By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t just changing the presidency during his first term in office. He’s also changing Congress. More than perhaps any pre…
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Trump undercuts health experts — again — in schools debate
By JILL COLVIN and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House seating chart spoke volumes. When the president convened a roundtable this week on how to safely reopen schools with c…
US economy may be stalling out as viral outbreak worsens
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is stumbling as the viral outbreak intensifies, threatening to slow hiring and deepening the uncertainty for employees, co…
Medical experts: Floyd’s speech didn’t mean he could breathe
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As George Floyd repeatedly pleaded “I can’t breathe” to police officers holding him down on a Minneapolis street corner, some of the officers respond…
Watchdog details storm of political pressure in Sharpiegate
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Political pressure from the White House and a series of “crazy in the middle of the night” texts, emails and phone calls caused top federal weather officials to wr…
Ousted NY prosecutor tells panel Barr ‘urged’ him to resign
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The ousted U.S. attorney who was leading investigations into President Donald Trump’s allies told the House Judiciary panel on Th…
CDC head sticking to school-opening guides Trump criticized
By JEFF AMY and CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Federal health officials won’t revise their coronavirus guidelines for reopening schools despite criticism from President Donald Tr…
Biden pledges New Deal-like economic agenda to counter Trump
By BILL BARROW and MARC LEVY Associated Press DUNMORE, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden turned his campaign against President Donald Trump toward the economy Thursday, introducing a New Deal-like economi…
Window into virus surge: Death, recovery at Houston hospital
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A few weeks after more than 100 people attended her husband’s funeral, the widow herself was on the brink of death. Her oxygen levels had falle…
Doctors say experimental treatment may have rid man of HIV
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Brazilian man infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines after an intense experimental dru…