President Donald Trump speaks at a Make America Great Again rally at the Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Leah Millis | Reuters WASHINGTON — Looking back now, the night of Feb. 4 was probably the pinnacle of Donald Trump’s presidency. A few minutes past 9 p.m. ET, Trump entered the ornate House Chamber and then […]
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President Trump’s coronavirus task force holds briefing
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Members of the task force created to address the deadly coronavirus outbreak are expected to hold a press briefing Tuesday at the White House as state and local authorities take […]
Trump blames Obama, says ‘I don’t take responsibility at all’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump refused to accept any responsibility for the slow rate of coronavirus testing in the United States, saying on Friday that he was “given a set of circumstances” that wasn’t meant for the high numbers of potential COVID-19 infections. “What we’ve done, and one of the reasons people are respecting what we’ve done, is […]
Trump will hold press conference
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists while hosting Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office at the White House March 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Donald Trump said he will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. ET Friday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic. The […]
Trump pressures Congress to approve payroll tax cut for rest of year
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 11 : President Donald J. Trump meets with bank CEOs about Coronavirus COVID-19 response in the Cabinet Room at the White House on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Washington Post WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressed Congress on Friday to include a nine-month payroll tax holiday in the […]
Trump had contact with Collins, Gaetz
The White House declined to comment to CNBC. There is no need for Trump to self-quarantine because of his contact with Gaetz and Collins, according to Dr. Ali Khan, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the College of Public Health of the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Khan told CNBC that people need […]
Rep. Ken Buck dares Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke to take AR-15 rifle
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican, wielded an AR-15 rifle in his office and dared former Vice President Joe Biden and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke to “come and take it” in a jaw-dropping video posted online Friday. “I have a message for Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke, if you want to take everyone’s AR-15s […]
Trump friend Roger Stone sentenced to prison for WikiLeaks lies
A federal judge sentenced President Donald Trump’s friend, longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, on Thursday to more than three years in prison for lying to Congress and tampering with a witness in an effort to protect Trump. “He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president, he was prosecuted for […]
Pompeo doesn’t deny he cursed out NPR reporter, condemns ‘unhinged’ media
Pompeo accused reporter Mary Louise Kelly of mendacity, however didn’t deny her account of what occurred. “NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly lied to me, twice,” Pompeo asserted, with out proof. “First, final month, in organising our interview and, then once more yesterday, in agreeing to have our post-interview dialog off the report.” “It is […]
Chris Collins sentenced to 26 months for insider trading tip
A disgraced and extremely emotional former New York congressman Chris Collins was sentenced Friday to 26 months in jail for an unlawful inventory tip that he gave his son from the White House garden a couple of biopharmaceutical firm’s failed drug trial. The sentence from Judge Vernon Broderick in U.S. District Court in […]
