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 — […]

Stocks opened Tuesday with solid gains amid a debate between President Donald Trump and U.S. governors over how soon states can begin relaxing economically restrictive social distancing orders meant to slow the coronavirus pandemic. The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 560 points Tuesday morning, rising 2.4% after closing with a loss of 1.5% to cap […]

Attorney General William Barr late Wednesday suggested that the federal government in May should begin relaxing some of the “draconian” social distancing restrictions imposed throughout the U.S.  Barr said in an interview with Fox News that the U.S. had to be “very careful” to ensure some of the measures being “adopted are fully justified, and there are not […]