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1268 episodes transcribedThe governor of South Dakota threatened to sue two Sioux tribes over road checkpoints they have set up to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to their rese...
Top US health officials are self-isolating and quarantining after a couple White House employees tested positive for coronavirus. Plus, new data revea...
The vaccine race is on, with several companies, governments, and academic labs working on lots of different potential options at once. We dig into the...
Vice President Mike Pence says the federal coronavirus task force could be disbanded within a month because of “the tremendous progress we’ve made as...
A leaked government projection shows the US daily death toll from Covid-19 reaching 3,000 by June, which would almost double the current rate. Both th...
As dozens of states reopen, Senator Mitch McConnell wants liability protections for businesses, so that employers won't face the possibility of lawsui...
It’s the first of the month, which means rent is due for millions of Americans, workers are going on strike, and more states are reopening. We bring y...
New GDP data show the economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate in January, February and March. That’s the worst quarterly decline since the 2008 recession...
Trump signed an executive order aimed at keeping meat-processing plants open by designating them as “critical infrastructure.” The union representing...
Scientists at Oxford University have developed at Covid-19 vaccine that’s safe and effective in monkeys. Now, they’re moving into wide-scale human tri...
President Trump might be doing away with his hour-plus daily coronavirus briefings, which is a relief for so-called “privately concerned Republicans”...
Senator Mitch McConnell thinks states should declare bankruptcy rather than get bailed out by the federal government. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp give...
The doctor in charge of US government’s effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine was dismissed this week. He says it has to do with his opposition to u...
Trump is preparing an executive order that will suspend the issuing of green cards for 60 days. We speak to Ali Noorani, executive director of the Nat...
As Congress continues to negotiate their next relief bill, Democrats are pushing for a requirement that the administration develop a national testing...
Congress is nearing a deal on a new round of funding for small businesses, hospitals and to ramp up testing — which experts say is still in too short...
The Trump administration is now saying what everyone else knew all along: it’s up to the states to determine how and when they begin easing out of loc...
Over 80 million Americans should have seen their coronavirus stimulus payments deposited in their bank accounts yesterday. For the rest of us, we'll h...
After suggesting that he had “total authority” to determine when states reopen their economies, Trump now says the states can decide. Governors are ma...
We interview Congresswoman Ilhan Omar about what progressives want from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and what steps Congress...
