By the time President Donald Trump landed from his trip to India early Wednesday morning, he was not happy. Fears over the coronavirus had escalated while he was abroad, setting off a chain reaction of concern and criticism, including a stock market sell-off that had erased more than $1.5 trillion in wealth over the prior…… MORE
A federal judge in Washington state on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from diverting millions of dollars in funding from a project at a base in the state to border wall construction, delivering a partial blow to President Donald Trump. The lawsuit relates to Trump’s national emergency declaration, which allowed the administration to dip into…… MORE
Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer said Thursday that President Donald Trump “has already blown” the US response to the global spread of the novel coronavirus. “The President has already blown this. He is very, very late,” the businessman told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room.” “The first announcement of this publicly was at the…… MORE
The Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs is reviewing claims that VA Secretary Robert Wilkie attempted to discredit a House committee staffer who reported she was sexually assaulted at a VA facility in Washington, CNN has confirmed. A letter from Inspector General Michael Missal to House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano calls…… MORE
The US Navy has ordered all ships that have visited countries in the Pacific region to effectively self-quarantine and remain at sea for 14 days in order to monitor sailors for any symptoms of coronavirus. “Out of an abundance of caution, Pacific Fleet is implementing additional mitigations to prevent Sailors from contracting COVID-19, and to…… MORE
The US Navy said Thursday that a Chinese military warship fired a military grade laser at US Navy P-8 surveillance aircraft last week while it was flying over the Pacific Ocean, an action that the US Navy called “unsafe and unprofessional.” The People’s Republic of China “navy destroyer’s actions were unsafe and unprofessional,” US Pacific…… MORE
With Bernie Sanders looking more and more like the potential Democratic presidential nominee, the good people at the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia have released their first take on what the electoral map might look like in a matchup between the senator from Vermont and President Donald Trump. The map allots 260…… MORE
The Trump administration’s efforts and ambitions to reduce the size of government could hamper agencies integral to responding to the coronavirus. Reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Security Council, two key groups needed to coordinate and respond, could make it more difficult for the federal government to combat the…… MORE
If you’ve had the urge to hear from Rod Blagojevich directly after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence, you’re in luck — but it will cost you. Blagojevich has joined Cameo, a website that allows users to pay for personalized video messages from celebrities, sports figures or musical artists. For $100, you can hear from…… MORE
A whistleblower at the Department of Health and Human Services is seeking federal protection after complaining that more than a dozen workers who received the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, lacked proper training or protective gear for coronavirus infection control. “We are hopeful that Congress and the OSC will investigate this case in a…… MORE
