President Donald Trump answers question during a press conference at the White House on Wednesday. AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would support additional aid for airlines to keep workers on payroll. The president was asked about a plan from more than a dozen Republican senators to provide …
Read More »Capitol Report: Trump scraps Jacksonville portion of Republican National Convention, calls for vigilance in battling coronavirus outbreak
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was scrapping the Jacksonville, Fla.-component of the Republican National Convention that was scheduled for late next month, underscoring an apparent reversal of tone and approach to the viral pandemic that has crippled much of the country for months. The president said he would …
Read More »Key Words: ‘It’s actually not that easy, but for me it was easy’: Trump describes his recent cognitive test: ‘Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’
President Trump defended his recent cognitive test — this time describing it in detail. Speaking to Marc Siegel, an associate professor of medicine at New York University’s Langone Medical Center and Fox News reporter and contributor, the president said, “It was 30 to 35 questions. The first questions are very …
Read More »Key Words: Trump on accused Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I wish her well’
“ “I wish her well.” ” That was President Donald Trump’s response Tuesday to a reporter’s question about Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in jail awaiting trial on charges that she recruited girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. Speaking at a White House coronavirus briefing for the first time since …
Read More »Coronavirus update: U.S. case tally climbs above 3.8 million; President Trump appears to have changed his view on face masks
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 in the U.S. rose above 3.8 million on Tuesday, and President Donald Trump appeared to change his view of face masks in the face of falling poll numbers. Trump tweeted an image of himself wearing a mask with a message …
Read More »Key Words: New York Gov. Cuomo says President Trump has put politics above public health throughout pandemic
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a scathing critique of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday, saying he has denied the reality of the situation from Day 1: “ ‘He said it doesn’t exist, it’s going to go away, by Easter we’ll be reopened, it’s going …
Read More »The Margin: Trump says a face mask makes him look like the Lone Ranger. One problem with that…
Under growing pressure from health officials and lawmakers from both parties, President Donald Trump on Wednesday finally endorsed wearing face masks. Kind of. “I’m all for masks,” Trump said during an interview with Fox Business, despite last month telling the Wall Street Journal that some people wear masks just to …
Read More »Capitol Report: Ocasio-Cortez thanks ‘TikTok teens’ who ‘tricked’ Trump campaign
Kids these days. Donald Trump’s big campaign rally in Tulsa wasn’t quite as big as promised, with the man leading the president’s re-election efforts explaining away the no-shows. “Radical protestors, fueled by a week of apocalyptic media coverage, interfered with @realDonaldTrump supporters at the rally,” Brad Parscale explained. “They even …
Read More »Oddsmakers say Joe Biden is the favorite over Donald Trump in the 2020 election
Joe Biden saw his lead grow to 14 points over President Donald Trump in a recent presidential poll, and for the first time this year, Biden has better odds than Trump to win control of the White House according to Betfair, a sportsbook based in Europe. The betting odds and …
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