“This is a very dangerous time,” Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio said in an interview on Friday, as cases were trending steadily upward in his state after appearing to be under control for more than a month. “I think what is happening in Texas and Florida and several other states …...Read More

Three people have died, three are in critical condition, and one is permanently blind after ingesting hand sanitizer that contained methanol, the New Mexico Department of Health announced Friday. The earliest case was reported to the New Mexico Poison Control and Drug Information Center on May 7 and the rest …...Read More

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr said on Friday that he had created a task force to investigate antigovernment extremists on the far right and left who have used the nationwide policing protests as cover to attack law enforcement officers and destroy property, according to a Justice Department memo. …...Read More

If the rise in cases was solely attributable to more testing, the rate of positive test results would decrease or at least hold steady. But while the number of daily tests performed has steadily increased from under 100,000 in March to 460,000 to 640,000 this week, the positive rate had …...Read More

The return of the televised task force news conference — at which reporters were limited to only a handful of questions — revived the deep disconnect between Washington and the states where local officials spent Friday sounding the alarm and, in some cases, halting the reopening that Mr. Trump has …...Read More

With the swearing-in on June 5 of James E. Trainor III, a Republican lawyer from Texas, the agency was finally able to begin taking official actions, like addressing a backlog of potential violations relating to how campaigns raise and spend money. When it was without a quorum, the agency continued …...Read More

Reopening decisions are likely to vary greatly based on the size and density of districts, as well as region. In the South and West, where political leaders have been more eager to reopen their economies despite a recent upswing in coronavirus cases, school systems may be more likely to return …...Read More

The new plan allocates medical care based on how likely patients are to survive their immediate illness if they receive treatment. The previous plan considered their long-term survival prospects as well. That provision was removed because it could disproportionately penalize those who are older or have disabilities. Some critics argued …...Read More

A department spokesman, Alexei Woltornist, said on Friday that it was “sorely disappointed in this decision.” The administration is facing a separate legal challenge to the similar transfer of $3.6 billion from Pentagon construction funds to build the border wall. The White House celebrated a win in that case in …...Read More

Two workers at a coffee dispenser warehouse in Springfield, Ill., were fatally shot and another critically wounded after a co-worker opened fire on Friday morning, the authorities said. The gunman fled and was found dead in his vehicle more than two hours later, the Springfield police chief, Kenny Winslow, said …...Read More