The Trump administration has announced new steps to speed up testing for the coronavirus, after widespread warnings about a bottleneck in diagnosing cases that’s failing to provide a clear snapshot of the pandemic’s U.S. footprint. The Food and Drug Administration announced it had approved the first rounds of high-volume testing, as well as allowing New York state to authorize labs to expand testing on their own. The Trump administration also appointed an official to take charge of...

Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images A new poll shows Bernie Sanders continuing to challenge Joe Biden for the lead spot among Democratic voters nationally as the party’s first nominating contest approaches in Iowa on Monday. Sanders is neck-and-neck with Biden among Democratic party primary voters garnering 27% support, a virtual tie with Biden, who had 26%, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Friday. The survey had Elizabeth Warren fall to third with 15% support...

Bloomberg A new poll shows Bernie Sanders continuing to challenge Joe Biden for the lead spot among Democratic voters nationally as the party’s first nominating contest approaches in Iowa on Monday. Sanders is neck-and-neck with Biden among Democratic party primary voters garnering 27% support, a virtual tie with Biden, who had 26%, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Friday. The survey had Elizabeth Warren fall to third with 15% support after being about even with...

Joe Biden sought to distinguish comments he made assailing partisanship during the 1999 impeachment of former President Bill Clinton with his support for removing President Donald Trump, whose Senate trial nears its end Friday. “It’s not a partisan impeachment,” Biden said on ABC’s Good Morning America program Friday. “He violated the Constitution, period.” (Photo: Charlie Neibergall, AP) Biden said his comments in 1999 against party-line votes to remove a president were different because the...

The White House’s leading China hawk, trade adviser Peter Navarro, said Monday that a preliminary trade deal with Beijing is completed. (Photo: Susan Walsh, AP) “That’s a done deal, put that one in the bag,” Navarro said on Fox News. He declined to confirm a report by the South China Morning Post that Chinese emissaries led by Vice Premier Liu He will travel to Washington this weekend to sign the accord. Navarro’s affirmation for what the White House has called a “phase-one” trade deal...