coronavirus outbreak, a testament to how politically combustible masks, lockdowns and infection data have become.One of the latest departures came Sunday, when California’s public health director, Dr.

Sonia Angell, was ousted following a technical glitch that caused a delay in reporting hundreds of thousands of virus test results — information used to make decisions about reopening businesses and schools.

Fauci says he’s confident coronavirus vaccine will get to U.S. by 2021 Last week, New York City’s health commissioner was replaced after months of friction with the Police Department and City Hall.A review by the Kaiser Health News service and The Associated Press finds at least 49 state and local public health leaders have resigned,.

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Trump gets endorsement of New York City police union

(Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks) NEW YORK - Seeking to amplify his law-and-order message, President Donald Trump on Friday told hundreds of New York Police Department officers that “no one will be safe in Biden’s America” if the former Democratic vice president defeats him in November.“This guy has been taking your dignity away and your respect,”″ Trump said of former Vice President Joe Biden. “And I’m telling you on Nov.

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Reality check: A look at Trump’s recent claims on Biden-Harris, U.S. economy

Donald Trump greeted the Democratic presidential ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris this past week with a litany of distortion and falsehoods, raging against cases of voting fraud where they didn’t exist and declining to quash conspiracy theories about Harris’ eligibility for office.Trump also misrepresented Biden’s position on taxes, again minimized the coronavirus threat and exaggerated his own record on the economy.A look at some of the past week’s rhetoric and the facts:TRUMP: “If Biden would win … he’s going to double and triple everybody’s taxes.” — news conference Wednesday.THE FACTS: Trump is exaggerating. Wildly so.Biden would raise taxes, primarily on the wealthy.

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COMMENTARY: Are mandatory masks politically separating Canadians too?

recent protest in Montréal against mandatory mask usage and anti-mask protests taking place across the United States.The similarities may indicate that the ideological chasm that has defined the American COVID-19 experience is making its way north of the border.The use of masks as a preventive measure against COVID-19 has divided Americans along partisan lines since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first issued its recommendation to wear cloth masks on April 3.

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Virtual convention to test Democrats hoping to build excitement for Biden, Harris

Joe Biden is poised to unveil his vision for the modern Democratic Party in the first presidential nominating convention of the coronavirus era, an all-virtual affair that will test the former vice president’s ability to overcome unprecedented logistical challenges in an urgent mission to energize a winning coalition.The Democratic National Convention, which formally begins Monday, is not a convention in the traditional sense. There will be no physical gathering place, no cheering audience, no balloons.

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Matthew McConaughey Gives Dr. Anthony Fauci A Grilling On All Things COVID-19

Matthew McConaughey is getting all the facts about the coronavirus.

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U.S. recruits scientists abroad to test COVID-19 vaccine candidates, pledges access to doses

Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine project is recruiting scientists in South Africa and Latin America to help test possible vaccines in U.S.- backed clinical trials, pledging to ease their countries’ access to any successful products, Reuters has learned.Moncef Slaoui, a former pharmaceutical executive who heads Operation Warp Speed, a multi-billion dollar U.S. collaboration between the federal government and drugmakers, made the commitment to international scientists late last month, two people familiar with the matter said.

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President Trump and Joe Biden trade barbs over coronavirus, mask mandate

WILMINGTON, Del. – President Donald Trump is attacking Joe Biden for calling on governors to mandate that all Americans wear masks for the next three months, accusing the Democratic presidential candidate of politicizing an issue Trump himself has used for political gain in recent months.Trump claimed Biden has been wrong about the coronavirus pandemic at every turn, “ignoring the scientific evidence and putting left-wing politics before facts and evidence." Trump went on to falsely say that Biden was advocating for the president to use executive power to institute a nationwide mask mandate and that Biden was in favor of “locking all Americans in their basements for months on end.”“To Joe, I would say stop playing politics with the virus,"

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Trump requests mail-in ballots for Florida primary despite weeks of criticism

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has requested a mail-in ballot for Florida’s Tuesday primary election, despite weeks of criticizing the practice.Ballots were mailed on Wednesday to both the president and First lady Melania Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort, which Trump lists as his legal address, according to online Palm Beach County elections records.

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Facebook beefs up anti-misinformation efforts ahead of US election

OAKLAND, Calif. - Beginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages -- labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming presidential election.It's the social network's latest step to to combat election-related misinformation on its platform as the Nov.

