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Schumer Takes Dig at Trump With Move on Stimulus Checks

'No PR Act' would block the president from putting signature on them

(Newser) - Chuck Schumer thinks President Trump played politics with stimulus checks going out to Americans, and he's responding with a political move of his own. The Senate majority leader is introducing a measure that would block the president from signing any future checks, reports Politico . Schumer is calling it the...

White House Aides Trumpet New Strategy
White House Has
New Trump Strategy
Apr 26, 2020 4:05 PM CDT

White House Has New Trump Strategy

GOP polling shows that his path to 2020 victory depends on one thing

(Newser) - After two months of frantic response to the coronavirus, the White House is planning to shift President Trump’s public focus to the burgeoning efforts aimed at easing the economic devastation caused by the pandemic, the AP reports. Days after he publicly mused that scientists should explore the injection of...

Trump: Pressers Not Worth the 'Time and Effort'

President skips Saturday's press briefing after complaint, amid concerns he's overexposed

(Newser) - Don't expect to see so much of President Trump at White House press conferences on the coronavirus, because the commander in chief sounds like he's sick of them amid reports that there might be a pullback on them anyway : "What is the purpose of having White House...

Bleach Peddler: I Wrote Trump About Coronavirus 'Cure'

Mark Grenon links his letter to Trump's remarks about 'disinfectant cure'

(Newser) - "Dear Mr President, I am praying you read this letter and intervene." That's how Mark Grenon says he began a letter to President Trump proclaiming the alleged curative power of industrial bleach—right before Trump went on TV and supported disinfectant as a treatment for the coronavirus,...

Report: Trump's Time at the Virus Podium May Get Slashed

Axios reports that president is considering cutting frequency, duration of coronavirus press briefings

(Newser) - A day after a virus press briefing in which President Trump set off a firestorm with his supposedly sarcastic disinfectant comments , buzz began that we soon may not see too many of these briefings. Axios reports that Trump is said to be mulling having the pressers decrease in both frequency...

Trump Has Blunt Message for Post Office

Raise your prices on package delivery or forget about emergency loan

(Newser) - President Trump laid out the choice for the US Post Office in stark terms Friday: Raise prices on package deliveries or forget about getting an emergency loan. “The post office is a joke," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, per the Washington Post . The Treasury Department has...

Lysol Issues a Warning After Trump Briefing
Trump: My Disinfectant
Comments Were Sarcastic
updated
Apr 24, 2020 1:02 PM CDT

Trump: My Disinfectant Comments Were Sarcastic

Says he asked about bizarre coronavirus treatment 'just to see what would happen'

(Newser) - All kinds of headlines about bleach and disinfectants were floating around Friday, all stemming from President Trump's coronavirus briefing on Thursday. After science adviser William Bryan talked about how UV rays and disinfectants such as bleach and isopropyl alcohol seemed to work against COVID-19 in the lab, Trump mused...

Biden on Election: I Think Trump Will Try to Delay It

Trump campaign fires back, calls Biden comment a 'conspiracy theory'

(Newser) - On Nov. 3, the country will vote for the next US president—though Joe Biden is worried the current president may attempt to postpone that process. "Mark my words, I think he is going to try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it...

NYT Explores Trump's 'Strange New Life' Amid Pandemic

It involves a good amount of TV, as well as the virus briefings he's come to relish

(Newser) - If you've ever wanted to know how a world leader whiles away the hours during a pandemic, the New York Times offers this: a rundown on how President Trump spends his days now that's hunkered down indefinitely in the White House. With his travel and rallies temporarily put...

Trump Makes 'Dangerous' Coronavirus Suggestion

He speculated about injecting disinfectants into body

(Newser) - President Trump alarmed doctors Thursday with some unusual suggestions during the daily coronavirus briefing. After Homeland Security science chief William Bryan spoke about how heat, sunlight, and disinfectants can kill the virus outside the body, Trump asked about using them inside the body, the Hill reports. "Supposing we hit...

