By BARBARA ORTUTAY and DINO HAZELL Associated Press For the first time, Twitter has flagged some of President Donald Trump’s tweets with a fact-check warning. On Tuesday, Twitter added a warning…
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Pandemic brings smaller, subdued Memorial Day observances
By AMY FORLITI and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Americans settled for small processions and online tributes instead of parades Monday as they observed Memorial Day in the shad…
Federal coronavirus testing plan puts burden on states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s new strategy for coronavirus testing puts much of the burden on states while promising to provide supplies such as swabs and material to transport specimen…
White House goal on testing nursing homes unmet
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly two weeks ago the White House urged governors to ensure that every nursing home resident and staff member be tested for the coronavirus wi…
NASA’s newest test pilots are veteran astronauts, friends
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two astronauts who will test drive SpaceX’s brand new rocketship are classmates and friends, veteran spacefliers married to veteran s…
Memorial Day tempts Americans outdoors, raising virus fears
By BEN FINLEY, CARLA K. JOHNSON and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press Millions of Americans are getting ready to emerge from coronaviruslockdowns and venture outdoors to celebrate Memorial Day weeken…
Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “A Trump enemy statement,” he said of one study. “A political hit job,” he said of another. As President Donald Trump pushes to reopen the count…
Trump counting on Supreme Court to block probes, lawsuits
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won at least a temporary reprieve from the Supreme Court earlier this week in keeping secret grand jury materials from the Rus…
Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighborhood
By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A jetliner carrying 98 people crashed Friday in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi after an apparent eng…
FBI director orders internal review of Flynn investigation
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered an internal review into possible misconduct in the investigation of former Trump administration national sec…