Tag: COVID-19

Peru continues to lack a president as Congress struggles to agree on successor

Tyler Van Dyke · November 16, 2020 4:56 pm

In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, stands with Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul during an an election night watch party hosted by the New York State Democratic Committee in New York.

New York lieutenant governor says Trump can’t ‘bully’ states into accepting vaccine, calling him ‘irrelevant’

Mica Soellner · November 16, 2020 4:54 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Fauci now wants to cancel Christmas as well as Thanksgiving

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 16, 2020 4:47 pm

Former U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose for photographers arrives at a Japanese Sushi restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, Sunday, March 25, 2018. Obama says negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program are difficult, partly because the country's isolation minimizes possible leverage, such as trade and travel sanctions against Pyongyang.

Obama rips Trump for ‘downplaying’ virus and praises Biden incoming chief of staff who called it a ‘fear epidemic’

Michael Lee · November 16, 2020 4:46 pm

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo addresses the media where he discussed police reforms, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in Minneapolis. The meeting follows the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in police custody after video shared online by a bystander showed former officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe.

Minneapolis homicides and shootings up 64% compared to last four years

Emma Colton · November 16, 2020 4:33 pm

Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a rally, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Biden: I wouldn’t hesitate to get COVID-19 vaccine

David Hogberg · November 16, 2020 4:26 pm

Dow closes at record high on Moderna coronavirus vaccine news

Jay Heflin · November 16, 2020 4:24 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio: We must renew the Paycheck Protection Program now

Sen. Marco Rubio · November 16, 2020 4:17 pm

More than 60 World Health Organization staffers infected with coronavirus, half at Geneva headquarters

David Hogberg · November 16, 2020 4:10 pm

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks to reporters.

Oregon banning select indoor recreation for two weeks amid pandemic surge

Washington Examiner · November 16, 2020 4:00 pm

Trump adviser Scott Atlas under fire for ‘rise up’ comments about Michigan coronavirus restrictions

Mica Soellner · November 16, 2020 3:41 pm

Lieutenant governor-elect Jon Husted and governor-elect Mike DeWine celebrate at the Ohio Republican Party event, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio.

Groups urge adoption of universal occupational licensing recognition in Ohio

Washington Examiner · November 16, 2020 3:00 pm