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Coronavirus: President Trump opposes Biden’s position on mandatory face masks

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United Arab Emirates and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties in historic deal

JERUSALEM - Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied West Bank land sought by the Palestinians.The historic deal delivered a key foreign policy victory to President Donald Trump as he seeks re-election and reflected a changing Middle East in which shared concerns about archenemy Iran have largely overtaken traditional Arab support for the Palestinians.A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the deal amounts to “treason,” and should be reversed.The agreement makes the UAE the third Arab country, after Egypt and Jordan, to have full diplomatic ties with Israel.

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Axl Rose Fires Back At Trump Admin Over Handling Of Pandemic: They ‘Don’t Care’ About Families

Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose, 58, lashed out at the Trump administration again on Twitter, criticizing them for their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Axl, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, tweeted on August 13, “It isn’t that this Administration doesn’t grasp the ‘magnitude’ of the problems that American families r facing. It’s that they don’t care. There’s a difference.”

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President Donald Trump says UAE to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state, President Donald Trump said Thursday.The announcement makes the UAE the first Gulf Arab state to do so and only the third Arab nation to have active diplomatic ties with Israel.“Today we usher in a new era of peace between Israel and the Arab world,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationally televised statement.

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Chris Evans hopes to shield democracy with politics website

LOS ANGELES – Chris Evans became the most politically prickly “Avenger” a few years back with withering tweets about President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters. But the “Captain America” actor is staying relatively quiet during this presidential campaign.

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Trump opposes funding to USPS, acknowledging impact on mail-in voting

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.Trump also falsely stated that Democrats were pushing for universal mail-in voting and made the unfounded claim that mail-in voting would lead to massive voter fraud in the November election.

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President Donald Trump says UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House August 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Aug.

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For Americans waiting on coronavirus aid, no new relief in sight

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans counting on emergency coronavirus aid from Washington may have to wait until fall.Negotiations over a new virus relief package have all but ended, with the White House and congressional leaders far apart on the size, scope and approach for shoring up households, re-opening schools and launching a national strategy to contain the virus.President Donald Trump's top negotiator, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, tried to revive stalled talks Wednesday, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer dismissed the “overture,” saying the Trump administration is still refusing to meet them halfway.

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Coronavirus stimulus: $1,200 direct payments on hold

WASHINGTON – Americans counting on emergency coronavirus aid from Washington, including a second round of $1,200 direct payments, may have to wait until fall.Negotiations over a new virus relief package have all but ended, with the White House and congressional leaders far apart on the size, scope and approach for shoring up households, re-opening schools and launching a national strategy to contain the virus.President Donald Trump's top negotiator, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, tried to revive stalled talks Wednesday, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer dismissed the “overture,” saying the Trump administration is still refusing to meet them halfway.

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Bob Woodward's new Trump book, 'Rage,' due out next month

WASHINGTON – Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's new book about President Donald Trump is titled “Rage” and will be released Sept.

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Kanye West 'speaks daily' to Jared Kushner amid fears of 'mental health exploitation'

Kanye West has admitted to meeting Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, as a link between the rapper and the White House was revealed.

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925 students, staff quarantined after coronavirus outbreak in Georgia

coronavirus pandemic last week.In a statement posted online on Tuesday, Superintendent of Cherokee County School District Dr. Brian V.

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Coronavirus: Trump continues push to get kids back to school despite surge in cases

U.S. President Donald Trump met with several parents and health officials on Wednesday as he continues his push to get children back in schools despite a recent surge in cases.

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Why the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine is the new space race

Russia isn’t having a Sputnik moment.The announcement Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country was the first to approve a coronavirus vaccine did not provoke the awe and wonder of the Soviet Union’s launch of the first satellite into orbit in 1957. Instead, it was met by doubts about the science and safety.But the claim underscored how, like the space race, the competition to have the first vaccine is about international rivalries as well as science.

