Jessica Chasmar

Joe Biden says Trump will try to delay election: ‘That’s the only way he thinks he can possibly win’

Joe Biden said Thursday that President Trump will try to delay the November general election, because "that's the only way he thinks he can possibly win."

April 24, 2020

Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan governor, bans ‘travel between two residences’

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a name frequently floated as a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, has extended her stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus pandemic to include a ban on residents traveling between two residences.

April 10, 2020

San Bernardino orders residents to wear face coverings in public or risk $1,000 fine, jail time

San Bernardino County, California, is ordering residents to wear face coverings in public due to the coronavirus pandemic or risk getting fined and possible jail time.

April 8, 2020

John Barrasso says Wyoming not making people stay home: ‘We’ve been socially distancing’ since 1890

Sen. John Barrasso said his state of Wyoming is not issuing a statewide stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus pandemic because social distancing is already part of the culture there.

April 6, 2020

CNN’s Brooke Baldwin says she has coronavirus: ‘It got me’

"CNN Newsroom" host Brooke Baldwin announced Friday that she tested positive for the coronavirus.

April 3, 2020

Trump campaign anonymously donating meals to U.S. hospitals: Report

President Trump's reelection campaign has been anonymously donating meals to hospitals battling the coronavirus pandemic across the country, Fox News reported Thursday.

April 3, 2020

Jefferson County, Kentucky, placing GPS trackers on coronavirus patients who refuse to stay home

Judges in Jefferson County, Kentucky, are ordering coronavirus-positive patients who refuse to stay home to be placed on house arrest.

April 2, 2020

Brian Kemp says he just learned people without symptoms can spread coronavirus

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he only just learned that people without symptoms can spread the coronavirus and that the revelation affected his decision to issue a statewide shelter-in-place order Wednesday.

April 2, 2020

Bernie Sanders: ‘There is a path’ to defeat Joe Biden

Democratic presidential longshot Sen. Bernie Sanders told late-night host Seth Meyers that he still sees a path to defeating former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary.

March 31, 2020

Rodney Howard-Browne, Florida pastor, faces charges after holding crowded church services

A Florida sheriff on Monday announced an arrest warrant for a pastor who held crowded church services despite a "safer at home" order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

March 30, 2020

Kennedy Center stops paying musicians despite $25 million in coronavirus aid

Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter on Friday informed the National Symphony Orchestra's 96 musicians that they won't be paid after April 3 despite receiving a $25 million bailout from the federal government amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the union that represents the musicians.

March 30, 2020

Phil Murphy, N.J. governor, defends keeping armed guards while closing gun shops: ‘It is what it is’

The National Rifle Association has dubbed New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy "freedom-hating" after he defended keeping his armed guards despite closing gun stores as "nonessential" businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic.

March 27, 2020

Gerrity’s supermarket forced to trash $35,000 in food after woman’s coughing ‘prank’

A Pennsylvania supermarket chain said Wednesday it was forced to throw away $35,000 worth of food after a woman coughed on grocery items as a "very twisted prank" amid the coronavirus pandemic.

March 26, 2020

Eric Garcetti, LA mayor, threatens to cut power to noncomplying businesses: ‘We will shut you down’

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a stern warning to nonessential businesses that are remaining open despite mandated closures to combat the coronavirus pandemic: "We will shut you down."

March 25, 2020

Terrence McNally, award-winning playwright, dies of complications due to coronavirus

Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally died Tuesday of complications due to coronavirus, according to reports. He was 81.

March 24, 2020

Jack Young, Baltimore mayor, begs residents to stop shooting each other: We ‘need those beds’

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young on Wednesday pleaded with residents to stop shooting each other so more hospital beds can be reserved for coronavirus patients.

March 19, 2020

Bill de Blasio wants ‘literally a nationalization’ of some private companies over coronavirus

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic makes the case for the federal government taking over "crucial factories and industries."

March 16, 2020

Ayanna Pressley calls for ‘compassionate release’ of vulnerable prisoners

Rep. Ayanna Pressley is calling for the compassionate release of some federal prisoners who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.

March 16, 2020

Andrew Gillum, Fla. Democrat, denies meth usage after hotel incident in Miami Beach

Andrew Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor who narrowly lost the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race, denied using methamphetamines after Miami Beach police say he was discovered intoxicated in a hotel room with bags of suspected drugs and a person who appeared to have overdosed Friday morning.

March 13, 2020

Angela Stanton-King, Ga. woman pardoned by Donald Trump, to challenge Rep. John Lewis

A Georgia woman who was pardoned by President Trump last month announced she is running as a Republican against the state's longest-serving congressman, Democratic Rep. John Lewis.

March 10, 2020