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President Donald Trump, advisor Kevin Hassett and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin all say more coronavirus stimulus could be coming.

Former Vice President Joe Biden also told CNBC that President Trump's response to the outbreak has cost lives and jobs.

No company "should absolutely be in a position where they pay no tax and make billions and billions and billions of dollars," Biden told CNBC.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer, was released from prison into home confinement because of concerns over the coronavirus.

As states expand vote-by-mail services to help voters to safely participate in the November election, the fear is that the USPS won't be equipped to handle the volume of mail.

While the White House and Congress are focused on the next steps in dealing with the coronavirus, decisions from the Supreme Court on DACA, abortion, Trump's tax records and LGBT worker rights could shape the political landscape for years to come.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged President Trump to fire an internal watchdog who was reportedly investigating the deal among other matters.

Trump had a "legal responsibility" under state law to wear a mask for coronavirus protection when he visited Ford's plant, Michigan's attorney general said.

The Open Skies treaty allows 35 nations, including Russia, to conduct unarmed surveillance flights over each other's territory in order to assure that nations are not preparing for military action.

The Department of Justice two weeks earlier made the surprise move to abandon its own prosecution of Flynn.

Home goods retailer Pier 1 this week announced plans to liquidate its business after failing to find a buyer. Modell's announced plans to shutter its business in March. Earth Fare, which filed for bankruptcy in February, only found a buyer for parts of it.

Trump acknowledged during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan that a second wave of Covid-19 is "a very distinct possibility."

Billionaire and former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg's tech company has a new CEO as it restructures for the general election against President Donald Trump.

House Democrats passed a bill last week to extend the enhanced $600 per week unemployment benefit through January.

The U.S. of course must act to protect against drug and medical equipment shortages, but in a way that does not feed the flames of trade nationalism created by the current pandemic, writes Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton.

Hedge fund manager Ricky Sandler is privately telling his friends that he supports the idea of herd immunity as a way to fight the coronavirus and get back to normal.

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas to become President Donald Trump's director of National Intelligence. He will replace acting DNI Richard Grenell.

Four Democratic House committee chairs also asked Pompeo to send them guest lists and manifests for a series of elaborate, federally funded dinners reportedly held by Pompeo and his wife while in office.

Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli will plead guilty to charges related to the U.S. college admissions scandal, in which wealthy parents paid bribes and falsified their children's resumes to get them accepted into elite schools.

The sanctions represent the latest move in the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign against Tehran.