On Monday, President Trump announced sweeping new guidelines to control the spread of the coronavirus. Among them: encouraging Americans to work from home and to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people. We look at a report that may have inspired the president’s change in tone — and whether U.S. hospitals are prepared for the potentially staggering projection ... Show More
Yesterday
The President, His Plane and the Press
Last Friday night, F.B.I. agents showed up at the homes of several New York Times journalists and summoned them to testify before a grand jury. The move was a response by the Trump administration to an article about the safety of the new Air Force One. Tyler Pager, one of the jou ... Show More
29m 1s
Jul 16
ICE Ramps Back Up, With Deadly Results
Two fatal shootings by federal immigration agents in Texas and Maine have put the spotlight back on the Trump administration’s deportation tactics. Hamed Aleaziz, who reports on immigration policy, explains how these killings signal a return to a more aggressive form of enforceme ... Show More
25m 27s
Dec 2021
Stricter Testing For U.S.-Bound Travelers Begins Monday
The race to stop a winter surge continues as President Biden announced a new plan to prevent the spread of Covid-19 cases. The plan includes booster shots, free at-home testing, travel protocols, and more. Is it enough?
President Trump’s wealth may have taken a hit while he wa ... Show More
42m 17s
Mar 2020
Coronavirus cases top 113,000 in U.S.; 650,000+ Worldwide; Trump considers short-term quarantine of parts of NY, NJ, CT; Italy Surpasses China in Number of Cases and Deaths
NY Governor: Trump ordered quarantine would be a declaration of war on states; President to make N.Y.-area quarantine decision "shortly"; Virus hotspots emerge around Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans; New Orleans at epicenter of Louisiana's rising case numbers; 1.5 million people pa ... Show More
40m 26s
Apr 2020
United States cases top 424,000, death toll surpasses 14,500; Growing confusion over who's in charge of distributing supplies; ICU doctor seeing more young patients who need ventilators;Trump: I want to reopen the economy with a "big bang";
White House task force: Philadelphia, DC expected to be new hot spots; Top health official: "It's going to be a bad week for death"; Key model lowers United States death prediction to 60,000 by August, assumes states maintain full social distancing until then; White house coronav ... Show More
44m 2s
Jul 2020
Fauci says WH efforts to undermine him were "bizarre"; CDC estimates 20m cases in the U.S., when only 2m were diagnosed; Is it safe to send your kids to school in the fall?; Mary Trump: the president paid someone to take the SAT for him
Trump backs away from attacking Dr. Fauci after advisor pens op-ed saying Fauci is wrong about Covid; Hospital data will now be sent to Trump admin instead of CDC; Alabama becomes the 36th state to require masks in public; Miami-Dade testing positivity rate at more than 30%; Walm ... Show More
39m 22s