The latest on the effects of the new coronavirus outbreak around the U.S. and the world: WASHINGTON — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday extended orders to keep non-essential businesses closed and most of the state’s more than 7 million residents home through May 4, saying that social distancing measures must remain in effect an […]

The legislation will speed government payments of $1,200 to most Americans and increase jobless benefits for millions of people thrown out of work.

Two of his top aides in the fight against COVID-19 also say they have the disease.

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the nation and world. The Navy, the military service hit hardest by the coronavirus, scrambled Friday to contain its first at-sea outbreak, with at least two dozen infected aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, one of 11 active aircraft carriers whose mission is central to the Pentagon’s strategy […]