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House prices and sales continued to rise in the build-up to the coronavirus lockdown, with London recording the fastest growth in four years, official figures have showed.But after the property market freeze crashed sales, the Office of National Statistics will now suspend its house price index until further notice.House prices across the UK rose 2.1…

Earlier in the day, former president Barack Obama spoke at a virtual commencement ceremony for graduates of historically black colleges and universities and touched on the major headlines of the day, including the government’s response to the pandemic, which has resulted in more than 87,000 confirmed deaths in the United States.Here are some significant developments:May…

U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly press conference.Michael Brochstein | Barcroft Media | Getty ImagesHouse Democrats on Friday passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, unprecedented spending Senate Republicans have pledged to block as the major parties struggle to find a path forward on the pandemic response.The chamber also approved voting by…

Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives will vote on Friday on a Covid-19 aid package with a price tag of more than $3 trillion and a historic rules change to allow lawmakers to vote remotely during the pandemic.Democrats have argued that the sweeping aid package, which allocates funding for state and local governments, coronavirus testing and…

House prices could take nearly a year to recover from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the UK's leading property professionals have warned.A Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors report said that 80 per cent of its member agents had seen buyers and sellers pull out of property deals during lockdown.Last month, the Rics called for a…

Image copyright Getty Images House moves and viewings will be able to resume again in England from Wednesday, under new UK government coronavirus rules.The changes were contained in the updated lockdown regulations presented to Parliament on Tuesday.Buyers and renters had previously been urged to delay moving while the "stay at home" advice was in place.Lockdown…

House Democrats released their latest bill Tuesday designed to blunt the coronavirus pandemic's devastating effects on the economy and health-care system. Party leaders expect to vote on the more-than-1,800-page package on Friday, along with a plan to allow proxy voting on legislation during the crisis. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to discuss the emergency response package Tuesday…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump gets in spat with Asian American reporter over "nasty question"White House staff have been ordered to wear masks when entering the West Wing after two aides tested positive for coronavirus.The White House personnel office has said that staff must cover their faces at all times except…

At a news conference, the president reiterated that he would not wear a mask himself and again exaggerated the availability of testing for the coronavirus.President Trump, on Monday in the Rose Garden, said that “we have met the moment and we have prevailed.” Later, under questioning, he revised his comments.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesMay 11,…

Washington (CNN)Trump administration officials spent the weekend scrambling as they attempted to do contact tracing for Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary who tested positive for coronavirus last week. But they had not identified who Miller contracted the virus from as of Sunday, raising concerns inside the White House about how to contain…