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The fired commander of a U.S. aircraft carrier that suffered a coronavirus outbreak will not be thrown out of the Navy but rather reassigned, acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told Reuters on Friday, adding that an investigation would determine if he should face disciplinary action.

3M said earlier it was already working on getting more masks to the U.S. – prior to Trump's invocation of the Defense Production Act.

Pelosi called for a bill to expand provisions in the $2 trillion package Congress passed to limit the economic devastation from the coronavirus.

The program is a crucial component of the $2 trillion stimulus package signed last week by President Trump to cushion disruptions tied to the coronavirus.

A day earlier, Bloomberg reported that a classified U.S. intelligence report concluded that China's coronavirus numbers are purposefully incomplete.

The Pentagon will release $882 million in withheld payments to Boeing in an effort to mitigate the financial strain of the coronavirus outbreak on the defense contractor.

The officer, Capt. Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, had written a letter to military leadership regarding the situation on his carrier, and it leaked to the media.

Super PACs are gearing up for an all-out war as the 2020 presidential candidates have been sidelined in the wake of the coronavirus.

The captains of the U.S. Navy's two hospital ships said Thursday that the vessels have treated fewer than 20 patients since deploying to New York and Los Angeles in an effort to alleviate the pressure on local hospitals.

Churches and other religious facilities will be allowed to remain open in more than half of the states that are the most vulnerable to coronavirus, often with special exemptions to mandated closures of nonessential businesses.

President Donald Trump's campaign ripped former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a letter that calls on him to stop saying he's a top supporter of the commander in chief.

"You look good. You sound good," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told his younger brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, during a press conference on the coronavirus pandemic.

Collins' postponement is the latest example of disparities in how the coronavirus pandemic is being handled by the criminal justice system in prisons and jails.

The committee, led by James Clyburn, will oversee the Trump administration's handling of $2 trillion in aid money, Pelosi said.

The Democratic National Convention, which was set for July, has been delayed until August as the coronavirus continues to spread.

The Pentagon is seeking to obtain100,000 body bags for federal emergency officials in preparation of expected increasing numbers of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and an expert serving on President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, has been assigned a security detail after receiving multiple threats, according to news reports.

Durbin says airline shareholders have not reaped benefits from a $50 billion bailout Congress passed as part of its coronavirus relief bill.

The Treasury Department issued guidelines Tuesday about the $349 billion paycheck protection program, part of the $2 trillion economic bailout package signed into law last week.

The president's remarks came hours after a news report said that a U.S. intelligence brief said China deliberately underreported the extent of its COVID-19 outbreak.