Politics

Catalan Health Minister Alba Vergés Thursday requested help from the emergencies branch of the Spanish army to combat the coronavirus pandemic, breaking with weeks of reluctance. The army is already...

WASHINGTON — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, far exceeding a record high set just last week, a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the...

Topeka, Kansas, Mayor Michelle De La Isla has a mission: Convince the residents of her medium-sized, Midwestern city who have not been touched by the coronavirus pandemic that this is...

Hong Kong’s government said public broadcaster RTHK breached its charter by asking the World Health Organization about Taiwan’s membership, a move democracy advocates criticized as a new government effort to...

The IRS has reversed course to eliminate a controversial requirement on Social Security recipients seeking stimulus checks as part of the government’s coronavirus response package. After initially saying that Social Security recipients would...

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Wednesday rued the lack of a cohesive, national policy to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, with some states issuing stay-at-home orders and others not. Maddow noted how...