President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s prepared to announce new guidelines allowing some states to quickly ease up on social distancing even as business leaders told him they need more coronavirus testing and personal protective equipment before people can safely go back to work.
Debra J. Saunders
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Debra J. Saunders joined the Review Journal as White House correspondent in December 2016, after 24 years writing a usually conservative opinion-page column for the San Francisco Chronicle. She has a B.A. in Greek and Latin from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, which may or may not prepare her for covering the Trump White House. She is syndicated with Creators Syndicate.
A rule change that would allow more small gaming businesses to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program has not satisfied Nevada lawmakers in both parties, who say those businesses are still being treated unfairly.
President Donald Trump claimed the authority Monday to decide how and when to reopen the economy after weeks of tough social distancing guidelines.
Although the left distrusts Trump’s use of White House power, many of their luminaries have called on him to issue a sweeping national shutdown order to deal with the coronavirus.
President Donald Trump on Friday discussed one of the most difficult decisions facing his presidency: when and how to end the shutdown that has kept the coronavirus from spreading.
The president’s Coronavirus Task Force briefs the media on Thursday, after the Senate failed to agree on proposals to add $250 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program.
President Donald Trump was preparing to give his daily press briefing about the government response to the coronavirus outbreak.
President Donald Trump sidelined the inspector general who had been appointed to oversee CARES Act spending Tuesday.
President Donald Trump sent well wishes to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalized in the ICU of a London hospital while fighting coronavirus.
Reporters for the New York Times and the Washington Post are no longer attending the daily White House briefing, ostensibly because of concerns about the coronavirus.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that his department is working to bring home Americans who have been stranded abroad because of efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump warned Iran against military strikes and addressed the nation’s coronavirus response in his daily press briefing on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended his “15 days to slow the spread” campaign by another two weeks, warning of a spike in deaths from the coronavirus that’s just ahead.
A coronavirus road map written by Trump’s former FDA chief makes recommendations about what has to happen before life can begin to get back to normal.
A difference of opinion on President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic stems from conflicting views on the role of the federal government during a national emergency.