(Headline USA) As Democrats clamored over another spike in coronavirus cases, Texas's Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ruled out another lockdown and accused local leaders of not enforcing existing restrictions.
His rejection of a shutdown comes as blue-state governors across the U.S. take aggressive new steps to curb record-shattering...
(Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an overnight curfew on most residents as the most populous state claimed a surge in coronavirus cases could tax its health care system.
On Thursday, Newsom announced what his officials are calling a "limited stay-at-home order."
It requires people not working essential jobs to...
(Headline USA) Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden, who insisted in the lead-up to the Nov. 3 election that he had his own plan for handling the coronavirus, complained Thursday that President Donald Trump won't let him plagiarize the current one.
Biden has long been critical of the Trump administration response,...
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced on Wednesday that he is extending the state’s mask mandate into 2021 with no end in sight.
The statewide mask mandate was supposed to end on Saturday, but Evers said he is extending the state’s emergency declaration since coronavirus cases are beginning to rise...
(Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week he made a “bad mistake" by attending a friend's birthday dinner during a spike in coronavirus cases and promised to “own it" and move forward.
But there was more to the story than he revealed.
Photos obtained by Fox 11 in Los Angeles...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly removed guidance encouraging schools to reopen this week after reports that COVID-19 had begun to spike across the country.
The CDC’s original guidance included two studies that showed a low transmission rate among children.
It is unlikely, then, that in-person school would be...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom attempted to apologize this week for attending a birthday party in violation of his own coronavirus restrictions.
Newsom and his wife were caught attending a birthday party for a California lobbyist with more than a dozen friends at the pricy French Laundry restaurant near San Francisco...
(Headline USA) California gym owner D'Lee Daleo has spent months following ever-changing rules to keep her struggling business afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, so the prospect of tighter state regulations has her feeling demoralized.
“We have done so much and every time they just come in and slap us back down,"...
(Headline USA) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she has the authority to issue a second stay-at-home order to curb the "spiking" coronavirus if necessary and called a comment by an adviser to President Donald Trump urging people to “rise up” against Michigan's latest restrictions “incredibly reckless.”
The Democratic governor spoke with...
(Headline USA) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration on Sunday ordered high schools and colleges to stop in-person classes, closed restaurants to indoor dining and suspended organized sports — including the football playoffs.
The restrictions will begin Wednesday and last three weeks.
"The situation has never been more dire. We are at...
(Headline USA) For months, Gov. Gavin Newsom has pleaded with Californians to resist the temptation to socialize with friends and relatives outside their household.
Turns out, he's the one who couldn't resist.
Newsom acknowledged Friday he attended a birthday party with a dozen friends on Nov. 6 at the posh French Laundry...
(Headline USA) After months of resisting ordering the people of North Dakota to wear masks and limit the size of gatherings, the state's Republican governor relented.
Gov. Doug Burgum's executive order Friday night came as a surprise and only hours before the state recorded new daily records for cases, a...