The president, who tested positive for the coronavirus, "has completed his first dose and is resting comfortably," physician Sean Conley said in a statement.

President Trump is 74, an age that makes him more vulnerable to the virus. The first lady, who's 50, also tested positive.

Hope Hicks is the latest in the White House orbit known publicly to have contracted COVID-19.

Democrats and Republicans were split in their public reaction to President Trump's recent remarks.

The move comes after a weekend incident that led to him being involuntarily hospitalized by police.

Referring to a report that the FDA plans to tighten requirements for a vaccine, Trump said, "That sounds like a political move."

Earlier in the day, the president said he expects this year's election results to go to the Supreme Court, defending his push to swiftly replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

In a ceremony inside the court's Great Hall, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt eulogizes Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a "path-marking role model for women and girls of all ages."

There had been speculation about whether retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander would break with party leaders and call for a delay until after the election.

The Democratic presidential nominee asks Republicans to "follow your conscience" and not consider a nominee until after the election.

"Today we as a nation mourn the loss of Justice Ginsburg," Marc Short said on CNN. "But the decision of when to nominate does not lie with her."

Throughout her career, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg granted numerous interviews to NPR, discussing retirement, love, health and regret.

The feminist icon's death left a vacancy in the court just 46 days before the Nov. 3 general election.

The president has contradicted health experts, and now his own ambitious timeline, for a vaccine against COVID-19.

Trump decries what he says are a "twisted web of lies" being taught in U.S. classrooms about systemic racism in America. But the federal government does not have jurisdiction over school curriculum.

President Trump says there could be widespread distribution of a vaccine against the coronavirus in a much shorter timeline than described by the CDC.

On the other side of the country Joe Biden also addressed the fires, linking them to climate change.

The court ruled that Florida could legally restrict allowing people with past felony convictions to register to vote until after they have fully paid off their court-related fines.

In presenting the award, President Trump hailed Sgt. Maj. Thomas Payne as representing the best qualities of the U.S. armed forces.

While President Trump spoke in Shanksville, Pa., Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden bumped elbows with Vice President Pence in New York. Biden is traveling to Shanksville later in the day.