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White House Teams up With Media Outlets for Virus Public Service Campaign

(LOS ANGELES) — First Lady Melania Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci will take part in public service messages aimed at informing Americans about how to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus. The White House said Wednesday it’s joining with

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Federal Reserve Launches Third Emergency Lending Program

(Washington) — The Federal Reserve announced late Wednesday that it will establish an emergency lending facility to help unclog a short-term credit market that has been disrupted by the viral outbreak. The Fed said it will lend money to banks

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Trump invokes wartime emergency authority; no new cases in Wuhan

White House presses for $1 trillion rescue package as global economic crisis sparked by coronavirus continues to spiral, deaths shoot up in Italy

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Coronavirus Cases in N.Y.C. Near 2,000 as Testing Expands

Midway through a grim week, the virus continued to spread quickly.

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Why Israel’s politicians shuttered the Knesset just when Israelis needed it most

And why neither Likud nor Blue and White can claim the moral high ground in an impasse that sees the president imploring the Speaker to get MKs back to work and serving democracy

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Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ben McAdams become first members of Congress to test positive for coronavirus – CNN

Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ben McAdams become first members of Congress to test positive for coronavirus  CNN Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Ben McAdams are first lawmakers to announce testing positive for coronavirus  Fox News 2 Members Of Congress Test Positive For COVID-19, Others

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China Hits a Coronavirus Milestone: No New Local Infections

All of the new cases reported on Thursday involved people who had come to China from elsewhere, the government said.

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Cash is king as emergency stimulus fails to stop market panic

The dollar surged and everything else was blown away on Thursday as emergency central bank measures in Europe, the United States and Australia failed to halt a fresh wave of panic selling.

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Yiddish theater gives fans what to kvell over as stars broadcast from home

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene reaches out to sequestered audiences with free online programming, even as they faithfully prepare for the opening of a new show in May

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Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing – Whitehouse.gov

Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing  Whitehouse.gov

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