President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared House Democrats’ $3 trillion House coronavirus bill “dead on arrival,” arguing it was packed with unrelated priorities. “It’s, as they say, D.O.A. Dead on arrival,” Trump said during a meeting with the governors of Colorado and North Dakota. “Of course Nancy Pelosi knows that,” he added. The president complained that the […]
President Donald Trump said he will allow Dr. Anthony Fauci to testify to the GOP-led Senate, but not the House because the Democrats are in control. He was asked about it Tuesday morning after Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was blocked from testifying before the committee which the House created […]
The White House has ordered intelligence officials to look into whether the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Chinese government withheld information about the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, according to a report by NBC News. The directive was sent to the National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency and the CIA, according to NBC. President Donald Trump appeared […]
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that some state governors’ efforts to fight the coronavirus “infringes on a fundamental right” of American residents. Barr said in an interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show” that state governments in the U.S. need to “do a better job” of ensuring coronavirus restrictions are “properly targeted” and do not unnecessarily infringe on constitutional […]
As Washington policymakers scramble to contain the fallout from the coronavirus crisis, the question of how quickly to reopen the economy has emerged as the latest political battleground dividing the two parties. Behind President Donald Trump, Republicans are increasingly eager to get businesses reopened and customers into their doors, warning that a prolonged economic shutdown — […]