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White House pushes to reopen schools despite surge in virus cases
Despite a spike in coronavirus cases in the country, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the White House will push state governors hard to get schools opened in the fall.
South Carolina nightclub shooting killed 2, eight hurt
Two people were killed and eight others were injured in a shootout at a nightclub in South Carolina, a sheriff's official said.
COVID-19 cases could go up to 100,000 per day in US: Fauci
The United States is "not in total control" of the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 cases in the country go up to 100,000 per day if the current trend "does not turn around," Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's top infectious-diseases expert, said on Tuesday.
Trump signs executive order to protect monuments
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to protect monuments, memorials and statues facing new scrutiny amid debate over the nation's racist beginnings.
Free migrant children from family detention: US Judge
A federal judge on Friday denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic and ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails.
$1.4bn in pandemic aid mistakenly directed to dead Americans
The US government inspectors have found that the US Treasury has mistakenly sent more than $1.4bn of its pandemic rescue funds to dead people.
Trump signs order halting many work visas for 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order suspending the issuance of a number of certain employment-based visas until the end of 2020.
Shootout in restive Minneapolis leaves one dead, 10 injured
A man was killed and 11 were injured in an indiscriminate gun attack early Sunday in Minneapolis, the same city in the US state of Minnesota where George Floyd met his death.
Covid-19 in US: Trump suggests slow testing to avoid bad statistics
Amid alarming rise in Covid-19 cases , President Donald Trump on Saturday asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing because robust testing turns up too many cases of virus infection.
Trump returns to rally stage amid coronavirus concerns
U.S. President Donald Trump held his first rally in more than three months in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday evening, despite warnings from health experts against large-scale gatherings amid a surge in coronavirus cases after reopening in some states.