WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday he said was aimed at reining in social media platforms, although analysts doubt it will survive legal scrutiny. The president said his action is meant to “protect and uphold the free speech rights of the American people.” Social media companies currently “have a shield. […]
WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that he is taking an anti-malaria drug to ward off COVID-19. “I’ve taken it for a week-and-a-half now and I’m still here,” Trump said during a meeting in the White House State Dining Room. “What do you have to lose?” The president […]
WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump is saying he is confident there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year, and mass inoculations of the public will occur quickly. “I think distribution will take place almost simultaneously because we’ve geared up the military,” Trump explained on Thursday, adding […]
WHITE HOUSE – The United States is “holding back” funding to the World Health Organization, according to U.S. President Donald Trump, who said the WHO “got it wrong” about the advance of COVID-19. Trump and members of his administration accuse the international agency of having a bias in favor of China, where the coronavirus […]
WHITE HOUSE – The United States is “going to put a very powerful hold” on money it sends to the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, blaming the United Nations humanitarian entity of missing the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. “They called it wrong. They missed the call,” Trump told reporters […]
WHITE HOUSE – The United States should be prepared to endure 100,000 to 240,000 deaths from the #COVID-19 coronavirus over the next two months even if Americans continue to keep their distance from each other. The peak number of deaths will come over the next two to three weeks, according to the White House coronavirus task […]
WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump wants Americans to return to work as soon as possible while continuing to maintain a safe distance from each other to avoid spreading the COVID-19 disease, a combination that health experts warn may not be compatible. “Our people want to return to work,” Trump said in a Tuesday […]
WHITE HOUSE – More than three years into Donald Trump’s presidency, the reporters who cover him have learned extracting effective answers from him requires unique questioning techniques. It is a skill considered even more critical as the United States and the world confronts the Trump administration’s biggest challenge yet — the coronavirus pandemic. […]
WHITE HOUSE – With stock prices plunging amid an oil price war and the coronavirus crisis, U.S. President Donald Trump is to meet Monday afternoon with his economic advisors, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who will present him with policy options to counter the quickly emerging threats to the economy. White House sources […]