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Trump: WHO's Coronavirus Stat Is a 'False Number'

President says 3.4% death rate is way too high

(Newser) - Earlier this week, the World Health Organization estimated the death rate from COVID-19 to be 3.4%, higher than initial estimates and far worse than the seasonal flu, notes CNBC . President Trump, for one, disagrees. In an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News Wednesday night, the president dismissed the...

Here&#39;s the Real Face Behind Trump&#39;s Victory
Here's the Real
Face Behind
Trump's Victory
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Mar 4, 2020 6:01 PM CST

Here's the Real Face Behind Trump's Victory

Brad Parscale's brash digital-media campaign helped Trump win in 2016

(Newser) - Know Brad Parscale? He's six-foot-eight with a big beard and a bigger reputation—as the digital-media guru who somehow made Donald Trump president. "I understood early that Facebook was how Donald Trump was going to win," he said a few years ago. "Facebook was the method—...

Trump on Super Tuesday: Warren Should Have a Beer

He names her one of the losers of the night

(Newser) - Voters spoke in 14 states on Super Tuesday—and President Trump weighed in as well, with tweets about how the Democratic contenders fared. He zeroed in on Elizabeth Warren more than once, but she wasn't the only "loser of the night" in his eyes. The tweets:
  • "The
...

Trump Campaign Sues Washington Post

Alleges defamation

(Newser) - President Trump’s campaign on Tuesday sued the the Washington Post, alleging defamation in two opinion articles published last year that it said falsely claimed the campaign conspired with Russia. The lawsuit cites a June 13 opinion piece by Greg Sargent that said Trump “tried to conspire with” a...

Bolton's Book Pushed Back 2 Months Due to White House Review

Publisher pushes back release date from March 17 to May 12

(Newser) - The publisher of John Bolton’s highly anticipated memoir has pushed back the release date from March 17 to mid-May, the AP reports. Simon & Schuster cited the ongoing White House security review of the former national security adviser’s The Room Where It Happened. The new date is May...

Trump Weighs In on SC, Bloomberg's 'Joke' Campaign

Bloomberg wasn't on the ballot

(Newser) - Never mind that Mike Bloomberg wasn't on the ballot in South Carolina, President Trump has weighed in on the results and pronounced his campaign moribund in the wake of Saturday's primary results , reports Fox News . "Sleepy Joe Biden’s victory in the South Carolina Democrat Primary should...

The White House Issues New Virus Travel Warnings
White House Issues
New Virus Travel Warnings
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Feb 29, 2020 3:40 PM CST

White House Issues New Virus Travel Warnings

Trump defends use of word 'hoax' when describing Democrats' reactions

(Newser) - The Trump administration has news for Americans: Watch where you go, USA Today reports. With the coronavirus spreading, President Trump gave a press conference Saturday flanked by relevant officials—including Vice President Mike Pence, who said the US travel warning is now at level 4 (the highest) for travel to...

Trump on Coronavirus: It's Dems' 'New Hoax'

Claims Democrats are 'politicizing' contagious disease, says administration is 'totally prepared'

(Newser) - As the coronavirus continues to infiltrate countries around the world, President Trump is knocking Democrats in the US for "politicizing" the contagious disease. NBC News reports that Trump made his remarks at a campaign rally in North Charleston, SC, Friday evening as he continued to minimize the risk of...

Trump Taps New Director of National Intelligence

Texas Republican John Ratcliffe has been up for this post before, amid bipartisan criticism

(Newser) - President Trump on Friday picked Rep. John Ratcliffe to be the nation's top intelligence official, just months after abruptly ending an earlier effort to install him amid bipartisan criticism that the Texas GOPer was unqualified for the post. Trump initially named Ratcliffe for the job last summer, but then...

Court: McGahn Doesn't Have to Testify

Trump Wins a Ruling Reversing House Democrats' November Victory

(Newser) - A federal appeals court decided Friday that House Democrats can't force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before them. The panel's 2-1 vote provides President Trump a victory in his effort to keep top advisers from testifying before Congress, as he did during the impeachment hearings,...

