New Zealand goes 100 days with no new local COVID-19 cases; no lockdown since June

U.S. death toll at 26. Trump to meet with Senate leaders about economic stimulus plan. Italy expanding coronavirus lockdown to entire country. Stocks drop more than 2,000 points. Four more Congress members go into self-quarantine. MORE

The newly reported cases of Covid-19, the disease, caused by the respiratory virus [Rare coronavirus cases can have long incubation period, warns leading Chinese respiratory expert] , were concentrated in Wuhan, Hubei’s capital and the MORE

A handful of Republican senators on Wednesday threatened to delay the $2 trillion coronavirus spending bill over a proposed increase to unemployment insurance. n a statement, Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Ben Sasse, R-Neb., said MORE