US President Donald Trump admits he tried to minimise the seriousness of the threat from Covid-19 at the outset of the pandemic in audio recordings released from interviews with veteran journalist Bob Woodward. "I wanted to always play it down," Mr Trump said in an interview with Mr Woodward on 19 March, according to a CNN preview of the book "Rage," due to be published next week. "I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic," he said in the conversation with Mr Woodward, which was recorded.

In another recorded interview, on 7 February, he told Mr Woodward the virus "goes through the air" - despite repeatedly mocking people who wear masks in the weeks and months after.

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With Big Ten reversal, Trump aims to score in battlegrounds

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was quick to spike the ball in celebration when the Big Ten announced the return of fall football at colleges clustered in some of the Midwest battleground states critical to his reelection effort, declaring, “I'm the one who got football back.”But his efforts to reverse last month's decision to postpone fall sports in the conference because of the novel coronavirus were far from the only factor that led officials to change course.The Big Ten — one of the power conferences that drives the big business of college sports — was under enormous pressure to restart the season from athletes, parents, coaches and college towns that rely on football Saturdays to fill restaurants and hotels and provide much-needed

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Mask not more effective than a vaccine against coronavirus: Donald Trump

vaccine against the coronavirus, President Donald Trump said that the mask is "not more effective" than the vaccine "by any means"."I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine because the immunogenicity maybe 70 per cent. And if I don't get an immune response, the vaccine is not going to protect me.

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Trump contradicts health officials, claims coronavirus vaccine could be ready next month

Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus could be ready as early as next month and in mass distribution soon after, undermining the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and calling him “confused” in projecting a longer time frame.Trump also disagreed with Dr. Robert Redfield about the effectiveness of protective masks — which the president recommends but almost never wears — and said he’d telephoned Redfield to tell him so.Earlier in the day, the CDC sent all 50 states a “playbook” for distribution of a vaccine to all Americans free of cost when one is proven safe and effective — which is not yet the case.

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Trump disputes CDC director’s COVID-19 vaccine timeline

LOS ANGELES - President Donald Trump said that a potential coronavirus vaccine could be widely distributed by the end of 2020, contradicting congressional testimony earlier Wednesday from the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying that Dr.

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Coronavirus: Trump says COVID-19 vaccine ‘much more effective’ than face masks, contradicts CDC director

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Coronavirus: Trump says U.S. could distribute at least 100 million COVID vaccine doses by end of 2020

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Coronavirus: Trump contradicts CDC director on COVID-19 vaccine timeline, says he was ‘confused’

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CDC director says face masks ‘more guaranteed’ to protect against COVID-19 than vaccine

WASHINGTON - Speaking before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr.

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‘Incompetence and dishonesty’: Biden says he trusts vaccines, scientists — not Trump

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Biden says he trusts vaccines and scientists, not Trump

WILMINGTON, Del. – Joe Biden said Wednesday that while he trusts what scientists say about a potential coronavirus vaccine, he doesn’t trust President Donald Trump.His comments come as the debate over a vaccine — how it will be evaluated and distributed when it’s ready — has taken center stage in the presidential race with seven weeks to go until the November election.Trump and Biden have been trading accusations that the other is undermining public trust in a potential coronavirus vaccine.

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GOP shrugs off Trump's call for 'higher' offer on virus aid

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Oklahoma's epidemiologist warned of Trump rally deaths

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma's former state epidemiologist warned that President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa in June could lead to as many as nine deaths and 228 new cases of COVID-19, according to documents released Wednesday.The documents released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health in response to an open records request show that the state's former epidemiologist, Aaron Wendelboe, warned state and Tulsa health officials of the dire consequences if the rally were held, though his projection was based on it drawing an estimated 19,000 Trump supporters and only about 6,200 actually showed up.“I am advocating here for clear communication of the risk of holding a mass gathering," Wendelboe wrote in an email to Dr.

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Coronavirus: White House official says Trump has ‘always supported mask wearing’

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Takeaways: Trump's town hall offered preview of debates

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In `law and order' debate, data can be molded to suit moment

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Leave of absence for health official in furor over meddling

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When will US have a COVID-19 vaccine? Trump officers offer conflicting timelines

coronavirus vaccines to be widely available, with one saying in an interview that every American could be able to get a shot by the end of March.That timetable, offered by Paul Mango, deputy chief of staff for policy at the Department of Health and Human Services, is more ambitious than those of drug company executives, most public health experts and some other top US health officials.

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Trump trolls Biden by sharing manipulated video of him dancing to 'F--- tha Police'

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Coronavirus: Trump administration announces plan to make COVID-19 vaccine free for Americans

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Trump denies downplaying virus, casts doubt on mask usage

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Padma Lakshmi calls Trump 'criminally negligent' for downplaying coronavirus

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Trump insists he ‘up-played’ coronavirus threat, continues to cast doubt on masks

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Protesters gather in Old City during Trump's town hall

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Donald Trump says Covid-19 vaccine may be ready within four weeks

coronavirus vaccine, saying at a town hall event hosted by ABC News that the shot could be ready within four weeks.“The previous administration would have taken perhaps years to have a vaccine, because of the FDA and all the approvals," Trump said. “We’re withing weeks of getting it.

