Speaking at his first formal White House briefing on the pandemic since the end of April, Mr Trump said that while some areas of the US "are doing very well...

others are doing less well." He said "It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better." Mr Trump also said there had been a "a concerning rise in cases in many parts of our South." So far more than 141,000 people have died from the virus in the United States.

In a shift in rhetoric, Mr Trump also urged Americans to wear face coverings when they cannot social distance from people around them to help prevent the spread of the highly

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‘Massive reductions’: Trump signs executive orders to lower prescription drug costs

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed new executive orders on Friday that he said would significantly reduce the price of prescription drugs for American patients and seniors.“This reduction is still not close to what I want, what I expect, and I’m looking for help for our great seniors especially, in particular,” the president said, noting that the action would have an incredible impact.Trump said the four executive orders will lead to “massive reductions” in drug costs, promising that the orders “will completely restructure the prescription drug market, in terms of pricing and everything else, to make these medications affordable, accessible for all Americans.”RELATED: California must protect essential workers, coronavirus

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Trump signs orders to lower drug prices, including by importing from Canada

Donald Trump announced on Friday he was signing four executive orders aiming at lowering prices that Americans pay for prescription drugs as he faces an uphill re-election battle and criticism over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.One order would allow for the legal importation of cheaper prescription drugs from countries like Canada, while another would require discounts from drug companies now captured by middlemen to be passed on to patients, Trump said. Canadian prescription drug prices come under scrutiny of U.S.

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‘Trump owes us an apology.’ Chinese scientist at the center of COVID-19 origin theories speaks out

Jon CohenScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.The coronavirus pandemic has thrust virologist Shi Zhengli into a fierce spotlight. Shi, who’s been nicknamed “Bat Woman,” heads a group that studies bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), in the city in China where the pandemic began, and many have speculated that the virus that causes COVID-19 accidentally escaped from her lab—a theory promoted by U.S.

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Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-lawyer, released from prison again

Michael Cohen (FOX 5 NY file) NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer was released Friday after a judge ruled that he had been sent back to prison from home confinement as retaliation for his plan to release a book critical of Trump before November's election.Michael Cohen walked out of a federal prison in New York on Friday afternoon, his lawyer Danya Perry told The Associated Press, a day after U.S. District Judge Alvin K.

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Trump honors former track phenom and Kansas congressman Ryun

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Friday presented one of the nation’s highest civilian honors to Jim Ryun, a former Republican congressman and the first U.S. high schooler to break the 4-minute barrier in running the mile.

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Trump Calls Off Florida Segment of GOP National Convention Due to Coronavirus "Flare-Up"

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled the bulk of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Florida next month, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus. Trump's formal renomination will still go forward in North Carolina, where a small subset of GOP delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, for just four hours on Aug.

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Rosie O'Donnell joins celebrities who blame Donald Trump for COVID-19-related deaths of Americans

Rosie O’Donnell has joined the myriad celebrities placing blame for the deaths of Americans on President Donald Trump. The former talk show host is a vocal critic of Trump, having previously feuded with him prior to his presidential run in the 2016 election.

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Donald Trump's dilemma: To take coronavirus vaccine first or last

coronavirus vaccine - first, or last - as people want. Trump said on Wednesday that he faces an impossible situation - whether he should be the first to take a coronavirus vaccine."If I’m the first one they’ll say ‘he’s so selfish'.

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3 of 4 Americans want masks to be mandatory amid coronavirus pandemic: poll

coronavirus cases and a growing embrace of government advice intended to safeguard public health.The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also finds that about two-thirds of Americans disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling the outbreak, an unwelcome sign for the White House in an election year shaped by the nation’s battle with the pandemic. As U.S.

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As U.S. hits 4 million coronavirus cases in record time, deaths are also surging

Coronavirus cases in the United States surpassed 4 million on Thursday, a milestone that was reached at an accelerated pace as cases — and now deaths — surge across the country.Thursday also saw more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours for the third day in a row, as cases overwhelm hospitals in multiple states including California, Florida and Texas. Trump cancels parts of Republican convention in Florida due to coronavirus pandemic While it took nearly 100 days for the U.S.

