By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year measure designed to brac…
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Trump still confident in virus test despite false negatives
By JILL COLVIN, MATTHEW PERRONE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed no concerns Friday about a rapid coronavirus test that the White House has been re…
Pandemic claims another retailer: 118-year-old J.C. Penney
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the storied but troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth…
US retail sales plunged a record 16% in April as virus hit
By JOSH BOAK and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shopp…
Sailors on sidelined carrier get virus for second time
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Five sailors on the U.S. aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and…
Truckers honk over shipping rates, not ‘in favor of’ Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the sound of truck horns just south of the White House is a “sign of love” for him from truckers. But the truckers are actually honking their opposition t…
Virus tests hospitals in pockets of US as some states reopen
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, REGINA GARCIA CANO and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — From a hospital on the edge of the Navajo Nation to the suburbs of the nation’s capital, front-line m…
Whistleblower: US still lacks virus plan, Americans at risk
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite White House claims, the U.S. still lacks a comprehensive battle plan against the coronavirus in critical areas…
Officials release edited coronavirus reopening guidance
By MIKE STOBBE and JASON DEAREN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use…
Burr steps aside as Senate intelligence chair amid FBI probe
By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator with access to some of the nation’s top secrets became further entangled in a deep…