Trump, Coronavirus Task Force hold White House press briefing – 4 April
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Trump announces enhanced narcotic operations amid coronavirus, deploys destroyers and Air Force assets
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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. President Trump — flanked by Attorney General Bill Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and top military officials at the White House coronavirus briefing — announced on … Read More
Coronavirus deaths top 4,000 in US, surpass China
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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The number of coronavirus related deaths topped 4,000 in the U.S. on Tuesday night, just one day after reaching the 3,000 mark. The U.S. has now surpassed … Read More
Saudi-Russia oil price war: Will it script the end of Opec?
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Saad Abdulla al-Kuwari As is customary, Opec is supposed to reach its 60th year this year, and perhaps it will not celebrate this event as expected, this year. The reason is Saudi Arabia’s decision to reduce and discount the price … Read More
White House projects 100K to 240K coronavirus deaths as Trump tells US to prepare for ‘very painful two weeks’
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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The White House coronavirus task force on Tuesday pleaded with Americans to abide by the administration’s extended social distancing guidelines to slow the spread of coronavirus as a … Read More
‘Tens of Thousands’ of Guard Personnel to Be Called Up in Coronavirus Response
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Florida National Guard Sgt. Jeff Betancourt, with the 124th Infantry Regiment, reviews the scripting process with medics at a COVID-19 Community Based Testing Site, March 19, 2020. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Michael Baltz) As novel coronavirus cases rise, some 2,050 citizen-soldiers and airmen … Read More
Pelosi Will Need “After-Action Review” Of Trump Coronavirus Response; “As The President Fiddles, People Are Dying””
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In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the White House’s delayed response to the coronavirus pandemic cost American lives. “The president, his denial at the beginning was deadly,” she told CNN’s … Read More