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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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President Donald Trump speaks about reopening the country, during a roundtable with industry executives, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump touts reopening as coronavirus crashes U.S. economy

The coronavirus crisis is crashing the U.S. economy at the fastest rate since the Great Depression, the government reported Wednesday, while the Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates near zero as long as it takes to bolster a recovery.

April 29, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence visits the molecular testing lab at Mayo Clinic Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Rochester, Minn., where he toured the facilities supporting COVID-19 research and treatment. Pence chose not to wear a face mask while touring the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. It's an apparent violation of the world-renowned medical center's policy requiring them. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Mike Pence defends mask decision at Mayo Clinic visit

Vice President Mike Pence defended his decision Tuesday not to wear a mask while visiting the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, saying he wanted to look health-care workers "in the eye" to thank them for their heroic work.

April 28, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the Paycheck Protection Program used to support small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak, in the East Room of the White House, April 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump hails Paycheck Protection Program successes for small businesses

President Trump highlighted small-business success stories of the administration's Paycheck Protection Program on Tuesday, countering a series of embarrassing taxpayer-funded loans for the Los Angeles Lakers and major companies such as Ruth's Chris Steak House, while clogs developed in the lending pipeline for a new batch of emergency aid.

April 28, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Mitch McConnell, Republicans reject ‘blank check’ for governors

Republican lawmakers objected Wednesday to giving governors a "blank check" that could end up in chronically underfunded union pension plans, as Washington tees up another massive coronavirus stimulus package with an eye toward bailing out hard-hit state budgets.

April 22, 2020
FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question from the press during a tour of a temporary hospital at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Kemp plans to have many of his state’s businesses up and running again as soon as Friday, April 24. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, Pool, File)

Trump tells Brian Kemp it’s too soon to reopen Georgia

President Trump said he told Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Tuesday that he disagrees "strongly" with the governor's decision to allow hair salons, tattoo parlors and other businesses to reopen this week from the COVID-19 shutdown.

April 22, 2020