CNBC Politics

The Supreme Court will be closed to the public until further notice amid the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesperson said Thursday.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is self-isolating at home while his wife, Sophie Gregoire, awaits the results of a test for COVID-19, a spokesperson said Thursday.

"We are talking about it as a patriotic duty," Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said in an interview. "Part of the reason for this is that the demographic that tends to be our poll workers tends to be older."

President Trump said that markets will be "just fine" as U.S. stocks sold off in yet another dramatic session fueled by worries over the coronavirus outbreak and the administration's response to it.

GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Doug Collins entered self-quarantine after learning they had contact with a man with the coronavirus at the CPAC conference, and after they had contact with President Donald Trump.

Lawmakers in both parties are scrambling to take action to combat the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

The Capitol will be closed to the public for the rest of the month, and White House tours will stop indefinitely as officials try to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump addressed the nation as financial markets entered bear market territory and confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 1,200.

President Trump was scheduled to appear as the featured speaker at this week's Republican Jewish Coalition's national meeting in Las Vegas.

The U.S. travel and tourism industry could lose at least $24 billion in foreign spending this year because of the rapidly spreading coronavirus, according to data produced by Tourism Economics and first seen by CNBC.

In 2017, the Navy awarded Leidos a $35.5 million contract to build the vessel, named Sea Hunter II.

Biden and Sanders, because of their age and frequent travel, could be particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn that older people are more at risk. Biden is 77 and Sanders is 78.

Senate Democrats on Wednesday unveiled more than a dozen "critical measures" intended to provide relief to local communities amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

A multitude of lawmakers have signaled Trump's payroll tax cut proposal would not pass.

The meeting comes as the market has been roiled by fears of coronavirus and deteriorating talks between OPEC and its allies.

The sentence was less than the maximum 29 years sought by prosecutors but could amount to an effective life sentence for the 67-year-old Weinstein, who has been in apparently frail health.

The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered the U.S. government's response to the contagion, according to four Trump administration officials.

Trump and the White House are attempting to put together an economic response to the coronavirus outbreak.

About 7 in 10 manufacturers of pharmaceutical ingredients supplying the U.S. are overseas, including 13% in China, according to FDA testimony.

Joe Biden continued a run of early success as he tried to put distance between himself and Bernie Sanders in his push for his party's nomination.