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Democrats cheered the addition of an inspector general as a victory, but Trump said the watchdog needs his permission to make reports to Congress.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that the construction of a temporary hospital at the the Jacob K. Javits Center had been completed with the help of FEMA and the National Guard.

The coronavirus crisis is bringing the United States economy to screeching halt, as satellite imagery shows every sector getting hit.

Trump has promised to sign the bill quickly, as widespread layoffs hit workers and hospitals ask for more resources to fight the coronavirus.

Global coronavirus cases surged past 600,000 on Saturday, with deaths exceeding 28,680.

Trump said that Pence "calls all the governors" about the coronavirus. "And I say, 'Mike, don't call the governor of Washington.'"

As of Friday, more than 585,040 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 26,819 deaths.

A group of Instacart shoppers are planning a nationwide strike on Monday to protest the grocery delivery app's response to the coronavirus outbreak. It comes at a critical time, as Instacart tries to onboard an additional 300,000 workers over the next three months to meet surging demand.

Airlines have warned they expect travel demand to remain weak. United, Delta say that would require a smaller workforce to match.

Airbnb will institute a hiring freeze and suspend its marketing as the company braces adjusts to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its business.

San Francisco isn't seeing anywhere near as many COVID-19 cases as New York, although the situation could still change. Medical experts share their theories as to why that is.

Data on car sales, manufacturing and employment data will likely paint a bleak picture of how much the shutdown has already hit the economy.

Nike's stores might be temporarily shut due to COVID-19, but the sportswear giant is getting more people to sweat during stressful times.

On Thursday, confirmed cases in the U.S. surpassed that of both China and Italy, making it the country with the largest outbreak in the world.

President Donald Trump has ordered General Motors to make ventilators under the Defense Production Act hours after criticizing the company for not acting quickly enough to produce the supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic.

NASA on Friday picked SpaceX as the first supplier to take cargo to the agency's Gateway station in orbit around the moon.

Large portions of the United States are under orders to stay home or self-quarantine to slow the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. A new study found people are moving less and sleeping more.

The first patients in a "historic" drug trial to test treatments for the coronavirus have been enrolled in Norway and Spain, World Health Organization officials announced Friday.

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday that the global economy is now in a recession thanks to COVID-19.

The CEO of Novartis said it is "too soon" to know whether two anti-malaria drugs could be the definitive treatment for the coronavirus.