Tag: COVID-19

Louisiana House committee votes to suspend governor’s ability to enforce COVID-19 business mandates

Washington Examiner · October 6, 2020 7:00 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks following remarks by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who told reporters he has secured enough Republican votes to start President Donald Trumpâs impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses and documents Democrats want, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020.

Senate Democrats demand information on White House ‘super-spreader’ event

Susan Ferrechio · October 6, 2020 6:50 pm

Vice President Mike Pence listens in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office on the White House complex in Washington, during a meeting with family members of the six Citgo executives currently detained in Venezuela, Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

Mike Pence ‘not a close contact’ of anyone with COVID-19 seven days after meeting with Trump, doctor says

Tyler Van Dyke · October 6, 2020 6:38 pm

Beltway Confidential

Biden’s risk assessment on school reopenings is far too narrow

Jeremy Beaman · October 6, 2020 6:03 pm

In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, photo provided on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during the ground-breaking ceremony of a general hospital in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Kim Jong Un announces ’80-day battle’ to revive languishing North Korea economy

Zach Halaschak · October 6, 2020 5:56 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2014 file photo, a Southwest Airlines plane with a new paint job flies over Love Field in Dallas. On Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, Southwest will launch its first long-distance flights from its home base at Dallas Love Field to seven cities across the country, with eight more destinations next month. Such flights were prohibited until now by a longtime law that protected Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport by limiting flights from Love Field to a few nearby states.

Southwest Airlines chief seeks employee pay cut to stave off furloughs

Jay Heflin · October 6, 2020 5:45 pm

Joint Chiefs of Staff in quarantine after vice commandant of Coast Guard contracts the coronavirus

Zach Halaschak, Abraham Mahshie · October 6, 2020 5:29 pm

Facebook removes Trump post comparing COVID-19 to seasonal Flu

Michael Lee · October 6, 2020 5:28 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump salutes Marine One — just like a fascist, media say

Becket Adams · October 6, 2020 5:09 pm

Trump doctor says president ‘reports no symptoms’ of COVID-19 morning after White House return

Mike Brest · October 6, 2020 5:03 pm

Beltway Confidential

After much ado, Joe Biden finally just endorses Trump’s position on mask mandates

Kaylee McGhee White · October 6, 2020 4:25 pm

A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys.

FDA committee may impose vaccine safety standard despite Trump wishes

David Hogberg · October 6, 2020 4:19 pm