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Coronavirus: Trump says cancelling Florida portion of GOP convention is ‘setting an example’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that cancelling the Florida portion of the Republican National Convention was to “set an example,” adding they can’t have a “lot of people packed in a room” and tell others not to do it.

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Coronavirus: Trump says he’s throwing first pitch at Yankees game, says MLB setting positive example with reopening

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Coronavirus: Trump says Jacksonville, Fla. portion of Republican convention cancelled

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had cancelled the Jacksonville, Fla.

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Coronavirus: Trump says some school districts may delay opening, but must prepare to open

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke more on the reopening of schools in the country even as COVID-19 cases continue to increase, saying that while some school districts in coronavirus hotspots “may need to delay reopening for a few weeks,” they should be “actively preparing” to reopen.

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‘It’s not the right time’: Trump calls off Florida segment of GOP National Convention

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled segments of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Jacksonville, Florida in August, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus.“To have a big convention is not the right time," Trump said during his revived daily coronavirus task force briefing from the White House. Convention events will still be held in North Carolina.RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesTrump moved parts of the GOP convention to Florida last month amid a dispute with North Carolina’s Democratic leaders over holding an event indoors with maskless supporters.

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President Trump cancels Florida segment of GOP National Convention

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled the bulk of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Florida next month, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus. Trump's formal renomination will still go forward in North Carolina, where a small subset of GOP delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, for just four hours on Aug.

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Trump to give coronavirus press briefing Thursday as US tops 4 million cases

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is scheduled to take the podium on Thursday for his revived daily coronavirus task force briefing as the U.S. faces a grim milestone of 4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and Congress continues to negotiate another aid package.The briefing is scheduled for 5 p.m.

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In struggle against pandemic, populist leaders fare poorly

Boris Johnson (l), Prime Minister of Great Britain, welcomes US President Donald Trump before the start of the working session of a NATO summit. WASHINGTON (AP) - The countries that top the rankings of COVID-19 deaths globally are not necessarily the poorest, the richest or even the most densely populated.

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Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison, says he was retaliated against for Trump book

NEW YORK - A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying he believes the government retaliated against him for writing a book about Trump.Michael Cohen's First Amendment rights were violated when he was ordered back to prison on July 9 after probation authorities said he refused to sign a form banning him from publishing the book or communicating publicly in other manners, U.S. District Judge Alvin K.

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White House drops payroll tax cut as GOP unveils virus aid

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House has reluctantly dropped a bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes as Republicans unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package on Thursday, ceding to opposition to the idea among top Senate allies.“It won’t be in the base bill," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, speaking on CNBC about the payroll tax cut, killing the idea for now. The idea has been a major demand of President Donald Trump.“The president is very focused on getting money quickly to workers right now and the payroll tax takes time,” Mnuchin said at the Capitol.

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Scott Thompson: Will U.S. voters forgive Donald Trump’s flip-flops on pandemic, mask use?

COVID-19 a hoax and denouncing mask use since the beginning of the pandemic, Trump — months later — has finally admitted the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak and is now endorsing wearing a mask.

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Biden calls Trump the country's 'first' racist president

A file image shows former Vice President Joe Biden at the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Michael Brochstein / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country's “first” racist president.The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came during a virtual town hall organized by the Service Employees International Union.

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Populist leaders struggle to fight coronavirus; experts link it to distrust of science

COVID-19 deaths globally are not necessarily the poorest, the richest, or even the most densely populated. But they do have one thing in common: They are led by populist, mold-breaking leaders.Populism in politics means pushing policies that are popular with “the people,” not the elites and the experts.

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'Think we have a winner': Trump on US order for 60 crore doses of covid vaccines

coronavirus vaccines that Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE are jointly developing. It is the latest in a series of similar agreements with other vaccine companies.

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Only 1 in 10 Americans want schools to reopen without coronavirus restrictions: poll

coronavirus — and that’s OK with the vast majority of Americans.Only about one in 10 Americans think daycare centers, preschools or K-12 schools should open this fall without restrictions, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. Most think mask requirements and other safety measures are necessary to restart in-person instruction, and roughly three in 10 say that teaching kids in classrooms shouldn’t happen at all.The findings are a sharp contrast to the picture that President Donald Trump paints as he pressures schools to reopen.

