Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain robust despite the coronavirus pandemic that has tanked markets and led to unprecedented layoffs of millions of Americans. “While the stock market has ebbed and flowed, and even this week made dramatic moves, President Trump and our entire economic team believe […]
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House to vote on relief bill
The US Capitol is reflected in a standby ambulance on March 27, 2020, in Washington, DC. Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images House members are scrambling back to the Capitol on Friday morning as one member’s opposition to a $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package is set to delay its passage. With few representatives in […]
Israel, China, Singapore use surveillance tech to track Covid-19
From Israel to South Korea to China, governments around the world are using technology to track the coronavirus outbreak as they race to stem its spread. But how long will it last and is this an infringement of privacy, rights groups have asked. In China, government-installed CCTV cameras point at the apartment door of those under […]
Trump mocks virus fear for Romney, Avenatti
U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, March 22, 2020. Jim Lo Scalzo | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump, in the midst of the biggest global health crisis in a century, on Wednesday morning […]
Singapore to make contact tracing tech open source
Medical staff walk to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases building at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore on January 31, 2020. Roslan Rahman | APF | Getty Images Less than a week after launching an app to track potential exposure to the coronavirus, Singapore is making the technology freely available to developers worldwide. The […]
Here’s everything the government has done to limit the economic impact
The federal government is racing to ease the pain facing the U.S. economy as the coronavirus pandemic makes its swift pivot from public health crisis to financial catastrophe. The damage from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, is unlike anything in modern times. Economists have warned the fallout could be similar to that […]
Italy death toll crosses 5,000
Medical personnel transport the first patient affected by COVID-19 to an ICU tent a Samaritan’s Purse Emergency Field Hospital on March 20, 2020 in Cremona, near Milan, Italy. Emanuele Cremaschi | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Beijing time. 8:40 am: Luxury group Kering […]
US, Mexico restrict non-essential cross-border travel
The U.S. and Mexico have agreed to restrict all non-essential travel across their border, the Trump administration announced Friday. Members of the White House coronavirus task force also said that people who enter the country from Mexico and Canada without proper documentation will be immediately turned away from the United States’ borders. The announcement came two […]
Coronavirus scams on the rise, mimic fraud in 2008 financial crisis
Coronavirus scams are emerging, and many look remarkably similar to frauds from the 2008 financial crisis. Government agencies like the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued warnings this week for Americans to be vigilant as con artists attempt to steal from consumers spooked by an onslaught of bad news related to COVID-19. […]
IRS extends tax filing deadline to July 15
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prepares to deliver remarks on the coronavirus relief package after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Russell Building on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call | Getty Images The IRS is extending the federal income tax filing deadline to July 15 as part of a growing effort to […]
