President Trump abruptly cut off his coronavirus press briefing without taking any questions from the press shortly after a CNN reporter refused to move to the back of the room, according to a report. Kaitlan Collins, CNN’s White House Correspondent, said she was asked by White House officials to swap seats with another reporter several rows behind … Read more
President Donald Trump’s presence at daily coronavirus press briefings may be cut back as the White House looks to prevent him from alienating key voters in November. In the absence of his campaign rallies, the president has relished the opportunity to take the lead during the televised afternoon updates, which have stretched for as long … Read more
Donald Trump launches into tirade branding Democrats liars and insists he never called coronavirus a ‘hoax’ – while predicting the pandemic will end with a ‘miracle’ Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats in a fiery tweet Saturday morning He insisted that he never referred to the coronavirus as a ‘hoax’ and called Democrats liars Trump also … Read more
President Donald Trump abruptly exited his daily White House press briefing Friday without taking a single question, after digging an increasingly deep hole over his comments about treating coronavirus patients with powerful disinfectants. The event lasted just 22 minutes, with Trump sharing the stage with other officials instead of holding court for up to two … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against using the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine on coronavirus patients outside of hospital settings or clinical trials. President Donald Trump has hailed the drug, which also is used to treat arthritis and lupus, as a ‘game-changer’ for treating COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. The federal … Read more
More than 20 percent of New York City residents tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in a study launched by Governor Cuomo which, if accurate, means as many as 1.7million people have been infected in the city – and that the mortality rate is between 0.6 and 0.8 percent, far greater than the 0.1 percent mortality rate … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday raged about the coverage of CDC Director Robert Redfield’s interview with The Washington Post, where the medical expert warned about the dangers of a second wave of the coronavirus. Trump brought Redfield to the White House podium to repudiate the interview only for the CDC director to confirm the newspaper correctly … Read more
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. ‘This pause will be in effect for 60 days. Afterwards, the need for any extension or modification will be evaluated by myself and a group of people based on … Read more