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Mexico’s president dismissive of wearing mask as coronavirus cases climb

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday downplayed the importance of wearing face masks during the novel coronavirus pandemic, calling his treasury secretary’s assertion that using them would be a factor in reactivating the economy “disproportionate.”Lopez Obrador had never been seen publicly wearing a mask until he flew to Washington earlier this month to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Donald Trump ‘Comfortable’ Ready To Send Barron, 14, Back To School Despite Coronavirus

Donald Trump, 74, is looking forward to his son Barron, 14, going back to school in a physical setting despite coronavirus cases continuing to increase in some places because he feels the “statistics” have been “great”. The president revealed his thoughts at a press conference from the White House on July 22 after he was asked if he had a “national strategy” for children to return to school safely in the near future. “Yeah, well I am comfortable with that and we do have a national strategy but you know, ultimately it’s up to the governors of the states,” he said at the press conference.

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Fauci to testify next week to House panel on coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Anthony Fauci and two other top public health officials will testify next week to a House subcommittee that's been investigating the federal response to a coronavirus pandemic still inflicting a relentless toll on Americans, officials with the panel said Wednesday.RELATED: Fauci says he doesn’t see ‘us eradicating’ the coronavirus as US battles rising COVID-19 infectionsFauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has become the government's most visible face in the battle against the virus, and polls show him as its most trusted authority as well.

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Coronavirus: Trump says he’s ‘comfortable’ having son, grandchildren back at schools

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he was “comfortable” having his son and grandchildren back in schools this fall for in-person learning, and said they do have a national strategy for reopening schools safely, before adding that it’s “ultimately” up to the governors.

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Coronavirus: Trump says spikes in cases came ‘shortly after’ anti-racism demonstrations, youths visiting bars

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that the spike in cases started to rise in various states among young people “shortly after demonstrations,” referring to anti-racisms protests, saying these “presumably triggered” a relaxation in mitigation efforts, despite data showing some states with large protests did not see a spike.

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Coronavirus: Trump says deal reached with Pfizer for vaccine

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a deal had been reached with pharmaceutical company Pfizer to produce 100 million vaccine doses once emergency use authorization is given by the U.S.

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Trump lauds possible ‘winner’ vaccine, pushes for reopening of schools in Wednesday coronavirus briefing

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists during a news conference about his administration's response to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 22, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Fauci to testify next week on House investigation into U.S. coronavirus response

Anthony Fauci and two other top public health officials will testify next week to a House subcommittee that’s been investigating the federal response to a coronavirus pandemic still inflicting a relentless toll on Americans, officials with the panel said Wednesday.Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has become the government’s most visible face in the battle against the virus, and polls show him as its most trusted authority as well. That’s in sharp contrast to President Donald Trump, who gets low marks from the publ ic after ceding much of the U.S.

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Trump continues daily coronavirus press briefings Wednesday as US nears 4 million cases

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump spoke at a coronavirus press briefing on Wednesday, an event that was revived this week following a three-month hiatus.The briefing was scheduled to start 5:30 p.m. ET at the White House. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesOn Tuesday, Trump returned to the podium and warned that the novel coronavirus will get worse in the U.S.

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With COVID deaths climbing, US inks deal for vaccine doses

The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 1,000 yesterday, the first time in more than a month the country has crossed that threshold.

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Trump to continue daily coronavirus press briefings Wednesday as US nears 4 million cases

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is expected to speak at a coronavirus press briefing on Wednesday, an event that was revived this week following a three-month hiatus.The briefing is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET at the White House. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesOn Tuesday, Trump returned to the podium and warned that the novel coronavirus will get worse in the U.S.

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Trump deploys feds to more states under 'law-and-order' push

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will send federal agents into Chicago and Albuquerque to help combat rising crime, expanding the administration’s intervention in local enforcement as he runs for reelection under a “law-and-order” mantle.Using the same alarmist language that he has employed in the past to describe illegal immigration, Trump painted Democrat-led cities as out of control and lashed out at the “radical left," even though criminal justice experts say the increase in violence in some cities defies easy explanation.“In recent weeks there has been a radical movement to defend, dismantle and dissolve our police department,” Trump said at a White House event, blaming the movement for “a shocking

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Trump, Barr expand anti-crime surge of federal agents to Chicago, Albuquerque

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr announced Wednesday that federal agents will surge into Chicago and Albuquerque to help combat rising crime, expanding the administration’s intervention in local enforcement as Trump runs for reelection under a “law-and-order” mantle.Hundreds of federal agents already have been sent to Kansas City, Missouri, to help quell a record rise in violence after the shooting death of a young boy there. Sending federal agents to help localities is not uncommon.

