Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted universities that have cancelled in-person classes amid coronavirus outbreaks, saying the move could ultimately cost lives rather than saving them.Raising the issue at a White House press briefing, Trump said the virus is akin to the seasonal flu for college students and that students pose a greater safety threat at home with older family members than on college campuses.

He cited no evidence to support either contention, and the White House did not respond to a request for information on what Trump based his remarks.

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After recovering from COVID-19, Rep. Randy Fine donates plasma to help other coronavirus patients

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Trump complains of roll call coverage; nets cut speech off

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Republicans formally nominate Donald Trump; he questions election integrity

US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking during the first day of the Republican National Convention on August 24, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Chris Carlson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Republican Party formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second term in the White House Monday, and then Trump delivered a long and extraordinary speech in which he cast great doubt on the integrity of the election he was nominated to compete in.“The only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election,” Trump said as he made an unscheduled appearance at the party's scaled-down convention.

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NY Attorney General investigating if Trump inflated assets

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House on Aug. 13, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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TikTok to fight Trump over his pending order to ban its app

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Republicans formally nominate Donald Trump to take on Biden in the fall

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PM vows 'UK will get first access' to Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine if it works

coronavirus vaccine created by Oxford University.The vaccine is being developed by scientists from the university and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.Initial human trials suggest it is safe and creates an immune response to Covid-19. However, it is not likely to be ready until next year.

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Trump's moment: What's at stake for GOP as national convention begins

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President Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

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Delegates ready to renominate Trump at Republican National Convention

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Trump campaign's election lawsuit in Pennsylvania halted by federal judge

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US allows emergency use of blood plasma treatment for coronavirus patients

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Ex-Trump aide Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

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Trump aide Kellyanne Conway announces resignation, cites family reasons

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Donald Trump may fast track experimental UK coronavirus vaccine ahead of US election

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Trump ordered to pay $44,100 in Stormy Daniels legal fees

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Ozzy Osbourne Says Donald Trump Is ‘Acting Like A Fool’ About The Pandemic

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'Objection!': Susan B. Anthony Museum declines Trump's pardon of women's suffrage icon

Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), organizer of the first women's temperance association and president of the Woman Suffrage Association from 1892-1900.

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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says ballots No. 1 priority, but details no plan

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Embattled postmaster testifies before Senate amid uproar over mail

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Memorial service for Robert Trump to be held at White House

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Embattled postmaster to testify before Senate amid uproar over mail

Postmaster General Louis Dejoy arrives at a meeting at the office of Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the U.S.

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Dozens of former GOP national security officials to back Biden, call Trump ‘dangerously unfit’

Republican national security officials from multiple administrations are coming forward to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden – the latest in a number of former GOP officials and lawmakers to back the former vice president."While we – like all Americans – had hoped that Donald Trump would govern wisely, he has disappointed millions of voters who put their faith in him and has demonstrated that he is dangerously unfit to serve another term,” the statement, to run in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, says.The officials, from the Trump, George W. Bush, George H.W.

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U.S. teachers may have to stay in school — even if they’re exposed to coronavirus

U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration that declares teachers to be “critical infrastructure workers” could give the green light to exempting teachers from quarantine requirements after being exposed to COVID-19 and instead send them back into the classroom.Keeping teachers without symptoms in the classroom, as a handful of school districts in Tennessee and Georgia have already said they may do, raises the risk that they will spread the respiratory illness to students and fellow employees.

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Coronavirus: 3M to make N95 masks in Brockville after agreement with federal, Ontario governments

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Under the agreement announced today the facility is expected to produce up to 100 million N95 masks a year.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford are expected to announce the deal tomorrow in Brockville, Ont.Ford has repeatedly said the province needs to ramp up its own personal protective gear production capacity in light of the pandemic.He has also been publicly critical of U.S.

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President Donald Trump stages event outside of Biden's hometown of Scranton on last day of DNC

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Federal judge clears way for Manhattan DA to get Trump tax returns

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 19: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House August 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Trump eager to troll Biden outside his Pennsylvania birthplace

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