WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump’s campaign events ahead of the Nov 3 election will be held virtually or postponed after he tested positive for Covid-19, his campaign manager said Friday (Oct 2). “All previously announced campaign events involving the president’s participation are in the process of being moved to virtual events or are […]
Siblings, grandparents and adult children of Canadians and permanent residents are among those who will soon be exempt from COVID-19 border restrictions. The expansion of who can enter Canada comes after increasing public pressure on the Liberal government to show more compassion to families separated during an increasingly stressful time. Those who don’t directly qualify […]
In a normal time, a month in which employers added 661,000 jobs would represent an absolute blockbuster — the kind of thing an incumbent president could happily promote as evidence his policies were working. These are, of course, not normal times. And the 661,000 positions employers added to their payrolls in September are paltry relative […]
Donald Trump and his wife Melania travelled around the US with his aide Hope Hicks before all three tested positive for coronavirus. Here Sky News looks at where the president, the first lady and his closest aides have been in the past week, where they could have contracted the virus and who they might have […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – On Monday (Sept 28), President Donald Trump updated the nation on the administration’s coronavirus testing strategy and announced a plan to distribute 150 million rapid tests. By early Friday, he had the virus himself. On the days in between, Mr Trump interacted with scores of staff, donors and supporters. Even the woman […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – United States President Donald Trump said early on Friday (Oct 2) that he and the First Lady have tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation’s leadership into uncertainty and escalating the crisis posed by a pandemic that has already killed more than 207,000 Americans and devastated the economy. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – United States President Donald Trump said early on Friday (Oct 2) that he and the First Lady have tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation’s leadership into uncertainty and escalating the crisis posed by a pandemic that has already killed more than 207,000 Americans and devastated the economy. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Oct 1) in an interview that he condemned the Proud Boys, a militant group that supports him, after declining to directly condemn white supremacists during Tuesday’s presidential debate. “I condemn the KKK, I condemn all white supremacists, I condemn the Proud Boys,” Mr Trump said […]
Voting in Texas has become more difficult for those who rely on casting their ballot by post. The state’s Republican governor Greg Abbott has ordered counties to have only one postal ballot drop-off site, meaning dozens of others will be closed. Mr Abbott said the “enhanced security protocols will ensure greater transparency and will help […]
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that President Trump overstepped his authority in suspending new visas for hundreds of thousands of foreign workers amid the coronavirus pandemic, enabling major companies like Microsoft, Goodyear Tire and Exxon Mobil to resume bringing employees from abroad. Judge Jeffrey S. White of U.S. District Court for […]