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Health experts agree this weekend will be a pivotal moment in determining whether the nation slides into a deeper mess.

President Trump will begin his Independence Day weekend with a patriotic display of fireworks at Mount Rushmore before a crowd of thousands.

However, one state lawmaker said that as a "logistical nightmare," it's designed mostly to discourage travel rather than truly impose widespread quarantines.

Trump declares the economy "roaring back" with June gains, but the same can be said of the coronavirus with tough-to-ignore surges in Sunbelt states.

Trump's style is best seen in his halting coronavirus response, including reluctance to promote his own administration's guidelines.

Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) said the measure would "reverse a wrongheaded IRS ruling" requiring homeowners to pay federal taxes on water improvement grants.

The U.S. job market improved for a second straight month yet still remained far short of regaining the colossal losses it suffered this spring.

"What we've seen is a very disturbing week," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious-disease expert, said in a livestream with the American Medical Association.

Crying up a hoax helps Trump get over in the moment, such as whenever ugly facts emerge about his passive posture toward Russia.

Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said.