The fact that Donald Trump has proven untrustworthy and unreliable at the head of the daily White House coronavirus briefings has resulted in only a very modest bump at best in public opinion polling during this crisis, according to a former US senator.

Donald Trump's backpedaling on his desire to reopen the country in time for Easter came after campaign advisers for his re-election campaign told him that the public would hold him primarily responsible for the resulting increase in American deaths, according to a Washington Post reporter.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for President Donald Trump to “immediately” use the full powers of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to prevent shortages of life-saving medical supplies and personal protection equipment amid the pandemic.

TV commentators on competing networks are urging television executives to decide to stop broadcasting Donald Trump's full coronavirus briefings to the nation, because Trump is not necessarily truthful and he often treats them more like a form of entertainment.

The state of New York currently has 59,648 coronavirus infection, and 965 deaths, surpassing the other states by a considerable margin.

The novel coronavirus outbreak continues to spread at an alarming rate in the state of Louisiana, with more than 3,500 confirmed cases and 151 deaths attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. The state has the fastest growth of new cases in the world, with a growth trajectory similar to that in Italy and Spain. And the lone Democrat in the Bayou State's congressional delegation blames Trump for needless deaths.

Lincoln Chafee's had a long and honorable career in public service. But now, he's a Libertarian? I mean, why not, he's been everything else.

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee said that she sees a need for an additional stimulus package to help with the economic fallout from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic.

A Democratic senator and former presidential candidate castigated Donald Trump for too often blaming the nation's governors who are trying to manage through the current outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic.

The US military is still in a position to defend the nation despite the country being caught up in the midst of the novel coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic, according to a former senior Marine Corps officer.