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New data published by the Department of Labour on Thursday revealed that 2.4 million workers filed jobless claims in the week ending May 16.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has denied seeking to oust the state department's independent watchdog in "retaliation" for an investigation.

The president said the program will be unlike anything America has undertaken since the Second World War.

US President Donald Trump has come up with a new excuse for the abysmal state of his country’s response to the coronavirus. And it isn’t a good one.

The United States is turning on its most prominent coronavirus expert Dr Anthony Fauci, with increasingly vocal critics labelling him a “buffoon”.

Burr on Thursday temporarily stepped down as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee amid the investigation.

Dr Anthony Fauci has warned there will be “needless suffering and death” if the US lifts lockdown too quickly as Trump plans to “Open America”.

Newer technology addresses challenges including busy phone lines and website crashes

Sioux tribes in the US state of South Dakota are refusing to remove coronavirus checkpoints they set up on roads which pass through their land.

The US has become the epicentre of the pandemic. But – armed with guns and choosing to be arrested – some Americans are rebelling.

The US unemployment rate has risen to 14.7%, with 20.5 million jobs lost in April, as the coronavirus pandemic devastated the economy.

The Treasury Department gave instructions for returning the checks, but did not say if there are legal consequences for failing to return the money.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director told CNN that he was concerned about some states "leapfrogging over the first checkpoint" as they looked to reopen.

A government-sponsored study showed the drug shortens patients' recovery times by 31 percent or an average of about four days.

The technology giants of Silicon Valley are among the few winners from the global pandemic. Their share prices are holding up or even surging ahead as investors bet they will come out of the crisis even stronger.

At a time when medical professionals are putting their lives at risk, tens of thousands of doctors in the United States are taking large pay cuts.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin offered a more optimistic assessment, saying that the economy would "really bounce back in July and August."

But is reopening the states too soon?

Pelosi said GOP opposition to state bailouts is "morally wrong."

Some of the $1,200 stimulus checks have not yet to arrived and already many are pushing for more – perhaps much more – in the coming months.