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Death confirmed in Washington state as president says he used word hoax ‘with regard to Democrats and what they were saying’ Shortly after confirmation of the first coronavirus death in the US, Donald Trump rebuffed criticism for using the word “hoax” in describing the outbreak. The president also touted his administration’s response as “the most […] More
The president was in South Carolina where he falsely blamed ‘the Democrat policy of open borders’ for the outbreak Donald Trump attempted to link the coronavirus outbreak to Democratic immigration policies, calling the virus a “hoax” in a rambling speech in South Carolina, the night before the crucial Democratic primary. In a packed rally in […] More
The bubonic plague pandemic — the Black Death — was arguably the greatest catastrophe to hit Western Europe in the Middle Ages, killing tens of millions of people or around a third of the continent’s population. The disease originated in the vast plains of central and eastern Asia, from where it was carried to the […] More
The Texas senator tried to pick a fight after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out Mike Pence’s coronavirus credentials If you were in search of a scientifically minded, steadying presence to guide the country through the potential fallout of the coronavirus, you could not do much worse than Vice-President Mike Pence. This being the Donald Trump administration, […] More
The president is reacting to this disaster the way authoritarians always do – by covering up the facts and dodging the blame The coronavirus crisis is a war against a disease, but it’s also the most serious battle yet in the war on truth. That much was clear from the start, as China moved to […] More
Top Republican on Fox News defends Trump and Mike Pence Vice-president leading coronavirus containment effort in US Whistleblower: US coronavirus staff were untrained and unprotected Donald Trump could “personally suck” the coronavirus “out of every one of the 60,000 people in the world, suck it out of their lungs, swim to the bottom of the […] More
I haven’t gone to the doctor since 2013. When you multiply my situation by 27.5 million, that’s a scary prospect Like 27.5 million other Americans, I don’t have health insurance. It’s not for a lack of trying – I make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to buy a private health insurance […] More
Trump’s pick met with outrage from experts who question vice-president’s record on health and say appointment ‘endangers us’ As an aspiring congressman, Mike Pence once claimed “smoking doesn’t kill”. As governor of the midwestern state of Indiana, he faced heavy criticism for his handling of the situation when the state experienced the worst HIV crisis […] More