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Poll: Very few Americans back full school reopening amid COVID-19 pandemic

BOSTON - Virtual instruction. Mandated masks.

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World coronavirus cases near 15M; Trump says things will get worse

NEW YORK - The global tally of people infected with the coronavirus neared 15 million Wednesday, while in the worst-hit pandemic hot spot of the United States, President Donald Trump warned the pandemic would “get worse before it gets better.”With COVID-19 set to pass another shocking milestone, Trump delivered his first virus briefing after a three-month hiatus, offering a shifted message Tuesday, including professing a newfound respect for the protective face masks he has seldom worn.It came as polls have shown Trump lagging behind Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of November’s election, and as the count of virus fatalities in the U.S.

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Trump is unhappy with China over COVID-19 : U.S. Official on consulate closure

WASHINGTON : When asked about the message the United States is sending by shutting a Chinese consulate in Texas on Wednesday, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said President Donald Trump remains unhappy with China over its handling of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus that has killed more than 140,000 Americans."I think this president has made very clear that he's unhappy with China - the fact that China virus was unleashed onto this country and around the world with very little information, honesty and transparency from China," Conway said in response to a reporter's question on the shuttering hours earlier. "We're still not getting information from China.

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Trevor Noah Explains The Snafu Of Reopening Schools During COVID

Getting kids back to school this fall could pose some serious problems.

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Chinese cybercriminals targeted Covid-19 research, hacked hundreds of companies: US

COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking hundreds of companies in the United States and abroad, including defense contractors, the US Justice Department said Tuesday.Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, also targeted human rights activists in the United States, China and Hong Kong, Assistant Attorney General John Demers said.The indictment comes amid rising tensions between the global superpowers fueled by the coronavirus pandemic which President Donald Trump blames on China.Li and Dong, who are believed to be in China, acted in some instances "for their own personal gain" and in others for the benefit of China's Ministry of State Security, Demers said at a news conference."China has now taken its place, alongside Russia, Iran, and North Korea,

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Trump's show of federal force sparking alarm in cities

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is using the Department of Homeland Security in unprecedented ways as he tries to bolster his law and order credentials by making a heavy-handed show of force in cities around the nation in the lead-up to the November elections.His plan to deploy federal agents to Chicago and perhaps other Democratic-run cities where violence is spiking represents Trump's latest effort to use an agency that was created after the Sept.

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US coronavirus crisis to 'get worse before it gets better:' Donald Trump

coronavirus crisis in the United States is likely to "get worse before it gets better.""Some areas of our country are doing very well," Trump said at his first formal White House virus briefing since the end of April."Others are doing less well," the president said. "It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better."Trump also urged Americans to wear facemasks to help prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus."Get a mask," he said.

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Coronavirus: Trump says he’s tested for COVID-19 several times a week

On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed comments made earlier in the day by press secretary Kayleigh McEnany that he takes multiple COVID-19 tests a day, saying he takes a test on average every two to three days, but said it is possible it could happen that he does more than one in a day.

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Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell: 'I wish her well'

WASHINGTON - In a press briefing on Tuesday, President Donald Trump offered sympathetic words to Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, who was arrested on federal charges for allegedly facilitating and participating in sexual acts with minors.A reporter asked Trump whether he thought Ghislaine Maxwell will turn powerful men in.RELATED: Jeffrey Epstein confidant Ghislaine Maxwell arrested on sex abuse charges“I don’t know. I haven’t been following it too much.

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Coronavirus: Trump won’t say he’s ‘fully responsible’ for COVID-19 impact on U.S., calls it team response

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his claim that the coronavirus would eventually “disappear.” Asked about the impact COVID-19 has had on the country, with almost 140,000 deaths and over 3.5 million cases, Trump said he “could say I’m fully responsible” but said he views the U.S.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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