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The protections could make contact tracing systems more effective if they convince more Americans it's safe to have their data tracked.

"I think it'd be a bad precedent to compel a former president to come before the congress," Graham, a close ally of Trump's, told reporters on Capitol Hill.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned employers Thursday that imposing fear and requiring employees to return to work amid the pandemic will not lead to productivity.

Starbucks sent a letter to landlords demanding a break on rent for the next year as the coronavirus pandemic hammers U.S. sales.

"We're making sure that as we go into the fall we're in a position where America never has to shut down again," a senior administration official said.

Apple is expected to release its own product using virtual reality and augmented reality technology within the next few years.

"A lot of optimism is swirling around a 12-to-18-month time frame if everything goes perfectly. We've never seen everything go perfectly," Bright told members of the House health subcommittee.

As Amazon has been forced to loosen its speedy delivery times in the face of high demand, smaller e-commerce services have also seen a boom.

Rick Bright's former agency, which falls under the Department of Health and Human Services, is a key player in federally funded vaccine and treatment development.

Apple is preparing an "affordable" 10.8-inch iPad that could launch in the second half of 2020, and a new iPad Mini between 8.5 and 9-inches large for the first half of next year, Ming-Chi Kuo said.

Bright said doctors and nurses in the nation's hospitals are relying on N95 respirators that were procured in other countries but don't meet U.S. safety standards.

Law enforcement officers called hours ahead of their visit on Wednesday, had full access to the entire Tesla facility during the inspection and were able to observe whether employees working there were complying with the latest health orders.

The total 2.981 million new claims for unemployment insurance brought the coronavirus crisis count to nearly 36.5 million, though the weekly trend continued lower.

Rick Bright says he was removed as director of a federal health agency after resisting efforts to increase access for Covid-19 patients to an anti-malarial drug promoted by President Trump.

Because of the coronavirus crisis, the IRS has issued new guidelines allowing for mid-year changes to employee health plans and flexible spending accounts.

In its first joint venture with JP Morgan Asset Management, one of the nation's largest single-family landlords is building its own rental homes outside Las Vegas, banking on a new millennial push to the suburbs--a push now accelerating due to the coronavirus.

Chef Mike Lata, co-owner of Charleston restaurants FIG and The Ordinary, is weighing how to reopen his businesses safely.

Chuck Schumer says Republicans should negotiate a bipartisan bill as they oppose the $3 trillion House Democratic relief plan.

McDonald's sent U.S. franchisees a 59-page guide to reopening dining rooms that asks them to make dozens of changes to their restaurants.

More than 36 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits since the coronavirus wrecked havoc on the economy. Never before have state unemployment insurance systems been tested like this. Many are struggling to keep up with demand and payouts have been uneven.