Here’s what you need to know: At his D.C. holiday celebration, Trump declares ‘a lot of progress’ against the virus. The numbers say otherwise. As Houston’s hospitals near capacity, they feel the echoes of New York City. Local governments in hard-hit states are taking aim at newly imposed restrictions. The …
Read More »Ahead of Trump Visit, Church Makes Unproven Claim of Virus-Killing Technology
PHOENIX — President Trump is visiting one of the nation’s biggest megachurches on Tuesday to speak to thousands of Arizona college students gathering to support his re-election. With coronavirus cases sharply increasing in the state, some public health experts say the gathering is a potential disaster. But the church hosting …
Read More »Trump to suspend H-1B visa program for foreign workers
(REUTERS) — U.S. President Donald Trump will suspend the entry of certain foreign workers, a senior administration official said on Monday, a move the official said would help the economy, but which business groups strongly oppose. Trump will block the entry of foreign workers on H-1B visas for skilled workers …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: Cases Rise as Trump Says Virus Is ‘Fading Away’
Here’s what you need to know: U.S. states struggle with a shifting pandemic as federal guidance falls silent. The weekly tally of U.S. state jobless claims again exceeds a million. Beijing’s outbreak prompts a backlash against salmon. Reversing course, Arizona and Texas allow some local governments to require masks. ‘We …
Read More »Tulsa Officials Plead for Trump to Cancel Rally as Virus Spikes in Oklahoma
WASHINGTON — Officials in Tulsa, Okla., are warning that President Trump’s planned campaign rally on Saturday — his first in over three months — is likely to worsen an already troubling spike in coronavirus infections and could become a disastrous “super spreader.” They are pleading with the Trump campaign to …
Read More »Trump Administration Sets Demographic Requirements for Coronavirus Reports
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday released new requirements for states to report coronavirus data based on race, ethnicity, age and sex of individuals tested for the virus, responding to demands from lawmakers for a clearer picture of the pandemic and its racial discrepancies. All laboratories — as well …
Read More »Trump signs executive order attacking Section 230 legal protections for Facebook and Twitter
(Reuters) — President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has long protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny. Trump signed an executive order on …
Read More »What to Know About the Malaria Drug Trump Says He Is Using
President Trump revealed on Monday that he had been taking an anti-malaria drug as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, the same medicine that he has been promoting for two months with scant evidence of its efficacy and despite several warnings of dangerous side effects. The drug, hydroxychloroquine, has been …
Read More »Donald Trump extends U.S. telecom supply chain ban aimed at Huawei and ZTE
(Reuters) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended for another year an executive order signed in May 2019 declaring a national emergency and barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk. The order invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives the …
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