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Washington approves virus drug as US states ease lockdowns

President Donald Trump has reportedly started making plans to punish China in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and as COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. near 65,000 Friday.

The suit says the rule runs counter to the Clean Water Act’s objectives and conflicts with Supreme Court precedents, disregards prior factual findings and ignores longstanding policy and practices.

U.S. stocks fell Friday as traders digested gains from the April rally.

Federal documents and people familiar with the arrangement reveal that the Secret Service rented a room in President Donald Trump’s Washington D.C. hotel for 137 consecutive nights in 2017 in order to guard Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin while he lived in one of the hotel’s luxury suites.

Between 400 and 700 protesters stood at the Capitol grounds in Lansing, Mich. to show their displeasure at Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision to replace the existing state of emergency declaration due to expire that same day with a new one that would last until May 28.

The presumptive Democratic nominee will, after a long silence, publicly address allegations of sexual assault brought raised by Tara Reade, but what about Biden’s Senate papers housed at the University of Delaware?

Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus

Armed US protesters enter Michigan capitol to demand lockdown end

A new USA Today/Suffolk poll indicates that 22% of Bernie Sanders supporters would not vote for Joe Biden in November’s election.

US says Iran helping Venezuela oil sector

New Jersey's governor told President Trump his state could use $30 million in help to defray expenses resulting from the pandemic.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “has to deal with” sexual assault allegations made by a former staffer of his, Tara Reade.

The president this week floated the idea of suing China for damages caused by the spread of the disease that has killed more than 61,000 Americans so far.

The 2005 recording was recently discussed during a new podcast episode.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency reportedly ordered 100,000 new body bags for possible COVID-19 victims in what officials are calling as preparations for a ‘worst-case’ scenario as the outbreak continues.

The United States is the first country to have 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, and this timeline shows how it reached that staggering number.

Trump Senior Advisor Jared Kushner expressed optimism that life in the U.S. would mostly return to normal by June.

A Washington Post opinion piece by former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh suggests that Amash’s candidacy could “siphon enough votes” from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden “to hand the election to Trump.”

Pompeo criticizes S.Africa, Qatar for taking Cuban doctors

Elon Musk has tweeted his opposition to continued coronavirus closures, days after Tesla was forced to scrap plans to bring workers back to factories.