National

President Trump is extending federal guidelines recommending people stay home and away from one another for another 30 days as the coronavirus continues to spread.

The House has approved a $2.2 trillion rescue package, rushing it to President Donald Trump for his signature.

The legislation includes direct payments to Americans, an aggressive expansion of unemployment insurance and billions of dollars in aid to large and small businesses.

Last-minute objections are holding up a massive aid package that President Trump had been expected to sign.

The IOC said the games will be held “not later than summer 2021” but they will still be called the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Top congressional leaders said Sunday they have not yet reached an agreement on the latest — and largest — coronavirus response bill, but they plan to keep negotiating.

Trump is under pressure to show his administration has the situation in hand as Americans have seen their day-to-day lives dramatically changed.

Tuesday’s primaries demonstrated the tremendous uncertainty confronting the Democratic contest as it collides with efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

It is also asking Congress for $850 billion in tax cuts to help the economy, which has ground to a near standstill, according to a person familiar with the plan.

The White House on Monday urged all older Americans to stay home and everyone to avoid crowds and eating out at restaurants as part of the guidelines to combat coronavirus.

U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday -- leading off a worldwide hunt for protection.

U.S. stock indexes fell sharply Monday after the Federal Reserve aggressively cut interest rates to near zero in a bid to stop the economy from crashing.

With jittery shoppers flocking to supermarkets to stock up on supplies for the coronavirus outbreak, some of the grocery chains are announcing measures to maintain supplies.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the 11th Democratic presidential debate, on Sunday, is set to look and sound quite different from the previous 10.

The U.S. internet won’t get overloaded by spikes in traffic from the millions of Americans now working from home to discourage the spread of the new coronavirus, experts say.