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Trump lip-sync star Sarah Cooper gets Netflix special

LOS ANGELES – Sarah Cooper, whose lip-sync parodies of President Donald Trump are an online sensation, is coming to Netflix with a variety special.“Everything's Fine," starring the writer and comedian, will debut this fall, the streaming service said Wednesday.Cooper is working with heavyweight talent on the special: Maya Rudolph is the executive producer and Nastasha Lyonne ("Russian Doll") is directing.The show will include “vignettes dealing with issues of politics, race, gender, class, and other light subjects,” Netflix said, with guest performers taking part in short interviews, sketches and “more shenanigans.”In her early Trump satiric video, “How to Medical,” an expressive Cooper silently mouthed along to the president's musings

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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris to make unusual campaign debut in coronavirus era

WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden is making his first appearance with newly chosen running mate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, betting that the California senator’s historic profile and confrontational style against President Donald Trump will boost Democrats’ efforts to oust the Republican president amid cascading national crises.The former primary rivals will appear at a high school near Biden’s Delaware home to discuss their shared vision for how to defeat Trump and then lead the country through a pandemic, its economic fallout and a long-simmering reckoning with systemic racism.

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Smash Mouth Performs for Thousands Without Masks, Declares 'F**k That COVID'

#SmashMouth#SouthDakota#Sturgispic.twitter.com/3QyEtW7vi7Here is a brighter video to see all the people (credit KOTATV) pic.twitter.com/P7XW46BLiSOn Tuesday, Stephen Colbert parodied the incident on, sharing footage of the group and dubbing over the lyrics to «All Star.»«Somebody once told me the virus was baloney, he ain't the sharpest tool in the shed,» the spoof lyrics began, cutting to an image of President Donald Trump. «I was feeling kinda numb with a burning in the lungs and I said I don't think that it's COVID.» The group is currently comprised of Steve Harwell, Paul De Lisle, Michael Klooster, Randy Cooke, and Sean Hurwitz.

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Explained: What's keeping Washington from a coronavirus deal

COVID-19 relief deal would generate an agreement soon are fizzling, with both the Trump administration negotiating team and top congressional Democrats adopting hard lines and testy attitudes.Now that President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive edicts and the national political conventions are set to begin, consuming the attention of both Trump and top Democrats, the talks seem to be on an indefinite pause.The urgency has evaporated now that rank-and-file lawmakers have been set free for the August recess, and while both sides still want an agreement — and pressure is likely to remain high — it's looking more like a September legislating effort than an August one.The impasse leaves millions of jobless people without a USD

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US, Moderna in deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine: Donald Trump

coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, said President Donald Trump on Tuesday."This evening, I am pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Moderna to manufacture and deliver one hundred million doses of their coronavirus vaccine candidate," Trump said on Tuesday evening while addressing reporters.Moderna said that the US government awarded the company USD 1.5 billion for 100 million doses of its vaccine once it is ready.

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Coronavirus: Trump says U.S. inks agreement with Moderna for 100M doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate

The United States has penned an agreement with drug-maker Moderna Inc. to acquire 100 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, U.S.

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Coronavirus: Trump claims that 87% of U.S. counties report declining COVID-19 numbers

During his Tuesday briefing in the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that 87 per cent of American counties have reported declining COVID-19 case numbers.

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Pa. officials seek guidance on President Trump's executive order for new unemployment benefits

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania has contacted the U.S. Department of Labor about a loan to prop up its unemployment compensation trust fund as President Donald Trump pushes states to help pay for a new round of federal unemployment benefits.Gov.

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When will a coronavirus vaccine be ready?

When will we know a vaccine works? More than half a dozen drugmakers around the world are conducting advanced clinical trials, each with tens of thousands of participants, and several expect to know if their COVID-19 vaccines work and are safe by the end of this year.The most optimistic timeline comes from AstraZeneca Plc , which is running a study in Britain that it says could be completed as early as August.Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, told Reuters last week that a trial by Moderna Inc could produce decisive results by November or December.

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Murphy rejects Trump plan for states to foot some benefits

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)TRENTON, N.J. - President Donald Trump’s proposed $400 a week unemployment compensation to succeed the expired $600 a week benefit, with the state paying for a quarter of it, is “just not workable,” New Jersey Democratic Gov.

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Democrats, Biden still juggling virtual convention details

the COVID-19 pandemic made that impossible. Instead, Biden’s campaign and other convention planners are continuing negotiations with various power players over how to produce a truncated virtual convention with just eight hours of programming over four nights from Aug.

