Charles Compton

"All of a sudden, somewhat of a train wreck happened.”

The agency is best known for coordinating aid after natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes. But responding to the coronavirus pandemic is a very different job.

After director Ingmar Bergman helped launch von Sydow's career, the imposing Swedish star went on to play Jesus, a Bond villain, an elderly exorcist and scores of other roles.

The president took questions from Fox anchors and northeast Pennsylvania residents on issues ranging from the national deficit to coronavirus.

For the first time in U.S. history, the federal government is trying to count most households through the Internet for the once-a-decade census, but the rollout has been fraught with risks.

The Boy Scouts of America has $1.4 billion in assets. The national organization may hope that its bankruptcy filing will shield the even larger assets of its local councils.

McCabe, the former FBI deputy director, had been under investigation over whether he lied about a media leak.

A Supreme Court case in March will test the new five-member conservative majority. If justices strike federal abortion protections, look for a state-by-state quilt of abortion "deserts" and "havens."

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a Putin loyalist, and other principal government ministers resigned in a move designed to ease a package of changes recently proposed by Russia's president.

"We're ready for it," a White House counselor said. "We have a defense team in place. And our defense team will go on offense also."