David Sherfinski

Gavin Newsom, Calif. gov.: Can’t envision massive crowd of baseball fans anytime soon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he can't envision a big crowd of sports fans congregating in a stadium anytime soon and that when businesses and schools do open in his state, they'll look radically different.

April 21, 2020

Ron DeSantis, Florida gov.: Southeastern states sharing ideas on reopening plans

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said a handful of southeastern states including Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina have discussed response plans as some of them prepare to reopen parts of their economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

April 21, 2020

Coronavirus protests spread as conservatives reject restrictions, rally for reopening

Conservatives rallied in state capitals from Pennsylvania to Arizona on Monday to reopen businesses from the coronavirus shutdown, a groundswell warning to governors to halt the unprecedented expansion of their powers.

April 20, 2020

Mike DeWine, Ohio governor: K-12 schools will be closed for rest of academic year

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday that K-12 schools will be closed for in-person learning for the rest of the academic year and that students will continue to learn remotely.

April 20, 2020

Larry Hogan, Maryland governor, says South Korea sent 500K coronavirus tests

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan took to heart President Trump's call for states to step up in the coronavirus fight, announcing Monday he'd spent three weeks procuring a half-million tests from a South Korean company.

April 20, 2020

Andrew Cuomo: Donald Trump is right on testing, but states need help with supply chain

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said President Trump is right to say that testing for the new coronavirus should primarily be a state responsibility, but that the federal government can step in to help on supply chain issues for testing materials.

April 20, 2020

Kevin Hassett: 2nd quarter likely to be ‘one of the biggest negative numbers that we’ve ever seen’

Kevin Hassett, a senior adviser to President Trump and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said Monday that second-quarter numbers for the U.S. economy will likely be historically bad.

April 20, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci pumps the brakes on antibody testing

Dr. Anthony Fauci is pumping the brakes on near-term prospects for reliable antibody testing that can conclusively show whether a person is immune to the coronavirus.

April 20, 2020

Anthony Fauci: ‘Real’ economic recovery won’t happen without virus under control

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, says a "real" economic recovery isn't going to happen until the virus is "under control."

April 20, 2020

Key modeler: U.S. is past daily coronavirus death peak

A professor that helps run one of the most prominent coronavirus projection models on Monday said the United States is already past the "peak" in terms of daily COVID-19-related deaths.

April 20, 2020

Bill de Blasio: Donald Trump is ‘not doing anything’ to help NYC get back on its feet

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday said President Trump is "not doing anything" to help the city get back on its feet financially amid the coronavirus pandemic.

April 20, 2020

Novartis wins approval from FDA to start hydroxychloroquine clinical trial

Novartis has reached a deal with the Food and Drug Administration to proceed with a clinical trial on the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug, in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients, the Swiss drug company announced on Monday.

April 20, 2020

Scott Gottlieb, former FDA head: ‘Hopefully,’ we’ll be there on testing by September

Former Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Monday said it likely won't be until September before the United States is at an ideal testing capacity amid the coronavirus outbreak.

April 20, 2020

Trump: Some governors have gotten ‘carried away’ with lockdown orders

President Trump on Saturday said some governors have gotten carried away with the lockdown orders they've signed off on in response to the coronavirus outbreak, as some states try to chart a path forward toward reopening parts of their economy next month.

April 18, 2020

Trump hints at ‘consequences’ for China if country was knowingly responsible for coronavirus spread

President Trump on Saturday hinted that he's looking at unspecified "consequences" for China if it's proven that the country was knowingly responsible for the global spread of the coronavirus.

April 18, 2020

Mike Pence addresses Air Force cadets: Your mission will go on ‘long after’ coronavirus is defeated

Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday spoke at the Air Force Academy's 2020 graduation ceremony, delivering a call to arms to cadets in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

April 18, 2020

Andrew Cuomo: ‘I have no political agenda’ amid coronavirus outbreak

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday said there's no room for politics amid the coronavirus outbreak and that President Trump's approach to give states control over when to reopen their economies is correct.

April 18, 2020

Andrew Cuomo: New York could be ‘starting to descend’ in coronavirus outbreak

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday said the state could be past the "plateau" in the coronavirus outbreak and on its way downward amid a drop in total hospitalizations and intubations.

April 18, 2020

Elizabeth Warren: Pence said ‘as little as he possibly can’ on call with Senate Dems

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Saturday said Vice President Mike Pence clammed up on a Friday call with Senate Democrats about the administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak.

April 18, 2020

Roger Stone: Denial of retrial is ‘essentially a death sentence’ amid coronavirus outbreak

Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Trump, says a federal judge's denying him a new trial is now "essentially a death sentence" amid the coronavirus outbreak.

April 18, 2020