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Dave Boyer

Dave Boyer

Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Dave Boyer

Groups cross Ocean Boulevard on Saturday, May 16, 2020, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.. With hotels, beaches, shopping and restaurants reopening along the Grand Strand, tourist season kicked off this weekend despite coronavirus concerns. (Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)

U.S. turns coronavirus corner on ‘very positive day’

Monday was perhaps the most hopeful day so far of the pandemic in the U.S., as a Massachusetts biotech company reported a promising vaccine trial, stocks rallied on the news, and every state but one was reopening for business. Published May 18, 2020

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking with reporters on the South Lawnof the White House in Washington, Sunday, May 17, 2020. Trump is returning from a visit to nearby Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump increases China confrontations, blocks Huawei trade

President Trump is stepping up his confrontations with China as the U.S. death toll mounts from the COVID-19 pandemic, blocking trade with Chinese tech giant Huawei, halting some U.S. retirement investments in China and floating the suggestion that Beijing should compensate the world for the coronavirus first discovered in Wuhan. Published May 17, 2020

Chief of Space Operations at U.S. Space Force Gen. John Raymond, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Roger Towberman, right, hold the United States Space Force flag as President Donald Trump walks past it in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Trump receives flag of new Space Force for Oval Office

Military chiefs of the new U.S. Space Force presented President Trump with the service branch's official flag on Friday in the Oval Office, where it will stand with the flags of the five other armed services. Published May 15, 2020

Honeywell CEO Darius Adamczyk presents President Donald Trump with a framed N95 mask after a tour of a Honeywell International plant that manufactures personal protective equipment, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump ramping up stockpile of medical supplies to prepare for fall

The Trump administration is expanding the strategic national stockpile of medical supplies for COVID-19, with a target of one billion N-95 masks, to be ready for a possible resurgence of the disease in the fall, officials said Thursday. Published May 14, 2020

In this March 17, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Weekly jobless claims dip slightly to 2.98 million

Nearly 3 million people filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department reported, bringing the eight-week total to 36.5 million during the coronavirus crisis. Published May 14, 2020