Thursday marked a new record for coronavirus deaths in the U.S., with 4,591 people dying from the virus in just 24 hours. The prior record was 2,569 deaths in the U.S. on Wednesday, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. The number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday was […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo clashed Friday over whether the federal government has done enough to assist the state, one of the epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak. The fireworks began when Cuomo criticized the president during his daily news briefing over the federal aid needed to carry out Trump’s […]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, said Wednesday she would accept the job of vice presidential running mate if Joe Biden asked. Biden, who became the Democrat’s apparent nominee after Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race earlier this month, pledged during a Democratic presidential debate a month ago to “pick a woman to be my […]

One of the main coronavirus relief fund sources for suffering small businesses hit its $350 billion limit Thursday and is no longer accepting any more lenders or applications, the Small Business Administration announced. “The SBA is currently unable to accept new applications for the Paycheck Protection Program based on available appropriations funding,” SBA spokesperson Jennifer […]

A letter carrier’s mail route is structured so that it routinely takes about eight hours to complete — but that was before the coronavirus pandemic began wreaking havoc on the already beleaguered U.S. Postal Service. “Some days I’ve never seen it like this,” said one U.S. Postal Service letter carrier who spoke on condition of […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the day down by just under 450 points Wednesday, after weak manufacturing reports added to the list of grim economic data, including a record decline in monthly retail sales and ugly quarterly earnings from some of the country’s largest banks. The S&P 500 fell by just over 2 percent […]

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden in a video released Tuesday, saying his former vice president “has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery.“ The endorsement came one day after Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., offered Biden his endorsement during a […]

Thousands of non-violent inmates have been released from jails in Los Angeles County to prevent the spread of coronavirus, but the county sheriff said Monday he’s now concerned about a potential future spike in crime. Since the middle of March, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has been reducing the inmate population and cutting down […]

It has been nearly three weeks since former congressional staffer Tara Reade spoke out about her 1993 sexual assault accusation against former Vice President Joe Biden, but it wasn’t until Easter Sunday that it began receiving any attention from the mainstream media. And if you only watch CNN, you still haven’t heard about it. For […]

Saying “we need you in the White House,” Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Joe Biden for president on Monday, less than a week after suspending his own campaign for the Democratic Party nomination. The Vermont senator made the announcement during a livestreamed virtual event with Biden, the former vice president who is now his party’s presumptive […]

To date, more than 557,000 people in the U.S. have knowingly tested positive for coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2. A new study, however, is looking to find out how many Americans have had COVID-19 that was not detected. The study, being conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), will attempt to figure out how many […]