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April 2, 2020

Coronavirus deaths top 5,000 in US as more states issue stay-at-home orders

Grim news of coronavirus infections and fatalities continued in the U.S. on Wednesday, with the number of confirmed cases rising above 200,000 and the number of deaths surpassing 5,000.

April 1, 2020

Ohio gov on pandemic restrictions: 'We have to continue to do what we're doing, we can't gather together'

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, one of the first officials to implement social distancing restrictions in his state, called in to "Your World with Cavuto" Wednesday to speak about the battle against the coronavirus and how he plans to stay ahead of it.

March 31, 2020

Ohio prison in quarantine as governor mulls coronavirus policies

Nearly 2,500 inmates at Marion Correctional Institution are in quarantine after a staffer tested positive for COVID-19.

March 31, 2020

Americans face nearly unprecedented travel restrictions inside US as states rush to stem coronavirus tide

Taken together, these travel restrictions, which reach nearly every corner of the United States, are a nearly unprecedented limitation of Americans' movement as every level of government is scrambling to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

March 30, 2020

Tarren Bragdon: Governors' responses to coronavirus offer hope to worried Americans

Governors across the country have been hard at work getting government out of the way when necessary and smoothing the path for citizens and patients alike.

March 29, 2020

Texas Gov. Abbott expands mandatory coronavirus quarantines to include travelers from Louisiana, other hard-hit areas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott updated an executive order Sunday aimed at reducing the amount of travel into his state from Louisiana and other areas hit hard by the coronavirus.

March 29, 2020

Cuomo threatens lawsuit over Rhode Island crackdown on virus-fleeing New Yorkers

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening to sue Rhode Island over its new coronavirus policy that calls for police to stop cars with New York license plates and has seen National Guard members go door-to-door to ask if anyone has arrived from the Empire State.

March 28, 2020

Trump fires back at Michigan’s Whitmer, claims Dem governor ‘doesn’t have a clue’

President Trump took aim at Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday night, claiming in a Twitter message that the first-term Democrat was “way in over her head” amid the coronavirus outbreak and “doesn’t have a clue.”

March 27, 2020

Abbott says Texas is prepared for uptick in coronavirus cases

As the number of coronavirus cases in Texas rose above 1,600 on Friday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott told "Bill Hemmer Reports" that the state is prepared for whatever comes next.

March 23, 2020

Monmouth poll gives media lower job approval than Trump amid coronavirus crisis

A new poll from Monmouth University shows that Americans are giving the media a lower performance approval than President Trump amid the global coronavirus crisis.