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Dave Boyer

dboyer@washingtontimes.com

Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

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A man wearing a mask and goggles rides his bike out of the parking lot at the Life Care Center is shown in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The facility has been tied to several confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Congress deal on coronavirus response spending package near

Congress sped toward approval of a $7 billion-plus package to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus Tuesday as lawmakers demanded an aggressive response to an outbreak that has killed at least nine in the U.S. and more than 3,000 globally, while the Federal Reserve delivered an emergency rate cut to shield the economy.

March 3, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before leaving the White House, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Washington, to visit the National Institutes of Health's Vaccine Research Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Nancy Beck gets White House boost as battle looms over nomination

The White House is gearing for a fight with Democrats over President Trump's nomination of EPA official Nancy Beck to lead the Consumer Products Safety Commission, with supporters calling her a highly qualified nominee who's committed to protecting the public.

March 3, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Bojangles Coliseum, Monday, March 2, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Elaine McCusker nomination withdrawn, Donald Trump says

President Trump announced on Monday night that he is withdrawing the nomination of Elaine McCusker, who had questioned his temporary freeze of military aid to Ukraine, for the post of comptroller of the Defense Department.

March 2, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with pharmaceutical executives on the coronavirus in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, March 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Marvin Kaplan, Lauren McFerran nominated to NLRB

President Trump on Monday announced his intention to renominate Marvin Kaplan of Kansas to the National Labor Relations Board, a move that would keep the five-member panel under Republican control.

March 2, 2020
President Donald Trump meets with pharmaceutical executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, March 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: Klobuchar, Buttigieg seeking a ‘quid pro quo’ from Biden

President Trump said Monday that Democrats are rigging the presidential nomination against front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders, and that Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg are seeking a "quid pro quo" by dropping out and endorsing Joseph R. Biden.

March 2, 2020
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, left, shows the way to their new spokesman Zhao Lijian on stage during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. China's foreign ministry on Monday said it didn't matter that three expelled journalists had nothing to do with a Wall Street Journal editorial that Beijing deemed racist, and called on the paper to apologize. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

State Department hits back at China with more restrictions on reporters

In the latest shot in an escalating battle with China over media privileges and access, the State Department announced Monday it was placing a hard cap on the number of employees allowed to work for five major Chinese state-backed media outlets operating in the United States.

March 2, 2020