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We may no longer see any more of Donald Trump’s regular coronavirus press briefings. On Saturday, Trump tweeted that the news conferences were “not worth the time & effort” after his comments about injecting disinfectant brought about negative criticism last week. While he wasn’t present at yesterday’s White House COVID-19 briefing, he did take to […]
Donald Trump announced last week he would deliver a commencement speech to the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The move will reportedly force 1,000 cadets to return the campus that closed down last month over COVID-19 concerns. “I’m doing [the commencement speech] at West Point, which I look forward to. I did it last year […]
Michael Avenatti is now a free man … well, more free than he was yesterday. According to CNN, the disgraced celebrity attorney was released from a New York federal jail early Friday over fears of coronavirus. Avenatti—best known for representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels—was granted temporarily release earlier this month after his legal team claimed he was […]
While leading the efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine, Dr. Rick Bright was abruptly dismissed as the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority—a federal agency that is in charge of purchasing and producing disease-combating devices and drugs. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Bright’s departure in a statement to CNN on Wednesday. The […]
The mayor of Las Vegas has undoubtedly learned that trending on Twitter isn’t always a good thing. Mayor Carolyn Goodman received additional criticism Wednesday after appearing on CNN for an exhausting—and often times frustrating—interview about the coronavirus response. The Independent public official, who has been a vocal opponent of Nevada’s stay-at-home order, reiterated her desire to reopen Sin City’s […]
About a month ago, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick cited himself to tell Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that older people were ready to risk their lives to get the economy back up again for the younger/future generations. “No one reached out to me and said, as a senior citizen, are you willing to take a […]
White House advisors say the U.S. is moving past its peak in COVID-19 infections. However, a top public health official says there’s a chance the worst has yet to come. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Washington Post on Tuesday that a second wave of the deadly disease is expected to hit this […]
Hydroxychloroquine, the drug that Donald Trump touted as “one of the biggest game changers” in the search for a cure for COVID-19, appears to be doing more harm than good, the Associated Press reports. In a study conducted on 368 male veterans who were admitted to Veterans Health Administration medical centers after contracting the coronavirus, about […]
World Health Organization spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said in a news briefing on Tuesday that the science suggests the coronavirus more than likely came from an animal, dispelling a conspiracy theory that the virus originated in a lab in China. “It’s probable, likely, that the virus is of animal origin,” Chaib said, per USA Today. In a […]
Donald Trump took to Twitter to announce that he plans to sign an executive order that will temporarily suspend immigration into the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing […]