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Protesters gather in Old City ahead of Trump's town hall

PHILADELPHIA - President Donald Trump arrived in Philadelphia for a town hall at the National Constitution Center scheduled for Tuesday night.Opposing groups of protesters gathered Tuesday afternoon outside the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, hours before the event.Dozens of Trump opponents held signs stating messages such as “Black Lives Matter” and “Trump/Pence out now” while chanting “We will not stop until they are gone” and other slogans. They were met by a smaller group of Trump supporters who waved his campaign flag.The opposing groups exchanged derisive comments, but no physical confrontations were reported.

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Trump aide apologizes for video disparaging scientists battling coronavirus

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Trump ramps up ad spending in bid to counter Biden

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Trump aide's no-holds-barred style sparks new COVID-19 furor

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The Latest: Biden tears into Trump for remarks on veterans

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Trump presides as Israel and 2 Arab states sign historic diplomatic pacts

WASHINGTON - Declaring “the dawn of a new Middle East,” President Donald Trump on Tuesday presided over the signing of historic diplomatic pacts between Israel and two Gulf Arab nations that he hopes will lead to a new order in the Mideast and cast him as a peacemaker at the height of his reelection campaign.Hundreds of people amassed on the sun-washed South Lawn to witness the signing of agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

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California governor gently confronts Trump on climate change

US President Donald Trump(R) speaks to California Governor Gavin Newsom(D-CA) at Sacramento McClellan Airport in McClellan Park, California on September 14, 2020 during a briefing on wildfires. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov.

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Pandemic leads to critical shortage of U.S. election workers

will be one such voting venue in the November election.By using a few large locations, officials are hoping to process voters faster with fewer staff, while allowing for COVID-19 precautions such as physical distancing.“The biggest challenge has been educating everybody about all the changes,” Garreis says.Maryland is also encouraging voters to use mail-in ballots where possible.Of the 400,000 eligible voters in Anne Arundel County Maryland, Garreis estimates nearly half will vote by mail this year.

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Canada’s view of U.S. drops to lowest level in nearly 2 decades: poll

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Trump to preside over signing of historic Arab-Israel recognition deals

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office to announce that Bahrain will establish diplomatic relations with Israel, at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Sept.

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Tory MP echoes Trump claim that Covid-19 looks worse because of rise in tests

A Tory MP echoed Donald Trump's argument that an increase in Covid-19 testing might make the spread of the disease look worse than it is.

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Trump highlights foreign policy wins as he woos voters

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Trump to preside over historic Arab-Israel recognition deals

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is set to preside over the signing of historic diplomatic deals between Israel and two Gulf Arab nations that could herald a dramatic shift in Middle East power dynamics and give him a boost ahead of the November election.In a White House ceremony aimed at showcasing presidential statesmanship, Trump will host more than 700 guests Tuesday on the South Lawn to witness the sealing of the agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

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Trump defies virus rules as 'peaceful protest' rallies grow

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is running as the “law and order” candidate. But that hasn't stopped him and his campaign from openly defying state emergency orders and flouting his own administration’s coronavirus guidelines as he holds ever-growing rallies in battleground states.Democratic governors and local leaders have urged the president to reconsider the events, warning that he's putting lives at risk.

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Democrats to probe whether officials meddled with CDC data

WASHINGTON – A House subcommittee examining President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic is launching an investigation into reports that political appointees have meddled with routine government scientific data to better align with Trump’s public statements. The Democrat-led subcommittee said Monday that it is requesting transcribed interviews with seven officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services, including communications aide Michael Caputo.

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Trump holds indoor rally defying Nevada governor, COVID-19 guidelines

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Biden calls Trump a ‘climate arsonist’ amid wildfires on U.S. West Coast

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Padma Lakshmi calls Trump 'criminally negligent' for downplaying coronavirus

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Judge strikes down Pennsylvania's coronavirus restrictions, calling them unconstitutional

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A federal judge on Monday struck down Gov.

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Judge strikes down Pennsylvania's coronavirus restrictions

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A federal judge on Monday struck down Gov.

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Miley Cyrus Details Wild Night Out Pre-Coronavirus That Lead Her To Sobriety & Talks America Hitting ‘Rock Bottom’ With Donald Trump

Former child star Miley Cyrus has come a long way over the years!

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California wildfires raise fight over climate change ahead of Trump's visit

A singed ice machine sits over a burned store during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, in unincorporated Butte County, California on September 09, 2020. - Dangerous dry winds whipped up California's record-breaking wildfires a MCCLELLAN PARK, Calif. - With crews battling wildfires that have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped the West Coast in smoke, another fight has emerged: leaders in the Democratic-led states and President Donald Trump have clashed over the role of climate change ahead of his visit Monday to California.California, Oregon and Washington state have seen historic wildfires that have burned faster and farther than ever before.

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Trump indoor rally plan prompts virus warning

US President Donald Trump has held his first fully indoor rally in months, outraging officials in the state of Nevada who warned the gathering violated coronavirus restrictions on crowd sizes.

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