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The Justice Department dropped its criminal case against former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who admitted to lying to FBI agents about his conversation with a Russian diplomat.

The U.S. Navy reported on Monday a total of 2,162 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

House Democrats are working to finalize their next bill to combat the coronavirus pandemic, which could include state and local relief.

Jonathan Kravis's criticism of the Justice Department and William Barr came after the department took steps to benefit Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, who are allies of President Donald Trump.

A government watchdog has found that there is evidence that federal scientist Rick Bright was ousted as head of a health agency for his pushback to a controversial coronavirus drug treatment embraced by President Donald Trump, Bright's lawyers said.

White House advisor Peter Navarro on Monday threatened retaliation against China for its role in the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as tensions between the world's two largest economies continue to rise.

Washington's commitment to the security of its Gulf allies is unchanged despite what appears to be a shift in force posture in the region, U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told CNBC.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday allowing all registered voters in the state to receive a mail-in ballot for November's election.

Katie Miller, the Pence press secretary, also handled communications for the coronavirus task force. The news came a day after the revelation that a personal valet for President Trump tested positive.

The order would have required the Trump administration to turn over to Congress secretive materials produced in connection with Robert Mueller's Russian probe.

The Lincoln Project contacted Facebook to push the social media giant to remove a warning label it attached to the group's blistering "Mourning in America" ad.

Stage Stores has about 700 department stores predominately in small towns and rural communities. It employed roughly 13,600 full-time and part-time employees as of February.

Trump said he's not to blame after the Labor Department reported a devastating loss of more than 20 million jobs in the coronavirus crisis last month.

Vice President Mike Pence got roasted after being caught by a live microphone jokingly offering to carry empty boxes "just for the camera" into a health-care facility treating coronavirus cases.

The coronavirus relief bill from Harris, Sanders and Markey would give direct payments to people making up to $120,000, with $2,000 per child.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer spoke to Chinese Vice Premier Liu He late Thursday Eastern time.

The GOP groups are arguing that Democrats are applying a different standard to Biden, who has denied that he assaulted former Senate staffer Tara Reade in 1993, than they did to Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden strongly denies claims by Tara Reade that he sexually assaulted her in 1993, when he was a senator.

The new daily testing policy for the president and the people in his circle comes hours after the White House acknowledged that a personal valet for Trump tested positive for Covid-19.

Kenneth Braithwaite, who would be the fourth civilian to lead the Navy in about five months, listed several incidents in recent years, including the coronavirus outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier.