Sacramento, California - The California Department of Public Health today announced awards totaling $4,500,000 to six local health jurisdictions to help address dementia. Each local health jurisdiction awardee shall receive $750,000 in funding over three consecutive fiscal years from June 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022.

Sacramento, California - The California Department of Public Health announced today that 16 laboratories, including the state's Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory in Richmond, California, will soon be able to perform testing for the novel coronavirus. This service will provide more rapid results than currently available and help to inform public health action and medical care for people who may have been exposed to novel coronavirus. Results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently take between two to seven days.

Washington, DC - By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Washington, DC - Eleven United States District Judge Nominations Sent to the Senate:

Washington, DC - On February 15, 2019, by Proclamation 9844, I declared a national emergency concerning the southern border of the United States to deal with the border security and humanitarian crisis that threatens core national security interests.

Washington, DC - Today, President Donald J. Trump met with the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, signaling the historic turn in bilateral ties between our two countries.  President Trump recognized Ecuador as the “Gateway to the Andes” that will help foster a mutually beneficial relationship for the region.  The two leaders discussed Ecuador’s leadership role in advancing security, prosperity, and democracy in the Western Hemisphere.