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Diagnostic tests are no longer in short supply, but questions about their accuracy are growing.

Donald Trump has one gigantic advantage heading into this year’s presidential election. It’s one the sitting President has thoroughly earned.

The chapter 11 filing follows that of another well-known American business, retailer J. Crew, and illustrates the extent of the damage to the economy from the deadly disease.

Experts say the coronavirus pandemic has stabilized enough to begin the process of economic recovery.

President Donald Trump is ordering the immediate reopening of churches and other places of worship that have been closed amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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.