Trump, asked about coronavirus response, gives himself a 10 out of 10

President Trump on Monday gave his administration high marks for its response to the coronavirus despite criticisms for a shortage of testing kits and for his downplaying the severity of the pandemic.

White House now conducting temperature checks amid outbreak

The move is being taken out of an abundance of caution in response to the coronavirus outbreak, said Judd Deere, a White House spokesman.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says deal reached with Trump administration on emergency aid package for coronavirus

It builds on an emergency $8.3 billion package approved last week and is aimed at providing additional health and financial resources to arrest the sudden spread of the pandemic and the kind of economic fallout unseen in a generation.

Congress shutting US Capitol to public until April 1 amid coronavirus concerns

Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus.

Trump administration weighs delaying April 15 tax deadline amid coronavirus outbreak

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday that the administration is looking to provide relief for most individual taxpayers as well as small businesses.

Booker endorses Biden, says he'll 'restore honor' to office

Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has endorsed Joe Biden. Booker announced on Twitter early Monday that Biden will “restore honor to the Oval Office and tackle our most pressing challenges.”

Trump announces Rep. Mark Meadows as new White House chief of staff

U.S. Rep Mark Meadows was announced as the new White House chief of staff Friday. President Donald Trump made the announcement on Twitter.

Program will send female veterans on Illinois' first all-women trip

A program that honors women veterans and their service wants to send those in Illinois to Washington, D.C., where they will tour war monuments for a day and be celebrated for their service upon their return home.

House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Emmett Till murder

Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law.

Roger Stone gets 40 months in prison after Justice Department backs off sentencing recommendation

Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department's original sentencing recommendation.

Kenan Thompson to host 2020 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Kenan Thompson will host this year’s White House Correspondents' Dinner and Hasan Minhaj returns as the featured entertainer.

Buttigieg says he's 'not going to be lectured on family values' by Rush Limbaugh

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg hit back at criticism from radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh for his comments about the 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful’s marriage.

Bill introduced to pull funds from states that give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants

Republicans in the House and the Senate are introducing legislation that would block federal funds from states that allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses -- the latest move in an escalating fight over “sanctuary” laws.