Tag: Governor

President Donald Trump accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, KY, left, arrives for a Senate Republican Policy lunch on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

Trump says states with ‘beautifully low’ cases of coronavirus should begin reopening May 1

Zach Halaschak · April 16, 2020 8:44 pm

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Congress must make states equal partners in responding to emergencies

Kristin Shapiro · April 16, 2020 10:00 am

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, beside Rear Adm. John B. Mustin, welcomes the the arrival of the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, sent by President Trump to aid in the state's virus response.

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Governors are in charge. Where are state legislatures and judges?

Adam Carrington · April 15, 2020 7:44 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Washington. Trump said Wednesday he would "listen to both sides" after his eldest son and a campaign adviser urged him to intervene to block a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region.

‘The authority is total’: Trump claims he has power to decide when states reopen

Zach Halaschak · April 13, 2020 11:37 pm

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in response to a water main break north of Detroit, leaving thousands under a boil water advisory.

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Gretchen Whitmer’s over-the-top, scientifically unfounded coronavirus restrictions hurt Michigan

Kaylee McGhee White · April 13, 2020 4:26 pm

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Our leaders must begin planning to reopen the economy. Families depend on it

Parissa Sedghi · April 13, 2020 4:02 pm

Three men were arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a bomb plot aimed at a Somali refugee community in western Kansas. Three men were arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a bomb plot aimed at a Somali refugee community in western Kansas. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Kansas Legislature rescinds governor’s limit on religious gatherings

Anthony Leonardi · April 9, 2020 2:51 am

Nikki Haley: Coronavirus management is responsibility of governors, not Trump

Madison Dibble · April 8, 2020 3:39 pm

Trump has urged MyPillow CEO to run for Minnesota governor

Caitlin Yilek · March 31, 2020 5:11 pm

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, so do calls for days of prayer and fasting

Nicholas Rowan · March 31, 2020 4:00 am

‘Persecution’: Statewide bans on assembly raise religious freedom concerns

Nicholas Rowan · March 27, 2020 4:00 am

President Trump usually favors low oil prices because of the spillover effect on U.S. drivers, but he has become more sensitive to the idea that current market conditions are âhurtful to one of our biggest industries.â

‘We have to open up our country’: Trump tell governors he will press to start the economy back up

Katherine Doyle · March 26, 2020 9:56 pm