Chairs were placed inches apart instead of the recommended 6 feet, leaving attendees little room to practice social distancing. (AP photo) Public health experts expressed concern Friday about President Donald Trump’s largely mask-free, socially un-distanced Republican convention event on the White House lawn, saying some of his 1,500 guests may have inadvertently brought and spread … Read more
The push on Sunday came a day after Trump tweeted sharp criticism on the process to treat the virus, which has killed more than 175,000 Americans and imperiled his reelection chances. (AP photo) President Donald Trump on Sunday announced emergency authorisation to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma a move he called ”a breakthrough,” one … Read more
Donald Trump’s older sister described the US president as cruel and a liar whose lack of principles meant he could not be trusted, according to secretly made recordings published Saturday. It was the latest unflattering insider account to target the president, only instead of a jilted aide or business associate, it was from one of … Read more
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has found a new doctor for his coronavirus task force – and this time there’s no daylight between them. Trump last week announced that Dr Scott Atlas, a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has joined the White House as a pandemic adviser. Atlas, the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford … Read more
By Katie Rogers WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday encouraged a racist conspiracy theory that is rampant among some of his followers: that Sen. Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice-presidential nominee born in California, was not eligible for the vice presidency or presidency because her parents were immigrants. That assertion is false. Harris is … Read more
TikTok and its US employees are planning to take President Donald Trump‘s administration to court over his sweeping order to ban the popular video app, according to a lawyer preparing one of the lawsuits. The employees’ legal challenge to Trump’s executive order will be separate from a pending lawsuit from the company that owns the … Read more
Washington:White House hopeful Joe Biden named Kamala Harris, a high-profile black senator from California, as his vice presidential choice Tuesday, capping a months-long search for a Democratic partner to challenge President Donald Trump in November. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and … Read more
WASHINGTON: Chinese government-linked hackers have been targeting U.S. election infrastructure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday, indicating a more active level of alleged Chinese interference. O’Brien’s comments appeared to go beyond a statement released on Friday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence … Read more
Charleston: White House coronavirus task force leader Dr Deborah Birx says widespread coronavirus infections in urban and rural America mark a “new phase” for the pandemic as she doubled down on calls to wear face masks and observe social distancing measures. Birx, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday morning, said “What we are … Read more