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Coronavirus: Trump asserts schools should reopen because children ‘don’t get very sick’

U.S. President Donald Trump asserted on Monday that schools should reopen because children are less likely than adults to contract COVID-19.

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‘The chances of it being 98% effective is not great’: Fauci says COVID-19 vaccine efficacy yet to be seen

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on July 31, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Trump: Convention speech locale is White House or Gettysburg

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday that his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination will be held at either the White House or the Gettysburg battlefield, as he searches for a symbolic substitute for his virus-scuttled plans for an arena celebration.The president's initial hopes for the event to be a four-day infomercial for his reelection bid have been steadily constrained by the coronavirus pandemic, culminating in his decision last month to cancel nearly all of the in-person proceeding.

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Trump tweets play ball as reports swirl that 2 of college football's key conferences have canceled season

Tigers Quarterback Joe Burrow gives US President Donald Trump a team jersey as they take part in an event honoring the 2019 College Football National Champions, the Louisiana State University Tigers, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, President Trump appeared to support college football players who wish to play in the fall despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Trump quote-tweeted Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence who issued a statement on the issue Sunday night.“The student-athletes have been working too hard for their season to be cancelled #WeWantToPlay,” Trump tweeted.White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany also commented on the issue."I spoke to the president in the Oval Office about that.

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California's public health director abruptly resigns in midst of coronavirus pandemic

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 27: California Department of Public Health Director and State Health Officer Dr. Sonia Angell (L) speaks as California Gov.

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US COVID-19 vaccine would be shared once our needs are satisfied: Health Secretary Azar

TAIPEI : US Health Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday that any US vaccine or treatment for COVID-19 would be shared fairly with the rest of the world, once the US need has been satisfied.There are more than 200 COVID-19 vaccine candidates in development around the world, including more than 20 in human clinical trials.

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Coronavirus speeds up JSW Steel's plan to overhaul US business

coronavirus pandemic is accelerating India’s most valuable steelmaker’s plans to overhaul its loss-making U.S. operations.JSW Steel Ltd.

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Coronavirus: Trump touts job numbers, warns of executive orders if COVID-19 aid deal not reached

U.S. President Donald Trump touted the latest job numbers for July in which the U.S. saw 1.8 million jobs added, saying the economy was coming back.

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Coronavirus: Trump says White House officials will speak with Democrats about stimulus if ‘not a waste of time’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that White House officials were willing to speak with Democrats on the coronavirus stimulus bill, despite signing multiple executive orders to extend the unemployment bonus and other measures.

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‘Laughable’: New York’s Gov. Cuomo calls out Trump’s benefits executive orders

Andrew Cuomo on Sunday dismissed President Donald Trump’s executive orders as “laughable” and another chapter in the federal government’s botched response to the coronavirus as he praised New Yorkers for mostly good behaviour that has reduced the infection rate in his state.The Democrat was particularly critical of Trump’s Saturday announcement that states must pay part of $400 weekly unemployment insurance benefits.He told a telephone news conference that Trump’s plan would likely cost New York state $4 billion. Donald Trump bypasses congress, signs orders on coronavirus aid “The concept of saying to states, you pay 25 per cent of the insurance, is just laughable,” Cuomo said.

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1 new coronavirus case plus 3 more recoveries in London-Middlesex, 3 new cases in Elgin-Oxford

coronavirus and three more recoveries were reported by officials with the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) Sunday.The update increases the total number of COVID-19 cases in the region to 683 and the total number of recoveries to 606.Fifty-seven people have died, most recently on June 12.There are at least 20 active cases in London and Middlesex. Community groups urge officials to not cut support for most vulnerable amid COVID-19 recovery The newest case was reported in London.

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Trump’s aluminum tariffs are ‘bad economics’: Canadian industry minister

aluminum comes down to “bad economics” by the Trump administration, says Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains.In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, the minister in charge of what was formerly known as the industry portfolio, stressed the move announced by U.S. President Donald Trump last week will only hurt American manufacturers given the tight integration of North American supply chains.“This is bad economics.

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Coronavirus cases in U.S. top 5 million as infections rise in nearly 20 states

coronavirus cases in the U.S. reached 5 million Sunday, by far the highest in the world, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.However, health officials believe that for every reported case, there are roughly 10 times as many people infected, given the limits on testing and the large number of mild infections that have unreported or unrecognized.

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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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