Politics Jul 04 Trump entices masses with capital event as virus cases rise Several hours before Trump’s “Salute for America” celebration, people filed to the National Mall in baking heat and took shade under the scattered trees while, not far away, music wafted from a party on the White House South Lawn. To…
Nation Jul 04 Much of US scales back on holiday, but Trump plans to go big As coronavirus cases spike, public health officials are pleading with Americans to avoid large crowds and hold more muted Independence Day celebrations, but subdued is not President Donald Trump’s style, and he aimed to go big, promising a “special evening”…
Health Jul 02 Herman Cain treated for COVID-19 after attending Trump rally The 74-year-old was hospitalized less than two weeks after attending President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The statement says Cain was hospitalized Wednesday after he developed "serious" symptoms but he is "awake and alert."…
Health Jul 01 ‘I’m all for masks,’ Trump says in interview Trump's comments came a day after Republican lawmakers suggested that the president should wear a mask in public to set a good example for Americans.
Politics Jun 30 Leading Republicans, with the exception of Trump, now support mask-wearing As a surge of infections hammers the South and West, GOP officials are pushing back against the notion that masks are about politics, as President Donald Trump suggests, and telling Americans they can help save lives.
Nation Jun 11 WATCH: Trump heads to Dallas for race relations talk, fundraiser President Donald Trump plans to address race relations and policing before a friendly audience in Dallas as he weighs executive action on police reform in response to the national outcry following the death of George Floyd.
Nation May 29 Trump’s tweet about rioters echoes 1960s Miami police chief Trump's later repeated condemnation of the killing and outreach to the man's family on Friday was a marked change in tone from his earlier comments that had invoked a civil-rights-era phrase fraught with racist overtones.
Nation May 27 Trump scraps plan to speak at space center after launch postponed With just 16 minutes to go in the countdown, the launch was scrubbed because of the danger of lightning.
Politics May 08 Pence’s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has the coronavirus, marking the second person in the White House complex known to test positive this week.
Health Apr 23 WATCH: DHS official discusses ongoing research on virus and sunlight at White House briefing President Trump invited a senior Department of Homeland Security official to detail ongoing research his agency is conducting on the impact warm temperatures and sunlight might have on killing the virus.