The Pentagon in Washington D.C. Getty Images/iStockphoto Anthony Tata, a retired Army general who was recently named a top Pentagon official, has tested positive for the coronavirus, Bloomberg News reported Thursday night. Tata has been performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for policy since last week, after Defense …
Read More »Coronavirus update: Expert calls for ‘radical transparency’ on Trump’s coronavirus treatment and progress as more in president’s circle test positive
The number of confirmed U.S. cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 rose above 7.3 million on Saturday, and now includes President Donald Trump and first lady Melania and at least eight others in their circle, with more people expected to test positive from a White House Rose Garden event …
Read More »: President Trump tested positive for coronavirus — here’s everything we know so far
The revelation that President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 rattled the world on Friday, raising questions and concerns about his personal health, U.S. national security, and the course of the November presidential election. Here’s everything we know about Trump’s diagnosis and its …
Read More »The Margin: Trump’s ‘positive for COVID-19’ tweet is his most ‘liked’ post ever
Bad news travels fast. President Trump revealed early Friday that he and his wife Melania have tested positive for COVID-19. And even though he tweeted the bombshell health revelation at 12:54 a.m. Eastern time, when many Americans were asleep, it quickly became his most liked and most widely shared post …
Read More »Europe Markets: U.S. and European stock futures fall after Trump’s positive coronavirus test
US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence make their way to the Rose Garden to speak on COVID-19 testing at the White House in Washington, DC on September 28, 2020. mandel ngan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images U.S. and European equity futures fell sharply on Friday after President Donald Trump announced …
Read More »Europe Markets: European stocks and Dow futures rise as U.S. and China report positive trade talks
In this July 31, 2019, file photo U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, center, gestures as he chats with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, at right with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, looking on after posing for a family photo at the Xijiao Conference Center in Shanghai. U.S. and Chinese trade …
Read More »Unemployment soars, Wall Street paints positive future
The unemployment rate in the United States is at its lowest level since World War II. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs report out Friday morning, the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 14.7% with 20.5 million jobs lost in April. That last time we had double-digit unemployment was 1982 …
Read More »Second dog tests positive for coronavirus as owners warned not to abandon pets
The Hong Kong government has urged people not to abandon their pets and to stop kissing them after a second dog repeatedly tested positive for coronavirus. A German shepherd living in the Pok Fu Lam area on Hong Kong Island was sent for quarantine along with another mixed-breed dog from …
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