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Trump defends coronavirus actions, targets Fauci

Social restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus could have saved lives if they’d been started earlier, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.

Governments struggle to loosen virus rules

The decisions are more complicated because each nation is on its own coronavirus arc, with places like Britain, Japan and parts of the U.S. still seeing increasing deaths or infections.

As going gets tough, America returns to experts for guidance

As the coronavirus rampages, the public increasingly is turning to experts in academia and government — the educated, experienced “elites” that many Americans had tuned out.

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UK virus deaths top 10K as leader Johnson leaves hospital

Dressed in a suit, and looking and sounding relatively assured, Johnson said in a video posted on Twitter after his discharge from St. Thomas’ Hospital in London that it was “hard to find the words” to express his debt of gratitude to the NHS for saving his life “no question.”

From everyone desperate for aid, a question: When?

Neither the White House nor the Treasury Department could say when asked late last week how much of the $2.2 trillion has actually reached needy Americans.

Governors seek $500B to make up costs related to coronavirus

The National Governors Association sent a blunt message to Congress on Saturday that they will need $500 billion to cover budget shortfalls from preparing and treating patients with the coronavirus — including those in Nevada.

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