Michael Avenatti was granted temporary release from his New York City prison due to the COVID-19 outbreak. He claimed he's at risk after contracting pneumonia.

President Donald Trump leveled a new threat at Congress Wednesday, threatening to try to force Congress into adjournment in order to install additional nominees.

MARTIN SAMUEL: The Premier League is coming under increasing pressure from its stakeholder clubs to make a decision on the 2019-20 season - with June 30 emerging as the D-day date for completion.

There were 5.2 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Thursday.

Michael Cohen will be released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York, and allowed to serve out the remainder of his sentence in home confinement, his lawyer told CNN.

President Trump made himself the star of the 'lockdown rebellion' by tweeting 'LIBERATE Minnesota' and then adding Michigan and Virginia to the list.

Virgin Australia is expected to go into voluntary administration after state government crisis talks failed to raise enough money to keep the airline flying.

The president announced his plans in a tweet Monday evening. ' I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States', he wrote.

White House struggled to explain President Trump's ban on immigrants as Democrats called it 'xenophobic' and claimed it was more presidential scapegoating on the coronavirus.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his immigration ban would be a 60-day pause on green cards, which is already in place because of the coronavirus.

President Donald Trump announced he'll sign his ban on immigrants on Wednesday and then pivoted to brag about the effectiveness of his border wall in keeping the country 'tight.'

There were 4.4 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Thursday.

The United States now has more than one million coronavirus cases across the country - accounting for a third of the global tally - as the death toll rises to more than 55,000.

The seasons of France's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are over after league bosses accepted that it would be impossible to complete the season amid the coronavirus pandemic.

There were 3.8 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Thursday.

President Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off the 30 million unemployment claims that came in the wake of the coronavirus, saying 'it is what it is.'

Gilead Sciences said Thursday in an earnings report that it is ramping up production of its antiviral remdesivir, and could make 'several million' 10-day treatment courses of the drug for 2021.

Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O'Day told Stat News that his company understands its responsibility to make its antiviral drug affordable after it showed promise for treating coronavirus.

President Trump said Joe Biden's 'choice of words' were not good during his televised denial of an assault allegation by a former Senate staffer. Tara Reade accused Biden of sexual assault.

New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro has unloaded on Nationals leader Michael McCormack in a leaked text message tirade.

There were 3.1 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed in the week ending May 2, according to a Labor Department report released on Thursday.

JP Morgan's Bob Michele has said it will take between 10 to 12 years for US employment levels to get back to where they were before the coronavirus outbreak

The US unemployment rate has skyrocketed to 14.7% - the highest rate since the 1930s Great Depression as more than 20.5 million Americans suffer job losses amid the coronavirus pandemic.

'It's totally expected, there's no surprise," President Donald Trump said during a call-in interview on 'Fox & Friends' Friday when asked about April unemployment figures.

ROBERT HARDMAN: In the coronavirus crisis, we need ventilators. Nick Grey - founder of Worcester-based appliance manufacturer Gtech - has invented a prototype.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Here are two nations of comparable size. Both have a long and proud history of medical excellence and both are home to international pharmaceutical giants.

ROBERT HARDMAN: I have no doubt Sir Winston Churchill (pictured outside Downing Street in April 1945) would be equally moved by the magnificent response to the call to arms by Mail Force.

How many players in Premier League history have had a position named after them? The Neville shuttle? The Bergkamp shadow? The Heskey statue? No – just one – Claude Makelele.

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Whisper it quietly, but we’re actually quite excited about some of the players that could be wearing the Three Lions this summer.

CHARLIE SKILLEN: The final four of the champions League rarely remains purely the domain of the planet's best sides. Usually, a fairytale underdog story - that of Porto, Liverpool or Chelsea - works its way into the competition's narrative. This season, that's not the case. This week, The Numbers Game selects a side from the cream of the Champions League semi-finalists. But who makes the grade?

The hip hop superstar was hoisted above the stage at the end of Brown's rendition of Fine China and Don't Think They Know, which he performed with vocals from the late singer Aaliyah, whose image was shown behind the stage.

Miley showed more flesh

She beat out Iggy Azalea as Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards. And Nicki Minaj demonstrated just why she deserved the award as she performed onstage in Los Angeles on Sunday.

She watched her former bandmates achieve worldwide success after she left Destiny’s Child in 1999 with fellow member LaTavia Robertson.

Less than two weeks after calling off her 14-month engagement to Jas Prince, the songstress has sparked a fresh round of rumours that she's moved on with her long-time pal after the pair left Hollywood's Playhouse nightclub together on Sunday

The team broadcasting the BET Awards managed to misspell Lionel Richie's name as Ritchie on Sunday night.

She's at the top of her game, with her hit single Fancy breaking the record for the longest-leading No.1 by a female rapper after six weeks at the top of the US Billboard Charts.

The 33-year-old singer flashed her abs in a plunging bralet and matching sheer leggings worn over black underwear to dine at Mr Chow's in Los Angeles following the BET Awards.

It's been a decade since the all-girl trio of Rowland, Williams and Beyonce Knowles disbanded but the pair, both 34, still have the stunning looks - and talent - that made them famous around the world.

The BET Awards celebrate the achievements of African Americans and other minorities in music and entertainment as well as sports.

She donned a head-turning one-piece at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday

Nicki Minaj, Laverne Cox, and Christina Milian showed off lots of cleavage in plunging ensembles at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for the splashy music event.

The 48-year-old held hands with his daughter as they made their way onto the stage at the awards show for the Muhammad Ali tribute. The actor introduced the legend's daughter to the stage.

Temperatures came to a boil on Friday in West Hollywood, California where rapper Safaree Samuels and his rival Meek Mill appeared to have an indirect altercation.

He is the father of two daughters. And on Sunday, Jamie Foxx was quite the cool dad as he brought youngest child Annalise Bishop, seven, to the BET Awards in LA.

Musician Chance the Rapper received accepted the BET Humanitarian Award on Sunday night, becoming the youngest person ever to win the award

According to TMZ and multiple onlookers on Twitter, a brawl broke out between the two artists and their respective teams in the car park, after they left the Microsoft Theatre at the same time.

Lateysha Grace sourced inspiration from Demi Rose's look last week as she stepped out in the same semi-sheer dress for the BET Awards at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The 25-year-old rapper wore a voluminous frilly dress to hide her figure, for the appearance at E11EVEN club in Miami, Florida on Feriday ahead of her SNL debut on Saturday

DJ Khaled leads the 2018 BET Awards nominees with 6 nods. The Wild Thoughts artist, 42, is in the running for Album of the Year, Video of the Year and Best Male Hip Hop Artist, among others.