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Pandemic History Might Have Turned on This Moment

Reassuring messages on Feb. 29 replaced plan for shutdown

(Newser) - The first COVID-19 death in the US was reported on Feb. 29. There was a coronavirus briefing at the White House that day, and Rolling Stone has identified it as a critical moment when the US response could have gone in a different, lifesaving direction—the instant when the tennis...

Reinstate Vaccine Expert During Investigation, Watchdog Says

Rick Bright's complaint charges Trump fired him after he differed on hydroxychloroquine

(Newser) - The Office of Special Counsel is investigating whether the Trump administration was retaliating against a vaccine expert when it ousted him from an important job in the coronavirus battle. While that investigation is going on, the federal watchdog says, Rick Bright should be put back in his post atop the...

Latest to Test Positive Has Close Ties to Pence, Trump

VP spokesperson Katie Miller is married to top Trump adviser Stephen Miller

(Newser) - The latest White House staffer to test positive for COVID-19 has been identified, and it's bad news not only for the person but for Mike Pence and President Trump. The staffer is Pence spokesperson Katie Miller, meaning she has been in close proximity to the vice president, reports CBS...

Trump: I Learned a Key Lesson From Nixon

'Don't fire people'

(Newser) - President Trump called into Fox & Friends Friday morning and weighed in on several subjects, including a predecessor in the White House. "I learned a lot from Richard Nixon," he said, per the Hill . Nixon may have had his famous Saturday Night Massacre of firings, but Trump says...

A Personal Valet to Trump Tests Positive for COVID

White House says president, VP are still in the clear

(Newser) - A US Navy member who serves as one of President Trump's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus, reports CNN and Politico . The White House confirmed the diagnosis of a military member who works at the White House, though not that it was one of the president's...

Trump: Virus 'Is Worse Than the World Trade Center'

President stops short of referring to China as a wartime enemy

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday referred to the coronavirus as an attack on the US—and not just any attack. "We went through the worst attack we've ever had on our country, this is worst attack we've ever had," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office, per...

Trump Wants Border Wall Painted Black. That'll Be Pricey

'Washington Post' reports it could cost $500M—or more

(Newser) - President Trump has for years expressed a desire to have the border wall bollards painted black, arguing that will make it look more imposing and will also cause it to be too hot to touch in the summer. While military commanders and border officials thought they had talked him out...

Trump: COVID-19 Task Force Is Changing Focus

He says it will continue indefinitely, but it's switching focus to the economy

(Newser) - One day after saying that the COVID-19 task force would be winding down, President Trump said Wednesday that it would continue indefinitely, but focus more on rebooting the economy. Trump tweeted that the panel's focus would be on "SAFETY & OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN." Trump's...

Trump, Aides Visit Arizona Mask Factory, Skip Masks

President donned goggles at Honeywell plant

(Newser) - After the controversy over Vice President Mike Pence's maskless visit to the Mayo Clinic, President Trump visited a plant in Arizona that makes N95 masks and wore some of the company's equipment on his face—goggles. The president and staff members including chief of staff Mark Meadows and...

Trump Gets Cease-and-Desist Letter From CNN

Campaign accused of distorting network footage in nationwide ad

(Newser) - CNN's parent company has sent a cease-and-desist letter to President Trump's reelection campaign, ordering the removal of a new ad using CNN footage in a manner that is "false, misleading, and deceptive." The minute-long ad released Sunday includes a segment from a conversation on a March...

Trump Lashes Out at George Conway After Video

President calls husband of top adviser 'deranged'

(Newser) - George Conway, husband of top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, has been a regular critic of President Trump. But a new anti-Trump video put out by a super PAC co-founded by him seems to have rankled the president unlike any previous Conway jab. On Monday night, Trump wrote among a...

Accusations Are Flying Between US and China
Accusations Are Flying
Between US and China
the rundown
May 4, 2020 10:20 AM CDT

Accusations Are Flying Between US and China

White House insists virus originated in Wuhan lab, and Beijing fires back

(Newser) - Relations between the US and China seem to be getting worse by the day, as Beijing pushes back against renewed White House insistence that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is leading the White House charge, and he's taking the brunt of criticism...

Trump Did Not Like Bush's Call for Unity

POTUS responds to George W. Bush's video

(Newser) - On Saturday, former president George W. Bush called on America to drop partisan politics in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. By Sunday, the current president had responded. The New York Times notes that Bush did not refer to President Trump in his video calling for unity, but Trump appears...

Trump Says US Death Toll Could Hit 100K

President increases his coronavirus projection on Fox News town hall

(Newser) - President Trump is again raising his estimate of the projected US death toll from COVID-19. "We’re going to lose anywhere from 75, 80 to 100,000 people," he said Sunday at a Fox News virtual town hall, per the New York Times . Last week, the president used...

DHS Report: Here's Why China Hid Virus' Severity

Chinese leaders 'intentionally concealed the severity' of the coronavirus: DHS

(Newser) - US officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak—and how contagious the disease is—to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show. Chinese leaders "intentionally concealed the severity" of the pandemic from the world in early January, according to...

Kim&#39;s Reappearance Makes Trump &#39;Glad&#39;
Trump Is 'Glad'
to See Kim Back
May 3, 2020 8:17 AM CDT

Trump Is 'Glad' to See Kim Back

Arms talks have made little progress despite their personal diplomacy

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un has been welcomed back to the world stage, after nearly three weeks out of public view. President Trump tweeted that, "I, for one, am glad to see he is back, and well!" Trump shared state media photos of Kim, smiling and talking, purportedly at the...

Was Flynn Set Up? 4 Views
Is Flynn Case Flawed? 4 Views
OPINION
May 1, 2020 9:02 AM CDT

Is Flynn Case Flawed? 4 Views

Former national security adviser says FBI agents entrapped him

(Newser) - Michael Flynn is trying to get his case dismissed , with his lawyers arguing that newly released FBI documents show that agents set him up before interviewing him in 2017. "What is our goal?" reads one handwritten note. "Truth and admission or to get him to lie, so we...

Trump: 'Yes, I Have' Seen Evidence Linking Virus to Lab

President gave no further details, however

(Newser) - Asked outright whether he has seen evidence linking the novel coronavirus to a Wuhan laboratory, President Trump's answer was both succinct ("Yes, I have") and mystifying ("I can’t tell you that. I am not allowed to tell you that," he said later when asked...

Chicago Has 'Great Victory' in Fight Over Sanctuary Cities

Appeals court says Trump policy should be frozen nationwide

(Newser) - A sharply worded ruling by a federal appeals court in Chicago on Thursday said the Trump administration policy of threatening to withhold grant money from so-called sanctuary cities to force them to comply with its immigration policies violates separation-of-powers provisions enshrined in the Constitution. The 7th US Circuit Court of...

Michael Flynn's Legal Team Says Emails Prove a Setup

President Trump agrees

(Newser) - Michael Flynn's legal team is trying to get the case against him dismissed, and his lawyers say newly released documents from the FBI show why. The judge in Flynn's case on Wednesday unsealed the documents, which include notes written by FBI agents as they discussed strategy before interviewing...

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