Dave Boyer

U.S. turns coronavirus corner on ‘very positive day’

Monday was perhaps the most hopeful day so far of the pandemic in the U.S., as a Massachusetts biotech company reported a promising vaccine trial, stocks rallied on the news, and every state but one was reopening for business.

May 18, 2020

Trump calls Mitt Romney a ‘loser’ after senator criticizes president’s firing of watchdogs

President Trump called Sen. Mitt Romney a "loser" Monday after the Utah Republican criticized the president's firing of government watchdogs.

May 18, 2020

Trump official says U.S. scored ‘5G trifecta’ in competition with China

The decision by one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductors to build a $12 billion plant in Arizona is a "game-changer" for the U.S. high-tech industry and for national security in the competition against China, a top Trump official said Monday.

May 18, 2020

Moderna reports positive data in first phase of coronavirus vaccine trial

Moderna Inc., a Massachusetts-based biotech company, on Monday reported positive interim data in the first phase of a coronavirus vaccine trial, saying some patients who were vaccinated developed antibodies at levels mirroring recovered COVID-19 patients.

May 18, 2020

Donald Trump rips Obama as ‘grossly incompetent’

President Trump fired back at his predecessor on Sunday, calling former President Barack Obama "grossly incompetent."

May 17, 2020

Donald Trump increases China confrontations, blocks Huawei trade

President Trump is stepping up his confrontations with China as the U.S. death toll mounts from the COVID-19 pandemic, blocking trade with Chinese tech giant Huawei, halting some U.S. retirement investments in China and floating the suggestion that Beijing should compensate the world for the coronavirus first discovered in Wuhan.

May 17, 2020

White House says Trump’s pandemic ‘action plan’ better than Obama’s strategy

The White House said Friday that President Trump's "playbook" for responding to pandemics is more effective than the plan he inherited from President Barack Obama.

May 15, 2020

Donald Trump, Melania honor heroes of coronavirus crisis in Rose Garden ceremony

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid tribute Friday to several American heroes who are helping on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, including Girl Scouts from Maryland who donated cookies to nurses and firefighters.

May 15, 2020

Trump receives flag of new Space Force for Oval Office

Military chiefs of the new U.S. Space Force presented President Trump with the service branch's official flag on Friday in the Oval Office, where it will stand with the flags of the five other armed services.

May 15, 2020

Truckers’ horns blare in protest during Donald Trump’s Rose Garden event

Truckers honking in protest of low shipping rates made themselves heard in the White House Rose Garden on Friday during President Trump's announcement of a team to find a coronavirus vaccine.

May 15, 2020

Trump blocks shipments of semiconductors to China’s Huawei

President Trump moved on Friday to block shipments of semiconductors to Chinese giant Huawei Technologies from global chipmakers, a step that could escalate tensions with Beijing.

May 15, 2020

Trump blames Biden, Obama for depleted national stockpile of medical supplies

President Trump on Thursday faulted the Obama administration, and Democratic rival Joseph R. Biden, for leaving the U.S. unprepared for the coronavirus crisis, as he took executive action to replenish federal stockpiles of medical supplies.

May 14, 2020

Trump ramping up stockpile of medical supplies to prepare for fall

The Trump administration is expanding the strategic national stockpile of medical supplies for COVID-19, with a target of one billion N-95 masks, to be ready for a possible resurgence of the disease in the fall, officials said Thursday.

May 14, 2020

Trump spurs Senate GOP to call Obama as first witness in spy probe

President Trump urged Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham on Thursday to call former President Barack Obama as the first witness in any hearing about spying on the Trump campaign in 2016, saying Mr. Obama "knew everything."

May 14, 2020

Weekly jobless claims dip slightly to 2.98 million

Nearly 3 million people filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department reported, bringing the eight-week total to 36.5 million during the coronavirus crisis.

May 14, 2020

Donald Trump fuels GOP coronavirus rebellion against Tom Wolf with Pennsylvania visit

President Trump will visit the sharply divided battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday as he encourages a rebellion by local Republican officials against Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's stay-at-home coronavirus orders.

May 13, 2020

Trump says he misses Pence, who’s keeping away after staffer infected

President Trump said Wednesday he misses Vice President Mike Pence, who's been keeping his distance after being exposed to a staffer infected with COVID-19.

May 13, 2020

Donald Trump: Michael Flynn unmasking report ‘massive,’ Joe Biden ‘knew everything’

President Trump called it a "massive" revelation Wednesday that top Obama administration officials including former Vice President Joseph R. Biden were involved in unmasking former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in intelligence reports.

May 13, 2020

White House slams Democrats’ $3 trillion coronavirus bill as ‘unserious’ partisan wish list

The White House on Wednesday called House Democrats' $3 trillion coronavirus aid package "an unserious proposal" laden with irrelevant spending.

May 13, 2020

Fed’s Jerome Powell: More spending by Congress may be needed to avoid long-term economic damage

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell said Wednesday that Congress might need to spend more on coronavirus relief to pull the nation out of an economic crisis that has cost more than 20 million jobs.

May 13, 2020