Trump's Criticism of Georgia Governor Gets Even Harsher

President says he's 'not happy' about Gov. Brian Kemp 'violating' federal guidelines

(Newser) - President Trump said Wednesday that he "strongly disagreed" with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's plan to start aggressively reopening his state amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On the eve of that reopening Friday, the president kicked things up a notch. Discussing a phone call he had with Kemp, Trump said...

An &#39;Abrupt Shift in Tone&#39; for Trump on Reopening
An 'Abrupt Shift in Tone'
for Trump on Reopening
the rundown
Apr 23, 2020 6:35 AM CDT

An 'Abrupt Shift in Tone' for Trump on Reopening

President says he 'disagrees strongly' with Georgia's plan

(Newser) - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is allowing certain nonessential businesses to reopen Friday, albeit with restrictions, and some people aren't happy with the plan—including, apparently, the president. "I want him to do what he thinks is right," President Trump said at Wednesday's press briefing. "But...

Here's What Trump's Immigration Order Does

President signed it Wednesday; it's not as drastic as many expected

(Newser) - President Trump claimed Wednesday that he had signed an executive order “temporarily suspending immigration into the United States.” But experts say the order will merely delay the issuance of green cards for a minority of applicants, the AP reports. Trump said his move was necessary to help Americans...

CDC Director Might Be Regretting That Interview
CDC Director Might Be
Regretting That Interview
the rundown
Apr 23, 2020 1:06 AM CDT

CDC Director Might Be Regretting That Interview

Robert Redfield is walking back his comments on second wave of coronavirus

(Newser) - On Tuesday, the Washington Post published an interview with Dr. Robert Redfield in which the CDC director seemed to indicate an inevitable second wave of coronavirus infections was likely to be worse than this initial wave. By Wednesday, Redfield was walking back those remarks. President Trump tweeted Wednesday that Redfield...

Harvard Won&#39;t Accept $8.7M in Aid After All
Harvard Changes
Mind on That $8.7M
Apr 23, 2020 12:24 AM CDT

Harvard Changes Mind on That $8.7M

University reverses course on federal aid after criticism from Trump and others

(Newser) - President Trump is getting his wish . Harvard University said Wednesday it would not accept $8.7 million in federal aid from the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package. Stanford, Princeton, and Yale also announced they would not take the millions set aside for them, as scrutiny of the wealthy universities'...

Top Pandemic Official: Here's Why I Just Got Ousted

Rick Bright says he was demoted for his take on drug promoted by President Trump

(Newser) - The head of a government agency combating the coronavirus pandemic alleged Wednesday that he was ousted for opposing politically connected efforts to promote a malaria drug that President Trump touted without proof as a remedy for COVID-19, the AP reports. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and...

Hydroxychloroquine Falls Out of Favor
Trump Called It a Potential
'Game Changer.' No Longer
the rundown
Apr 22, 2020 11:55 AM CDT

Trump Called It a Potential 'Game Changer.' No Longer

A coronavirus panel recommended against hydroxychloroquine's use on Tuesday

(Newser) - The bloom appears to be off the rose when it comes to the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine. President Trump has repeatedly touted it as a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus, but a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study released Tuesday found there were more deaths among COVID-19 patients at US veteran hospitals who were...

In 'Abrupt' Tweet, Trump Writes of Shooting Down Iranian Boats

But a tweet won't change the rules of engagement

(Newser) - Both Politico and the New York Times frame it as an "abrupt" tweet from the president: "I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea," wrote President Trump on Wednesday morning. It...

Trump Demands Harvard Pay Back $8.6M

University says $8.6M in relief was no loan

(Newser) - Harvard says it has no intention of paying back nearly $9 million in coronavirus relief aid, despite President Trump's demand it do so. During Tuesday's coronavirus briefing, Trump said the world's wealthiest university, with an endowment fund of $40 billion, should pay back $8.6 million it...

Trump Offers More Details on Immigration 'Pause'

Green card recipients will be barred for 60 days

(Newser) - President Trump offered more details Tuesday on his decision to suspend immigration "in light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy." During his daily coronavirus briefing, the president said green card recipients would be blocked from moving to the US for 60 days, the Washington Post reports. He...

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