronavirus restrictions. The draft guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been sent to Washington and still could change. The recommendations include…… MORE

Photo by Fusion Medical Animation on Unsplash. Global death toll from coronvirus surpasses 200,000 Johns Hopkins University researchers say the global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 200,000. A tentative easing around the world of restrictions is gathering pace with the reopening in India of neighborhood stores that many of the country’s 1.3 billion people rely on…… MORE

Protesters demanding Florida businesses and government reopen, march in downtown Orlando, Fla., Friday, April 17, 2020. Small-government groups, supporters of President Donald Trump, anti-vaccine advocates, gun rights backers and supporters of right-wing causes have united behind a deep suspicion of efforts to shut down daily life to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John…… MORE

President Donald Trump speaks during briefing on coronavirus in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon). Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy President Donald Trump has given governors a road map for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying…… MORE

Two people walk past a closed storefront, Thursday, April 16, 2020, in University Heights, Ohio. Ohio has paid a record $227 million to more than 271,000 individuals who filed for unemployment in the past four weeks. Nationally, a record 22 million people have sought jobless benefits, including 5.2 million new claims reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Tony…… MORE

President Donald Trump looks at his notes during a meeting with people that have recovered from COVID-19, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci). Trump claims he has ‘total’ authority over reopening economy President Donald Trump and governors from both parties are disputing who has…… MORE

Clouds roll over the White House, Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky). Trump has no intention of firing Fauci, White House says President Trump has no intention of firing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Monday. The statement comes after Trump…… MORE

Hogan, Cuomo call for additional $500B in aid to states Governors Larry Hogan of Maryland and Andrew Cuomo of New York issued a bipartisan call Saturday for an additional $500 billion in federal aid for U.S. states and territories dealing with the coronavirus. Hogan is chairman of the National Governors Association and Cuomo is the…… MORE

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Friday, April 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci). Trump: “We will be substantially below 100,000 deaths in US” At today’s briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task force,  President Trump said initial projections of anywhere from 100,000 to 240,000 deaths…… MORE

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, April 3, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon). Surgeon general warns US of `saddest week’ and `9/11 moment’ The U.S. surgeon general offered some of the starkest warnings…… MORE

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon). Fauci says White House could recommend broader use of masks. Dr. Anthony Fauci said the White House coronavirus…… MORE

President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky). Fauci warns U.S. will have “millions of cases” of COVID-19 and more than…… MORE

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and other legislators, participate in a bill enrollment ceremony for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, after it passed in the House, on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2020 in Washington. The $2.2 trillion package will…… MORE