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With so much money being issued so quickly, the potential for scams and misuse runs rampant.

President Donald Trump contradicted a nurse who said that access to sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic "has been sporadic."

Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren raise concerns about scammers taking advantage of business owners seeking aid during the coronavirus.

The justices of the Supreme court clashed along largely partisan lines in a dispute over Trump administration rules that would allow employers with sincerely held moral or religious objections to deny their employees access to free contraceptive coverage.

Democrats are pushing for at least one more round of direct payments during the coronavirus crisis after many voters got $1,200 stimulus checks.

Allies of President Trump targeted donors who had stepped back from giving to his reelection, including Steve Wynn and former hedge fund boss Robert Mercer.

Asked about his reversal, Trump said, "I had no idea how popular the task force is until actually yesterday when I started talking about winding down."

Partisan shifts in coronavirus views have led to concerns about the disease falling in 2020 swing states, the CNBC/Change Research poll found.

Obamacare's contraceptive coverage mandate returns to the Supreme Court in a high-profile case that will force the justices to once again consider which businesses may refuse to provide their employees access to free birth control.

President Donald Trump did not wear a mask as a coronavirus precaution during a visit Tuesday to a Honeywell factory in Arizona that is producing millions of N95 masks.

Trump said reopening parts of the nation's economy now would inevitably cost some Americans their lives. But he argued that the benefits outweighed the costs, in an interview on ABC.

The president also said federal coronavirus aid should be conditioned on cities and states adopting immigration and tax policies pushed by Trump.

The group, led by Vice President Mike Pence, has already been moved out of the spotlight. A source told CNBC that the operation has been meeting less frequently.

The men are charged with fraudulently applying for more than $500,000 in assistance from the new CARES Act Payroll Protection Program, which is designed to help businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

Trump indicates he had political motivations for blocking Fauci's testimony, after the White House said the doctor was too busy to go before the House.

Trump has refused to wear a mask for coronavirus protection in recent weeks despite federal guidance calling for Americans to wear one when in public amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

President Donald Trump said on Fox News that the U.S. death toll from Covid-19 could reach 100,000.

Independent bars and restaurants found some relief in the Paycheck Protection Program, which offers low interest, short-term loans with the potential of forgiveness. That is not nearly enough, writes author and bar owner Derek Brown.

CNBC spent a day aboard the Italian Navy's Fincantieri-built Alpino warship in 2018 while the vessel toured the U.S. East Coast.

Joe Biden's bundlers are turning their focus toward raising money for the campaign's joint fundraising committee with the DNC.