Trump Campaign Sues NYT Over Russia Op-Ed

Essay claimed Trump had deal with Putin to defeat Clinton in 2016

(Newser) - The campaign to reelect President Trump is suing the New York Times for defamation, saying it was responsible for an essay by a former executive editor for the newspaper that claimed the campaign made a deal with Russian officials to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. In the lawsuit filed in...

Trump Addresses Nation Over Coronavirus

He chooses Mike Pence to lead US response

(Newser) - President Trump held a presser about the coronavirus Wednesday as the US announced its first case of unknown origin—meaning the person had apparently not traveled abroad or come on contact with a confirmed case, the Washington Post reports. As for Trump, he's putting Mike Pence on the case....

Doctor: We Put Cauliflower in Trump's Mashed Potatoes

A nugget from former White House physician Ronny Jackson

(Newser) - The article is about Ronny Jackson's run for Congress, but many headlines that have emerged in coverage of the New York Times piece involve the word "cauliflower." That's because he's also Dr. Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician to the past three presidents. And,...

Trump, CDC Seem to Have Different Takes on Coronavirus

President to hold presser Wednesday on disease CDC is warning about; Trump says media is overhyping

(Newser) - On Tuesday, CDC officials warned of the likely inevitable spread of COVID-19 (aka coronavirus) in the US, and that "disruptions to everyday life may be severe." On Wednesday, President Trump took issue with the gravity of the situation, saying that the country is in "great shape"—...

Fear a Socialist in the White House? You're Too Late

Catherine Rampell argues that Trump is a 'proven socialist' himself

(Newser) - In a Washington Post op-ed, Catherine Rampell writes that there's a decent chance a "proven socialist" will be in the White House after the 2020 election. No, not Bernie Sanders. "I'm referring to the one who already occupies the White House," writes Rampell. Yes, she...

Trump, Familiar Foe Go At It in India
Trump, Familiar Foe
Go At It in India
Feb 25, 2020 10:50 AM CST

Trump, Familiar Foe Go At It in India

President, CNN's Jim Acosta spar in front of the world during news conference

(Newser) - Different continent, familiar result. President Trump's news conference in India on Tuesday featured a one-on-one spat with Jim Acosta of CNN, reports Mediaite . The two have sparred before , and Acosta even once temporarily lost his White House press pass. On Tuesday, Acosta asked Trump if he would pledge that...

Trump Escalates Feud With 2 SCOTUS Justices
Trump Makes Unusual
Demand of 2 Justices
the rundown
Feb 25, 2020 8:52 AM CST

Trump Makes Unusual Demand of 2 Justices

President wants Sotomayor, Ginsburg to recuse themselves from any cases related to him

(Newser) - President Trump is taking public aim at two liberal members of the Supreme Court—Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But the president says he's only responding to what he perceives as bias against him from the two of them. Coverage:
  • The tweet: Trump first unloaded in a Monday
...

White House Wants Money, Quickly, for Outbreak

Schumer contends administration has no plan for stopping coronavirus

(Newser) - The White House is readying an urgent budget request to address the deadly coronavirus outbreak, whose rapid spread is spooking financial markets and restricting international travel. The request is still being developed but is likely to come this week, a senior administration official confirmed Monday, the AP reports. The Department...

Trump Greets His Largest Crowd Ever
Trump Greets His
Largest Crowd Ever
Feb 24, 2020 6:49 AM CST

Trump Greets His Largest Crowd Ever

100K packed stadium during India visit

(Newser) - Basking in adulation from a massive, colorful crowd, President Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished each other with praise Monday in a reaffirmation of US-India ties as the subcontinent poured on the pageantry. More than 100,000 people packed into the world's largest cricket stadium in...

On This Trip, Trump Expects a King's Welcome

The president flies off to India

(Newser) - It was the Trumpiest of offers: A rally at one of the world's largest stadiums. President Trump's packed two-day visit to India promises the kind of welcome that has eluded him on many foreign trips, some of which have featured massive protests and icy handshakes from world leaders,...

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