Trump's plan to celebrate space launch hits weather snag

President Donald Trump’s plan to celebrate the first space launch of American astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly a decade on Wednesday hit a snag when the mission was postponed at the last minute because of bad weather.

4 Minneapolis police officers identified in death of George Floyd

The Minneapolis Police Department has identified the four police officers who were fired following the death of George Floyd in police custody Monday night. 

President Trump committed to July 4 celebration in DC despite lawmaker alarm

The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump remains committed to holding a Fourth of July celebration in the nation’s capital even as Democratic lawmakers from the region -- one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus -- warn that the area will not be ready to hold a major event.

Biden calls Trump a 'fool' for mocking masks during pandemic

Joe Biden said Tuesday that wearing a mask in public to combat the spread of the coronavirus is a sign of leadership.

Georgia gov offers state as GOP convention host amid virus

Over the weekend, Trump complained that North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper was “unable to guarantee that by August we will be allowed full attendance in the arena.”

Most Medicare enrollees could get insulin for $35 a month

Medicare recipients who pick a drug plan offering the new insulin benefit would pay a maximum of $35 a month starting next year, a savings estimated at $446 annually.

Florida Republicans offer to host RNC after Trump threatens to move venue if 'full attendance' isn't allowed

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August. In response, Florida Republicans offered to be the host.

Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dead at 91

Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album that transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday.

Trump honors war dead in events colored by pandemic's threat

President Donald Trump honored America’s war dead Monday in back-to-back Memorial Day appearances colored by an epic struggle off the battlefield, against the coronavirus.

UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing

The World Health Organization said Monday that it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine — the anti-malarial drug U.S. President Trump says he is taking — from its global study.

Joe Biden makes first in-person appearance in more than 2 months

The appearance was a milestone in a presidential campaign that has largely been frozen by the coronavirus outbreak (http://www.coronavirusnow.com/).