Members of the White House press corps work outside the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Sarah Silbiger | Bloomberg | Getty Images BuzzFeed News pulled its political reporter out of the White House press pool on Wednesday, saying that Trump administration
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Kamala Harris and Mike Pence Reuters Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris will lock horns in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night in their first and only debate of the 2020 campaign. But the coronavirus will cast a shadow over the show. With less than four weeks until Election Day, the pandemic’s presence
President Donald Trump’s decision on Tuesday to end negotiations over additional Covid-19 stimulus left many on Wall Street and in Washington baffled. Why, they wondered, would the White House would make such an abrupt move away from an economic boost in the home stretch of his reelection campaign? Observers saw the president’s tweet as a
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he’s looking forward to next week’s
President Donald Trump walks out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to return to the White House after receiving treatments for covid-19, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. Evan Vucci | AP President Donald Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday to return to the White House, where he will
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Monday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus, a diagnosis that comes as President Donald Trump remains hospitalized with the virus. “After testing negative consistently, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday morning while experiencing no symptoms,” McEnany said in a statement
President Donald Trump’s doctors said Sunday they had begun treating him with dexamethasone, a steroid that has shown promise for critically ill patients but may cause harm to those with less severe cases of Covid-19. The revelation, which came as part of an upbeat briefing on the president’s condition, raised further questions about Trump’s health
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters President Donald Trump pressured Congress to pass a coronavirus stimulus plan Saturday as his administration and congressional Democrats struggle to forge a relief deal.
President Donald Trump’s condition has improved since receiving care at Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positive for the coronavirus, Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said on Saturday. Conley’s relatively positive words, though, stood in contrast to other signals out of the White House. “At this time the team and I are extremely happy with
Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Toni Sandys | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is the third Republican senator to test positive for Covid-19 after President Donald Trump announced early Friday that
US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 1, 2020, following campaign events in New Jersey. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is being taken to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday “out of an abundance of
President Donald Trump was experiencing “mild symptoms” after testing positive for the coronavirus, NBC News reported Friday morning, citing a White House official. The news came hours after the president disclosed over Twitter that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive. Trump is “in good spirits,” and spoke Friday morning to White House
U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One as he departs Washington on campaign travel to New Jersey at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., October 1, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump said late Thursday night that he and the first lady would begin a quarantine process after
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin departs from the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the U.S. Capitol on September 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will try to scrape together a coronavirus stimulus deal Thursday as more trouble spots
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed to strike a coronavirus stimulus deal during a more than 90-minute meeting Wednesday. The pair will continue discussions as they try to craft an elusive fifth relief package that could pass both chambers of Congress, the California Democrat said in a statement. House Democrats initially
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gestures as he participates in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate with U.S. President Donald Trump held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters Joe Biden and his party scored a huge fundraising windfall
Citigroup Vice Chairman Raymond J. McGuire on October 10, 2019 in New York City. Jim Spellman | Getty Images Citigroup’s Ray McGuire has recently huddled with several of his allies on Wall Street in a bid to gain their support for what appears to be a likely run for mayor of New York, according to
A President Donald Trump and a former Vice President Joe Biden supporter converse before the Joe Biden Campaign Rally at the National World War I Museum and Memorial on March 7, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. Kyle Rivas | Getty Images Voters in swing states want President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden to use