Voting in a Covid Pandemic: Wear a Mask and Bring Your Own Pens
Early voting has already generated long, long lines in many states, and with the November election just 11 days away, many states and cities have...
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Battered by Trump, Robert Redfield of the C.D.C. Faces Pressure to Speak Out
WASHINGTON — Pressure is mounting on the leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — from inside and outside the agency — to...
White House Blocked C.D.C. From Requiring Masks on Public Transportation
ImageThe C.D.C. order would have been the toughest federal mandate to date aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.Credit…Chang W. Lee/The New York Times...
Under Pence, Politics Regularly Seeped Into the Coronavirus Task Force
WASHINGTON — Aboard Air Force Two en route to the Mayo Clinic on April 28, White House aides walked down the aisle distributing masks to...
‘Maybe I’m Immune, I Don’t Know’
“Maybe I’m immune,” the president says, contradicting experts. His inner circle clearly isn’t: The virus is spreading through the White House like wildfire. It’s Tuesday,...
White House Is Not Contact Tracing ‘Super-Spreader’ Trump Rose Garden Event
Despite almost daily disclosures of new coronavirus infections among President Trump’s close associates, the White House is making little effort to investigate the scope and...
CDC Says Coronavirus Might Be Adrift in Indoor Air
Two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took down a statement about airborne transmission of the coronavirus, the agency on Monday replaced...
Pence Tests Negative for Virus and Will Debate With Harris Next Week
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence, the first in line to occupy the Oval Office if President Trump becomes too ill to carry out his...
Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Test Positive for Covid-19
WASHINGTON — President Trump said early Friday morning that he and the first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation’s leadership into...
White House Blocked C.D.C. Order to Keep Cruise Ships Docked
The White House has blocked a new order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep cruise ships docked until mid-February, a step...